American exceptionalism in crime and punishment / edited by Kevin R. Reitz.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Reitz, Kevin R., editor, contributor.

UPSO (University Press Scholarship Online)

Lipman Criminology Library Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Criminal justice, Administration of--United States.

Criminal justice, Administration of.

United States.

Crime--United States.

Crime.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 565 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2018]

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Introduction

American exceptionalism : perspectives

American exceptionalism in crime, punishment, and disadvantage : race, federalization, and politicization in the perspective of local autonomy / Nicola Lacey and David Soskice

The concept of American exceptionalism and the case of capital punishment / David Garland

Penal optimism : understanding American mass imprisonment from a Canadian perspective / Cheryl Marie Webster and Anthony N. Doob

The complications of penal federalism : American exceptionalism or fifty different countries? / Franklin E. Zimring

American exceptionalism in crime

American exceptionalism in comparative perspective : explaining trends and variation in the use of incarceration / Tapio Lappi-Seppälä

How exceptional is the history of violence and criminal justice in the United States? : variation across time and space as the keys to understanding homicide and punitiveness / Randolph Roth

Making the state pay : violence and the politicization of crime in comparative perspective / Lisa L. Miller

Comparing serious violent crime in the United States and England and Wales : why it matters, and how it can be done / Zelia Gallo, Nicola Lacey, and David Soskice

American exceptionalism in community supervision : a comparative analysis of probation in the United States, Scotland, and Sweden / Edward E. Rhine and Faye S. Taxman

American exceptionalism in parole release and supervision : a European perspective / Dirk van Zyl Smit and Alessandro Corda

Collateral sanctions and American exceptionalism : a comparative perspective / Nora V. Demleitner

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Oxford Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 13, 2017).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Lipman Criminology Library Fund.

Other Format:

Print version: American exceptionalism in crime and punishment

ISBN:

9780190203559

0190203552

Publisher Number:

99975064520

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.