Thinking About Crime : Sense and Sensibility in American Penal Culture.

By: Tonry, MichaelMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: Cary : Oxford University Press, 2004Copyright date: ©2004Description: 1 online resource (399 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781602568310Subject(s): 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 -- 2001-2009Genre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Thinking About Crime : Sense and Sensibility in American Penal CultureDDC classification: 365/.973 LOC classification: HV9471 -- .T65 2004ebOnline resources: Click to View
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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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.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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