Sense and sensibility in American penal culture -- Why so many Americans are in prison -- Cycles and sensibilities -- Moral panics and "windows of opportunity" -- Crime trends and the effects of crime control policies -- Formerly unthinkable policies -- Unthought thoughts -- Better understanding, people, and policies.
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Examines the American crime policy. This book explains how the worst policies can be undone and how the avoidable human suffering they produce can be diminished. It presents a treatment of crime as a social problem.
OverDrive, Inc.
OverDrive, Inc.
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Thinking about crime.
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Crime prevention-- United States.
Discrimination in criminal justice administration-- United States.
Prisons-- Government policy-- United States.
Prisons in mass media.
Prisons-- United States-- Public opinion.
Public opinion-- United States.
Criminalité-- Prévention-- États-Unis.
Discrimination dans l'administration de la justice pénale-- États-Unis.
Opinion publique-- États-Unis.
Prisons-- États-Unis-- Opinion publique.
Prisons-- Politique gouvernementale-- États-Unis.
Crime prevention.
Criminaliteit.
Discrimination in criminal justice administration.
Overheidsbeleid.
Politics and government
Prisons-- Government policy.
Prisons in mass media.
Prisons-- Public opinion.
Public opinion.
Publieke opinie.
SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Penology.
Strafrecht.
Strafstelsel.
United States, Politics and government, 2001-2009.