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Tonry, Michael.

Thinking About Crime : Sense and Sensibility in American Penal Culture. - 1 online resource (399 pages)

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Contents -- 1 Sense and Sensibility in American Penal Culture -- 2 Why So Many Americans Are in Prison -- 3 Cycles and Sensibilities -- 4 Moral Panics and "Windows of Opportunity" -- 5 Crime Trends and the Effects of Crime Control Policies -- 6 Formerly Unthinkable Policies -- 7 Unthought Thoughts -- 8 Better Understanding, People, and Policies -- References -- Index.

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.

ISBN: 9781602568310

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Crime prevention -- United States.
Discrimination in criminal justice administration -- United States.
Prisons -- Government policy -- United States.
Prisons -- United States -- Public opinion.
Prisons in mass media -- United States.
Public opinion -- United States.
United States -- Politics and government -- 2001-2009.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: HV9471 -- .T65 2004eb

Dewey Class. No.: 365/.973