Cargando…
Who are the criminals? : the politics of crime policy from the age of Roosevelt to the age of Reagan /
How did the United States go from being a country that tries to rehabilitate street criminals and prevent white-collar crime to one that harshly punishes common lawbreakers while at the same time encouraging corporate crime through a massive deregulation of business? Why do street criminals get stif...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
|---|---|
| Autor principal: | |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
Princeton, N.J. ; Oxford :
Princeton University Press,
2012.
|
| Temas: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | How did the United States go from being a country that tries to rehabilitate street criminals and prevent white-collar crime to one that harshly punishes common lawbreakers while at the same time encouraging corporate crime through a massive deregulation of business? Why do street criminals get stiff prison sentences, a practice that has led to the disaster of mass incarceration, while white-collar criminals, who arguably harm more people, get slaps on the wrist--if they are prosecuted at all? In Who Are the Criminals?, one of America's leading criminologists provides new answers to th. |
|---|---|
| Notas: | Originally published: 2010. Reprinted with a new afterword. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 325 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781400845071 1400845076 0691156158 9780691156156 |