Includes bibliographical references (pages 101-147) and index.
This work provides a broad summary of American criminal justice in a time of great concern about solutions to the current crime epidemic. Allen suggests that the way to a more effective penal policy can be found by a closer adherence to the law rather than the current trend to bypass certain laws in the name of the "war on crime."
Habits of legality.
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Criminal justice, Administration of-- United States.