The Policy Dilemma : Federal Crime Policy and the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration, 1968-1978

The Policy Dilemma was first published in 1981. What can and should the federal government do to solve complex social problems? Malcolm M. Feeley and Austin D. Sarat address this question in the context of one important issue, the problem of crime. They examine a major federal program, the Law Enfor...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Feeley, Malcolm M.
Otros Autores: Sarat, Austin D.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 1977.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
United States. > Law Enforcement Assistance Administration.
Criminal justice, Administration of.
LAW > Government > Federal.
Justice penale > Administration > États-Unis.
Criminal justice, Administration of > United States.
United States.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contents; Introduction; 1. The Policy Dilemma and the Problem of Crime; 2. Federal Crime Policy: The Safe Streets Act of 1968; 3. Thinking about Crime: Comprehensive Planning and the Idea of Rationality; 4. New Answers to Old Problems: Innovation; 5. Finding Out What Works: Evaluation and the Limits of the "Scientific" Paradigm; 6. Conclusions: Incoherence, Implementation and the Dilemma of National Crime Policy; Notes; Index.

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