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Thinking about crime : sense and sensibility in American penal culture /

Examines the American crime policy. This book explains how the worst policies can be undone and how the avoidable human suffering they produce can be diminished. It presents a treatment of crime as a social problem.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Tonry, Michael H.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.
Series:Studies in crime and public policy.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Sense and sensibility in American penal culture
  • Why so many Americans are in prison
  • Cycles and sensibilities
  • Moral panics and "windows of opportunity"
  • Crime trends and the effects of crime control policies
  • Formerly unthinkable policies
  • Unthought thoughts
  • Better understanding, people, and policies.