https://www.isegoria.net/2012/08/tuchmans-law/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Fri, 01 May 2026 09:53:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 https://www.isegoria.net/2012/08/tuchmans-law/comment-page-1/#comment-582521 Isegoria Fri, 31 Aug 2012 11:34:11 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=29952#comment-582521 I think Tuchman would respond that the crime wave of the 1970s and ’80s was indeed a crime wave, and the danger was on certain blocks.

]]> https://www.isegoria.net/2012/08/tuchmans-law/comment-page-1/#comment-582262 Faze Fri, 31 Aug 2012 02:13:49 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=29952#comment-582262 I remember living in New York during the crime wave years of the 1970s and 80s, and my first thought in reading this was that while crime itself wasn’t continuous and ubiquitous, fear of crime was. Then I realized that crime was indeed continuous and ubiquitous in that becoming a victim of a crime was the predictable outcome of certain behaviors. For instance, if you were a middle class white person and walked on certain blocks at any time of day, you would most certainly be robbed. If you set your bag or briefcase down on the sidewalk and took more than a few steps away from it, your bag or briefcase would most certainly be carried off. If you parked your car on the street anywhere on the upper west side, your car window would most certainly get smashed. If you walked down certain pathways in Central Park at any time of day, you would most certainly be approached by drug dealers. Crime was everywhere and it was going on all the time.

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