America's journey from welfare state to police state /
First Statement of Responsibility
Joseph Dillon Davey.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Westport, Conn. :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Praeger,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1995.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (xxiii, 182 pages)
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-174) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
pt. I. Poverty. Ch. 1. Urban Riots and the Beginning of the New Social Contract. Ch. 2. The Restoration of Order and the Reduction in Social Provision: Poverty in the 1990s. Ch. 3. The New Homelessness: The Reagan Legacy -- pt. II. Crime. Ch. 4. The Explosion of the Criminal Justice System: The Muscle of the New Social Contract. Ch. 5. The FBI's Dirty Little Secret: Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics. Ch. 6. The Media and Public Hysteria about Crime -- pt. III. Legal Change. Ch. 7. Assault on the Constitution: Penal Code Reform. Ch. 8. Assault on the Constitution: The Death of the Fourth Amendment. Ch. 9. The End of the War on Drugs -- pt. IV. Conclusion. Ch. 10. The New Social Contract.
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OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
New social contract.
International Standard Book Number
9780275952396
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Crime in mass media.
Crime-- United States.
Criminal justice, Administration of-- United States.