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Table of Contents:

• Introduction : crime and American governance
• Power, authority, and criminal law
• "Prosecutor-in-Chief": executive authority since the war on crime
• We the victims : fearing crime and making law
• Judgment and distrust : the jurisprudence of crime and the decline of judicial government
• Project exile : race, the war on crime, and mass imprisonment
• Crime families : governing domestic relations through crime
• Safe schools : reforming education through crime
• Penalty box : crime, victimization and punishment in the deregulated work place
• Wars of governance : from cancer to crime to terror.

Author/Creator:

Simon, Jonathan

Contributors:

NetLibrary, Inc.

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Governing through crime: how the war on crime transformed American democracy and created a culture of fear [by Simon, J.]

Related Series:

Studies in crime and public policy

Subjects:

Crime — Political aspects — United States — History — 20th century

Criminal justice, Administration of — Political aspects — United States — History — 20th century

Crime prevention — Political aspects — United States — History — 20th century

1900-1999

Crime

Criminal justice, Administration of — Political aspects

Criminal justice, Administration of

Crime prevention — Political aspects

Crime prevention

Crime — Political aspects

United States

Genres:

History

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-318) and index.
Electronic reproduction. Boulder, Colo. : NetLibrary, 2007. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to NetLibrary affiliated libraries.

Physical Description:

viii, 330 pages ; 24 cm.

Digital Characteristics:

text file

Call Numbers:

HV6789 .S57 2007eb

ISBNs:

9781429469005 (electronic bk.)
1429469005 (electronic bk.)

OCLC Numbers:

131191784