Harvard Book Store and Mass Humanities welcome NYU professor and scientific director of Crime Lab New York Patrick Sharkey for a discussion of his latest book, Uneasy Peace: The Great Crime Decline, the Renewal of City Life, and the Next War on Violence. He is joined in conversation by sociologist and Harvard University professor William Julius Wilson. From New York’s Harlem neighborhood to South Los Angeles, Sharkey draws on original data and textured accounts of neighborhoods across the country to document the most successful proven strategies for combatting violent crime and to lay out innovative and necessary approaches to the problem of violence. At a time when crime is rising again and powerful political forces seek to disinvest in cities, the insights in this book are indispensable. (Image: [Pexels](https://www.pexels.com/photo/bird-s-eye-view-cars-crossing-crossroad-5486/ "Pexels") and Book Cover)
