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Urbanization, Crime, and Collective Violence in 19th-Century France
Abdul Qaiyum Lodhi and Charles Tilly
The American Journal of Sociology
Vol. 79, No. 2 (Sep., 1973), pp. 296-318
(article consists of 23 pages)
Published by: The University of Chicago Press
Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2776460
Urbanization, Crime, and Collective Violence in 19th-Century France

The American Journal of Sociology © 1973 The University of Chicago Press
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This investigation treates the plausibility of "structural" and "tension" analyses of the relationships among crimes against persons, crimes against property, collective violence, urban population, and urban growth. It treats France during the century after 1830. Over the long run, crimes against property appear to have declined



Citations: Vol. 79, No. 2 (Sep., 1973), pp. 296-318 (article consists of 23 pages)

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