Shahidullah, Shahid M.

Crime Policy in America : Laws, Institutions, and Programs. - 2nd ed. - 1 online resource (453 pages)

Crime Policy In America -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- Foreword -- Preface to the First Edition -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1: Crime Policy: Meaning, Nature, Actors, and Contexts -- Chapter 2: Federalization of Crime and Justice Policy: History, Trends, and Processes -- Chapter 3: The War on Drugs: Evolution of the Policy of Criminalization -- Chapter 4: Policy-Making in Juvenile Justice: Growth, Change, and Continuity -- Chapter 5: Sex Crimes: Laws and Policy Developments -- Chapter 6: Cyber Crimes: Laws and Policy Developments -- Chapter 7: Crime and Justice Policy in America in the 21st Century: The Emerging Trends -- References.

The second edition of Crime Policy in America describes the process of policy-making and the substantive nature of policy directions in crime and justice in America, particularly from the beginning of the 1970s.

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Criminal law--United States.


Electronic books.

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