Thinking about Crime
Thinking about Crime
About this book
1. Sense and Sensibility in American Penal Culture2. Why So Many Americans Are in Prison3. Cycles and Sensibilities4. Moral Panics and "Windows of Opportunity"5. Crime Trends and the Effects of Crime Control6. Formerly Unthinkable Policies7. Unthought Thoughts8. Better Understanding, People, and PoliciesReferences Index
Details
- OL Work ID
- OL8002590W
Subjects
LawNonfictionPolitics and governmentPublic opinionGovernment policyDiscrimination in criminal justice administrationPrisons in mass mediaPrisonsCrime preventionStrafrechtstheorieKriminalpolitikPrisons, united statesPublic opinion, united statesUnited states, politics and government, 2001-2009Criminal law, united states