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Crime Policy in America : Laws, Institutions, and Programs.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Blue Ridge Summit : University Press of America, Incorporated, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Edition: 2nd edDescription: 1 online resource (453 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780761866572
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Crime Policy in AmericaDDC classification:
  • 364.4/0973
LOC classification:
  • HV7432
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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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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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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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