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The justice juggernaut : fighting street crime, controlling citizens / Diana R. Gordon.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gordon, Diana R.
- Series:
- Crime, law, and deviance series
- Crime, law, and deviance series.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Crime prevention--United States.
- Crime prevention.
- United States.
- Punishment--United States.
- Punishment.
- Physical Description:
- x, 335 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, [1990]
- Summary:
- This book provides a critical analysis of both the get-tough trend and its partner, coercive control by observation. It begins by setting forth the dimensions of the juggernaut and then moves on to explore the sources of these two tracks - to capture and confine, and to observe.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [293]-316) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0813514770 :
- 0813514789
- OCLC:
- 19846682
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