Governing through crime : how the war on crime transformed American democracy and created a culture of fear /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Simon, Jonathan, 1959-
Imprint:	New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Description:	viii, 330 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Studies in crime and public policy
Subject:	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. Crime -- Political aspects. Crime prevention -- Political aspects. Criminal justice, Administration of -- Political aspects. United States. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6163262

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ISBN:	0195181085 (cloth) 9780195181081 (cloth)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-318) and index.

Table of Contents:

Introduction: Crime and American Governance
1. Power, Authority, and Criminal Law
2. "Prosecutor-in-Chief": Executive Authority and the War on Crime
3. We the Victims: Fearing Crime and Making Law
4. Judgment and Distrust: The Jurisprudence of Crime and the Decline of Judicial Governance
5. Project Exile: Race, the War on Crime, and Mass Imprisonment
6. Crime Families: Governing Domestic Relations Through Crime
7. Safe Schools: Reforming Education Through Crime
8. Penalty Box: Crime, Victimization, and Punishment in the Deregulated Workplace
9. Wars of Governance: From Cancer to Crime to Terror
Notes
References
Index

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