Crime Policy in America: Laws, Institutions, and ProgramsUniversity Press of America, 2008 - 311 pages This book is a systematic examination of the nature of America's crime and criminal justice system as defined by its policy-makers at different times and in disparate contexts of social and political realities. By examining legislative documents and court cases and analyzing federal and state policy developments in such areas as drug crimes, juvenile crimes, sex crimes, and cyber crimes, this book provides a historically embedded and policy relevant understanding of how America's system of criminal justice was born, how it has grown, and where it is going. Book jacket. |
Table des matières
CRIME POLICY MEANING NATURE ACTORS AND CONTEXTS | 1 |
FEDERALIZATION OF CRIME AND JUSTICE POLICY HISTORY TRENDS AND PROCESSES | 47 |
THE WAR ON DRUGS EVOLUTION OF THE POLICY OF CRIMINALIZATION | 79 |
POLICYMAKING IN JUVENILE JUSTICE GROWTH CHANGE AND CONTINUTY | 113 |
SEX CRIMES LAWS AND POLICY DEVELOPMENTS | 149 |
CYBER CRIMES LAWS AND POLICY DEVELOPMENTS | 221 |
CRIME AND JUSTICE POLICY IN AMERICA IN THE 21st CENTURY THE EMERGING TRENDS | 253 |
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Crime Policy in America: Laws, Institutions and Programs Shahid M. Shahidullah Aucun aperçu disponible - 2016 |
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