Politics of Street Crime

Stuart A. Scheingold is a Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Washington.

• Tables and Figures Preface 1. Street Crime, Criminology, and the State Criminological Discourse The Cultural Resonance of Volitional Criminology The Political Resonance of Volitional Criminology 2. The Politicization of Street Crime Politicization Patterns of Politicization Public Quiescence The Law and Order Coalition Containing Politicization 3. Policy, Politics, and the Police Patterns of Policy Change The Resilience of Traditional Policing Lurching toward Reform The Politics of Police Reform 4. Policy, Politics, and the Criminal Courts Patterns of Policy Change Prosecutors: The Triumph of Reform Judges: The Politics of Independence 5. Politics, Criminology, and Crisis Criminology and Policy The symbolic Politics of Street Crime Politicization and Policy Notes Bibliography Index

"Scheingold is a master of synthesis and insight, and this book reflects it. He does a marvelous job of digesting major research studies, and reflecting and building on them in the presentation of his own research. The result in this study is a masterful analysis of crime policy. And unlike others who like to theorize, Scheingold’s analysis is firmly rooted in empirical research. In short, his work is a mode/ of scholarship."-Malcolm Feeley, School of Law, University of California, Berkeley "Scheingold is wonderful in piecing together the complex set of variables which affect decision making by cops, prosecutors, and judges. And his synthesis of these variables paints the best picture I know of the complicated ways in which legal, policy, and political variables interact."-Milton Heumann, Department of Political Science, Rutgers University