After the war on crime race, democracy, and a new reconstruction
Since the 1970's, Americans have witnessed a pyrrhic war on crime, with sobering numbers at once chilling and cautionary. Our imprisoned population has increased five-fold, with a commensurate spike in fiscal costs that many now see as unsupportable into the future. As American society confront...
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Formato: | Libro electrónico |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
New York University Press
c2008.
New York, NY : [2008] |
Edición: | 1st ed |
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009803298106719 |
Sumario: | Since the 1970's, Americans have witnessed a pyrrhic war on crime, with sobering numbers at once chilling and cautionary. Our imprisoned population has increased five-fold, with a commensurate spike in fiscal costs that many now see as unsupportable into the future. As American society confronts a multitude of new challenges ranging from terrorism to the disappearance of middle-class jobs to global warming, the war on crime may be up for reconsideration for the first time in a generation or more. Relatively low crime rates indicate that the public mood may be swinging toward declaring victory a... |
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Notas: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (244 p.) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9780814727829 9780814728505 9788147278247 |