After the War on Crime : Race, Democracy, and a New Reconstruction.

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Since the 1970s, Americans have witnessed a pyrrhic war on crime, with sobering numbers at once chilling and cautionary. Our imprisoned population has increased five-fold, with a commensurate spike in fiscal costs that many now see as unsupportable into the future. As American society confronts a mu...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Frampton, Mary Louise
Otros Autores: Haney-López, Ian, Simon, Jonathan
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : NYU Press, 2008.
Temas:
Discrimination in criminal justice administration > United States.
Criminal justice, Administration of > United States.
Crime > Political aspects > United States.
Crime > Government policy > United States.
Discrimination dans l'administration de la justice pénale > États-Unis.
Justice pénale > Administration > États-Unis.
Crime > Government policy
Crime > Political aspects
Criminal justice, Administration of
Discrimination in criminal justice administration
United States
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Sumario:Since the 1970s, Americans have witnessed a pyrrhic war on crime, with sobering numbers at once chilling and cautionary. Our imprisoned population has increased five-fold, with a commensurate spike in fiscal costs that many now see as unsupportable into the future. As American society confronts a multitude of new challenges ranging from terrorism to the disappearance of middle-class jobs to global warming, the war on crime may be up for reconsideration for the first time in a generation or more. Relatively low crime rates indicate that the public mood may be swinging toward declaring victory a.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (244 pages)
ISBN:9780814728505
0814728502

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