عنوان

The mythology of crime and criminal justice /

شابک

1478602600

شابک

9781478602606

عنوان اصلي

The mythology of crime and criminal justice /

نام عام مواد

[Book]

نام نخستين پديدآور

Victor E. Kappeler, Gary W. Potter.

وضعيت ويراست

Fifth edition.

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Long Grove, Illinois :

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Waveland Press,

تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره

[2018]

تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره

©2018

نام خاص و کميت اثر

xiv, 530 pages :

ساير جزييات

illustrations ;

ابعاد

24 cm

متن يادداشت

Includes bibliographical references (pages 463-510) and index.

متن يادداشت

1. The social construction of crime myths -- The functions of crime myths -- Powerful mythmakers -- Creating crime myths -- Characterizations of crime myths -- Selection and dissemination of myths -- Conclusion -- 2. Crime waves, fears, and social reality -- Fears about crime and criminals -- Facts about crime and criminals -- Uniform Crime Reports -- National crime victimization survey -- The reality of crime -- Crime images -- Conclusion -- 3. The myth and fear of missing children -- Influences on public perception -- Exploitation has many faces -- Distorted definitions -- Creating reality through misleading statistics -- Latent functions of prevention -- Creating crime and criminals -- Replacing the myth -- Conclusion -- 4. Stalkers : spreading myth in a common crime -- Constructing the myth of stalking -- Officializing the myth -- Measuring the reality of stalking -- Consequences of criminalization -- Conclusion -- 5. Organized crime : the myth of an underworld empire -- The alien conspiracy myth -- The transnational organized crime myth -- It's the economy, stupid! -- The businesses of organized crime -- Challenges to state sovereignty and security -- State-organized crime -- The embeddedness of organized crime -- Controlling organized crime -- The utility of organized crime -- Conclusion -- 6. Corporate crime and "higher immorality" -- White-collar and corporate crime -- "Real" corporate crime -- The costs of corporate crime -- The normalcy of corporate crime -- Enforcement -- Regulatory agencies -- Environmental justice -- Criminal acts by governmental agencies -- Neutralizing myths -- Conclusion -- 7. Apocalypse now : the lost war on drugs -- Masking the costs of the drug war -- Myths and consequences -- Casualties of the drug war -- The intractable problem of drugs -- Dangers of legal and illegal drug use -- Drugs and crime -- A just peace? -- Conclusion -- 8. Juvenile superpredators : the myths of killer kids, dangerous schools, and a youth crime wave -- The goals, the panic, and the consequences -- Transforming the juvenile justice system -- Processing juvenile offenders -- The school-to-prison pipeline -- Bullying -- The dissonance of shackling and solitary -- Juveniles as victims -- Conclusion -- 9. Battered and blue crime fighters : myths and misconceptions of police work -- Real police work -- Myths of police stress -- Living the crime fighter myth -- Conclusion -- 10. Order in the courts : the myth of equal justice -- The role of law in society -- Celebrity cases -- Mythical aspects of arrest -- Mythical aspects of trial -- Mythical aspects of probation and sentencing -- Conclusion -- 11. Cons and country clubs : the mythical utility of punishment -- Who does the crime determines the time -- Mythical assumptions : unrelenting consequences -- Behind bars -- The pains of imprisonment -- Conclusion -- 12. The myth of a lenient criminal justice system -- The crime rate in the United States -- International comparisons -- In the name of deterrence -- The trend toward greater punitiveness in the United States -- Collateral punishments -- Conclusion -- 13. Capital punishment : the myth of murder as effective crime control -- Discrimination and the death penalty -- The myth of deterrence -- The myth of capital punishment as cost effective -- The myth of a flawless process -- The myth of fair and impartial juries -- Perpetuating the myths -- Conclusion -- 14. Merging myths and misconceptions of crime and justice -- Recycled frameworks -- The electronic echo chamber -- Of politics and demagogues -- Expanding bureaucracies -- Use and misuse of science -- Fallout from crime myths -- Masking social problems with myth -- Restructuring the study of crime -- Conclusion.

بدون عنوان

0

متن يادداشت

The social construction of crime is often out of proportion to the threat posed. The media and advocacy groups shine a spotlight on some crimes and ignore others. Street crime is highlighted as putting everyone at risk of victimization, while the greater social harms from corporate malfeasance receive far less attention.

موضوع مستند نشده

Crime-- United States.

موضوع مستند نشده

Criminal justice, Administration of-- United States.

موضوع مستند نشده

Crime.

موضوع مستند نشده

Criminal justice, Administration of.

موضوع مستند نشده

United States.

بدون عنوان

7

شماره

ويراست

شماره رده

نشانه اثر

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Kappeler, Victor E.

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Potter, Gary W.

تاريخ عمليات

20200823031400.0

قواعد فهرست نويسي ( بخش توصيفي )

rda

نام الکترونيکي

نوع ماده

[Book]

تكميل شده

Y