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Governing through crime : how the war on crime transformed American democracy and created a culture of fear /
Across America today gated communities sprawl out from urban centers, employers enforce mandatory drug testing, and schools screen students with metal detectors. Social problems ranging from welfare dependency to educational inequality have been reconceptualized as crimes, with an attendant focus on...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2007.
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| Colección: | Studies in crime and public policy.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Across America today gated communities sprawl out from urban centers, employers enforce mandatory drug testing, and schools screen students with metal detectors. Social problems ranging from welfare dependency to educational inequality have been reconceptualized as crimes, with an attendant focus on assigning fault and imposing consequences. Even before the recent terrorist attacks, non-citizen residents had become subject to an increasingly harsh regime of detention and deportation, and prospective employees subjected to background checks. How and when did our everyday world become dominated. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (viii, 330 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-318) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780198040026 0198040024 9781281162458 1281162450 9786611162450 6611162453 9781429469005 1429469005 |