Crime control and social justice : the delicate balance /
Imprint: | Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2003. |
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Description: | xvi, 488 pages ; 24 cm. |
Language: | English |
Series: | Contributions in criminology and penology, 0732-4464 ; no. 55 Contributions in criminology and penology ; no. 55. |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4863000 |
Summary: | This collection examines the perennial tension between society's need to protect its citizens from crime, while assuring that the crime control and reduction measures that it enacts do not deny basic rights or exacerbate the socioeconomic inequality that gives rise to disparate rates of offending. Such tension exists in all modern societies, but it has been particularly evident in the United States, a nation whose history manifests both group inequality and an ongoing effort to reduce such inequality, assure fairness, equal protection, and due process for individuals. Focusing largely on developments in criminal justice policies and practices enacted during the last few decades, the essays in this volume explore the delicate balance between governmental crime control efforts and professed goals of promoting social justice and protecting civil liberties. |
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Physical Description: | xvi, 488 pages ; 24 cm. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
ISBN: | 0313307903 9780313307904 |
ISSN: | 0732-4464 ; |