race, poverty, and the politics of crime control /
Lisa L. Miller.
New York :
Oxford University Press,
2008.
1 online resource (x, 254 pages) :
illustrations
Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-243) and index.
Interests, venues, and group participation -- A political history of crime on the congressional agenda -- Crime politics in Congress -- Interest groups and crime politics in the state level -- Crime, law, and group politics in two urban locales -- Citizenship through participation -- Democratic accountability and social control.
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Much of the existing research on race and crime focuses on the manipulation of crime by political elites or the racially biased nature of crime policy. However, Miller's study zeroes in on the political and socio-legal institutions and actors that drive these developments and their relationship to the politics of race and poverty.