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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Fascinating and provocative." -- Los Angeles Times
"Insightful and engaging.… An excellent introduction to America’s up-and-down urban-violence roller-coaster ride." -- Edward Glaeser - Wall Street Journal
"Admirably connects two stories about the criminal legal system that are usually told separately. One is that the country that Americans live in is safer than it has been for a long time. The other story is that for some citizens, especially African-American men, the country that they live in is not free." -- Paul Butler - New York Times Book Review
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Uneasy Peace has enhanced my understanding of the decline in urban violent crime. Compelling too is Sharkey’s discussion of ways to avert a possible new wave of national violence. This well-written and carefully researched book is a must-read for anyone residing in our nation’s cities." -- William Julius Wilson, author of More than Just Race: Being Black and Poor in the Inner City
"Patrick Sharkey explains with accessible precision just how much the massive decline in homicide since the 1990s has mattered to the most vulnerable of city-dwellers, African American men. Sharkey also makes clear why this public health triumph is precarious.… Any student of cities will regard this book as essential reading." -- Tracey L. Meares, Walton Hale Hamilton Professor at Yale Law School
"Patrick Sharkey is the leading young scholar of urban crime and concentrated poverty.…
Uneasy Peace is a must-read for mayors, city-builders, urbanists, and all those concerned with building and living in great urban places." -- Richard Florida, author of The Rise of the Creative Class and The New Urban Crisis
