Books by Roger Lane

No detailed description available for "Policing the City".

Lane offers a historical explanation for rising levels of black urban crime and family instability during a paradoxical era. Modern crime rates and patterns are shown to be products of a historical culture traceable from its formative years. The author charts Philadelphia's story but also makes suggestions about national and international patterns.

?Provides a readily accessible and easily read chronological survey of our historical disorder and should prove of value for this reason, as well as for the purposes of those who are looking for accounts of specific events.?-Social Science