Crime & politics : big government's erratic campaign for law and order / Ted Gest.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gest, Ted.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Crime prevention--United States.

Crime prevention.

Crime--Government policy--United States.

Crime.

Criminal justice, Administration of--Political aspects--United States.

Criminal justice, Administration of.

United States--Politics and government--20th century.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (305 p.)

Other Title:

Crime and politics

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This text is a story of personal relations and ideological biases that played major roles in how important policies were decided. It tells how the inside story of how crime policy is formulated inside the Washington beltway and state capitals.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""1 When National Politics Met Crime""; ""2 The Rise and Fall of LEAA""; ""3 The “Get-Tough� 1980s""; ""4 Making a Federal Case of It""; ""5 Not Getting Them Young""; ""6 Drugs: Is the War Winnable?""; ""7 Guns Don't Kill?""; ""8 A Cop On Every Corner?""; ""9 Three Strikes: Baseball to Crime""; ""10 Capitol Crime Extravaganza""; ""11 Smarter Ways to Fight Crime""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""

""W""""Y""; ""Z""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-289) and index.

ISBN:

0-19-029013-7

0-19-516551-9

1-281-94349-5

9786611943493

0-19-802635-8

OCLC:

191826267