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Misdemeanorland : Criminal Courts and Social Control in an Age of Broken Windows Policing /

An in-depth look at the consequences of New York City's dramatically expanded policing of low-level offensesFelony conviction and mass incarceration attract considerable media attention these days, yet the most common criminal-justice encounters are for misdemeanors, not felonies, and the most...

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Autor principal: Kohler-Hausmann, Issa (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2018]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART I. THE LOGIC OF LOWER COURTS; 1 The Rise of Mass Misdemeanors; 2 Managerial Justice; 3 Working in Misdemeanorland; PART II. THE TOOLS OF LOWER COURTS; 4 Marking; 5 Procedural Hassle; 6 Performance; Conclusion; Notes; Index.