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A pattern of violence: how the law classifies crimes and what it means for justice / David Alan Sklansky.
LIBRA KF9304 .S55 2021
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sklansky, David A., 1959- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Violence (Law)--United States.
- Violence (Law).
- Violent crimes--Law and legislation--United States.
- Violent crimes.
- Political violence--United States.
- Political violence.
- Violent crimes--Law and legislation.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 316 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2021.
- Summary:
- "Before the 1960s, the distinction between violent and nonviolent crime played hardly any role in the law. Since then, the number of crimes deemed violent has skyrocketed. David Alan Sklansky shows how shifting and inconsistent legal definitions of violence have fueled mass incarceration, protected abusive police, and undermined criminal justice"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Violence as a legal problem
- Violent crime and violent criminals
- Police violence
- Rape and domestic assault
- Violence and youth
- Prison violence
- Speech and guns.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780674248908
- 0674248902
- OCLC:
- 1198988782
- Publisher Number:
- 99986728526
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