Politics, punishment, and populism /

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Former minister and current British government legislator Lord Windlesham examines the American federal crime-control laws that surfaced before and after the 1994 ""Republican Revolution"" in Congress. He focuses on the pressure populist opinion and special interests exert on sha...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Windlesham, David James George Hennessy, Baron, 1932-2010
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 1998.
Series:Studies in crime and public policy.
Subjects:
Criminal justice, Administration of > United States.
Crime prevention > United States.
Gun control > United States.
Pressure groups > United States.
Justice pénale > Administration > États-Unis.
Armes à feu > Contrôle > États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Criminology.
Crime prevention
Criminal justice, Administration of
Gun control
Pressure groups
Overheidsbeleid.
Strafprocesrecht.
Criminaliteit.
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The politics of crime
  • Organized interests and populist beliefs
  • Symbolism and reality
  • Partisanship and compromise
  • Ending the insanity
  • Processing the contract
  • Money and ideology
  • Congress and the courts
  • A new isolationism.

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