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Capital crimes / George Winslow.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Winslow, George.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Crime--United States.
- Crime.
- United States.
- Crime prevention--United States.
- Crime prevention.
- Criminal justice, Administration of--United States.
- Criminal justice, Administration of.
- Social control--United States.
- Social control.
- Local Subjects:
- Crime--United States.
- Social control--United States.
- Crime prevention--United States.
- Physical Description:
- 360 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Monthly Review Press, [1999]
- Summary:
- Crime tops the headlines, leads the evening news, and is a focus of every election. But what causes crime? Is there a more rational way to address it than by law-and-order crusades crafted by politicians and their consultants to win elections?
- In this fact-filled, sweeping treatment, George Winslow takes on every aspect of crime, from the streets to the suites. Unlike conventional accounts, Capital Crimes places the issue in the context of the global economy--from the Burmese heroin trade to homicide in our cities, from capital flight to corporate money-laundering schemes. Winslow reveals how the occurrence, extent, and type of crime committed, as well as society's response to the problem, are largely shaped by economic elites.
- Based upon extensive research and interviews, Capital Crimes presents a comprehensive alternative to a "lock 'em up" approach that has produced a gargantuan prison-industrial complex without coming to terms with the current system of global production and tinance that makes crime so appealing and lucrative.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Crime Pays 1
- Part I The Rise and Fall of the King of Heroin
- Supply and Demand 18
- The Global Drug Market 33
- The Narco-Dictators 45
- Corporate Connections 62
- Part II The American Way of Crime
- The Road to Violence 82
- Policing America 112
- The Short Arm of the Law 129
- The Politics of Retribution 140
- Addicted to Crime 162
- The Prison-Industrial Complex 183
- Part III The Trillion Dollar Gang: Corporate Crime in America
- Clearcut Crimes 198
- White-Collar Muggers 235
- Regulating for Profits 250
- Financial Fraud 269
- Conclusion: Ending the Violence 297.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [311]-340) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1583670025
- 1583670017
- OCLC:
- 40174778
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