An eye-opening account of the transformation of cities and an urgent call to action to prevent another crime wave. --Publisher.

Part I. The new American city. The end of the era of violence ; The new American city ; The transformation of urban space -- Part II. The benefits of the crime decline. The preservation of black lives ; Learning in fear ; Inequality after the crime decline -- Part III. The challenge of violence and urban inequality. Abandonment, punishment, and the new compromise ; The end of warrior policing ; The next urban guardians ; A war on violence.