عنوان

Power, politics, and crime /

(Number (ISBN

0367096269

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0813346347

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1283261529

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1429490489

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6613261521

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9780367096267

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9780813346342

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9781283261524

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9781429490481

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9786613261526

Erroneous ISBN

081333487X

Erroneous ISBN

9780813334875

Number

b753762

Title Proper

Power, politics, and crime /

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

William J. Chambliss.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Boulder, Colo. :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Westview Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2001.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

1 online resource (xiv, 190 pages) :

Other Physical Details

illustrations

Series Title

Crime & society

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Text of Note

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of Tables and Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Misperceptions of Crime -- The Rising American Prison Population -- The Growing Prison Economy -- PART 1: PROPAGANDA -- 1 The Politics of Fear -- The President's Crime Commission -- A Shift in the Focus of Concern -- Nixon, Congress, and the War on Crime -- Recent Legislation -- The Consequences -- 2 Marketing Crime: The Politics of Crime Statistics -- Prisons for Profit -- Crime Statistics -- The Uniform Crime Reports -- Counting Crimes -- Dirty Tricks -- When Crime Rates Decline -- Police and Prosecutors' Charges -- Murder by Strangers -- Selective Reporting -- Teenage "Super Predators," -- Current Panics over Juvenile Crime -- School Violence -- National Criminal Victimization Surveys -- The Consequences -- Conclusion -- PART 2: PRACTICE -- 3 Finding Crime I: The Ghetto -- The Dirty Harrys -- Routine Stops -- The Consequences -- The Impact on the African American Community -- Discussion -- 4 The War on Drugs: America's Ethnic Cleansing -- The Impact of Decriminalization -- The Consequences -- The Corruption of Due Process -- Conclusion -- 5 Finding Crime II: The White Lower Class -- The Saints -- The Roughnecks -- Two Questions -- The Organization of Policing -- As Adults -- Labeling and the Self-Fulfilling Prophecy -- PART 3: IMPLICATIONS -- 6 Trading Textbooks for Prison Cells -- The Fiscal Costs of Imprisonment -- Why? -- 7 Crime Myths and Smoke Screens -- Police Crimes -- Police Corruption -- The Corruption of Due Process of Law -- The Political Smoke Screen -- State Organized Crime -- Corporate Crime -- Discussion -- 8 Summary, Conclusions, and Solutions -- Index.

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Text of Note

How criminal justice policies are creating a nation divided by race, class, and morality.

Title

Power, politics, and crime.

International Standard Book Number

9780813334875

Cover Title

Power, politics, & crime

Crime-- Political aspects-- United States.

Criminal justice, Administration of-- Political aspects-- United States.

Crime-- Political aspects.

Criminal justice, Administration of-- Political aspects.

Criminaliteit.

Politieke aspecten.

Preventie.

SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Criminology.

United States.

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JPQB

SOC-- 004000

Number

Edition

Class number

Book number

Chambliss, William J.

Date of Transaction

20201204131658.0

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Electronic name

[Book]

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