Shahid M. Shahidullah

Crime Policy in America

Laws, Institutions, and Programs

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The second edition of Crime Policy in America describes the process of policy-making and the substantive nature of policy directions in crime and justice in America, particularly from the beginning of the 1970s.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University Press of America
• Second Edition
• Seitenzahl: 454
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. November 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 31mm
• Gewicht: 883g
• ISBN-13: 9780761866589
• ISBN-10: 0761866582
• Artikelnr.: 43548142

Autorenporträt

Shahid M. Shahidullah is professor and chair in the Department of Sociology at Hampton University.

Inhaltsangabe

  Foreword
                                                                                   
Preface to the First Edition
                                                           Preface to the
Second Edition                                                      
Acknowledgments
                                                                     
Chapter 1: Crime Policy: Meaning, Nature, Actors, and Contexts
                                                                Chapter 2:
Federalization of Crime and Justice Policy: History, Trends, and
Processes                                                  Chapter 3: The
War on Drugs: Evolution of the Policy of
Criminalization                                                        
Chapter 4: Policy-Making in Juvenile Justice: Growth, Change, and
Continuity                                                           
Chapter 5: Sex Crimes: Laws and Policy Developments           Chapter 6:
Cyber Crimes: Laws and Policy Developments        Chapter 7: Crime and
Justice Policy in America in the 21st Century: The Emerging Trends
                                References