The policy dilemma : Federal crime policy and the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration / Malcolm M. Feeley and Austin D. Sarat.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Feeley, Malcolm M.

Contributor:

Sarat, Austin.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Criminal justice, Administration of--United States.

Criminal justice, Administration of.

United States. Law Enforcement Assistance Administration.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (183 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 1980.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Policy Dilemma was first published in 1981. What can and should the federal government do to solve complex social problems? Malcolm M. Feeley and Austin D. Sarat address this question in the context of one important issue, the problem of crime. They examine a major federal program, the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration, and show how its operation is shaped and reflects what they call the ""policy dilemma."" In response to the public's demands, the government tries to do too much and promises more than it can deliver.

Contents:

Contents; Introduction; 1. The Policy Dilemma and the Problem of Crime; 2. Federal Crime Policy: The Safe Streets Act of 1968; 3. Thinking about Crime: Comprehensive Planning and the Idea of Rationality; 4. New Answers to Old Problems: Innovation; 5. Finding Out What Works: Evaluation and the Limits of the ""Scientific"" Paradigm; 6. Conclusions: Incoherence, Implementation and the Dilemma of National Crime Policy; Notes; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8166-5553-7

0-8166-0904-7

OCLC:

182732665