Crime Policy in America

Laws, Institutions, and Programs

Häftad, Engelska, 2015

AvShahid M. Shahidullah

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The second edition of Crime Policy in America describes the process of policy-making and the substantive nature of policy directions in crime and justice in America, particularly from the beginning of the 1970s. This book examines the nature of presidential policy-making in crime and justice from Nixon to Obama, congressional policy-making since the birth of the Bill of Rights, and judicial policy-making since the promulgation of the Judicial Act of 1789. The perspective of this book is deeply historical, sociological, and legalistic. Historically, the book has explored the evolution of different policy strategies at different periods of American history; sociologically, it scrutinized the impact of the get-tough policy paradigm on crime and justice, and from a legal perspective it has examined the conflict and the consensus of Congress and the federal judiciary on different issues of crime and justice from drug crimes to sex crimes to counterterrorism. The second edition of the book has particularly illuminated the changing directions of US crime policy from the dominance of the “get tough” approach in the 1980s and 1990s to a more balanced approach to crime control and prevention in the beginning of the 21sr century.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2015-11-20
Mått154 x 228 x 33 mm
Vikt676 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor452
Upplaga2
FörlagUniversity Press of America
MedarbetareAlbertR. Roberts
ISBN9780761866565

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Foreword Preface to the First Edition Preface to the Second Edition Acknowledgments Chapter 1: Crime Policy: Meaning, Nature, Actors,and Contexts Chapter 2: Federalization of Crime and Justice Policy: History, Trends, and Processes Chapter 3: The War on Drugs: Evolution of the Policy of Criminalization Chapter 4: Policy-Making in Juvenile Justice: Growth, Change, and Continuity Chapter 5: Sex Crimes: Laws and Policy Developments Chapter 6: Cyber Crimes: Laws and Policy Developments Chapter 7: Crime and Justice Policy in America in the 21st Century: The Emerging Trends References

This is the first up-to-date book to provide an overview and discussions of the shaping of federal, state, and local criminal justice policies throughout American society . . . This excellent book increased my knowledge of the social, political, psychological, and economic context of criminal justice policies. I highly recommend this book to criminal justice students and practitioners, legislators, lobbyists, advocates, librarians, and educators.