The politics of injustice : crime and punishment in America /

The politics of injustice : crime and punishment in America /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Beckett, Katherine, 1964-
Imprint:	Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Pine Forge Press, c2000.
Description:	xiii, 273 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Crime -- United States. Crime prevention -- United States. Criminal justice, Administration of -- United States. Crime. Crime prevention. Criminal justice, Administration of. United States.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4904286

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Other authors / contributors:	Sasson, Theodore, 1965-
ISBN:	0761986391 (pbk. : acid-free paper) 0761986820 (hard : acid-free paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-259) and index.

Table of Contents:

Criminal Justice Expansion
Crime in the United States
Murder, American Style
The Politics of Crime
Crime in the News
Crime as Entertainment
Crime and Public Opinion
Activism and the Politics of Crime
Crime and Public Policy
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