Gary Kleck, Brion Sever

Punishment and Crime

The Limits of Punitive Crime Control

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Produktbeschreibung

This book summarizes and synthesizes a vast body of research on the effects of legal punishment and criminal behavior.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 334
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Oktober 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 251mm x 178mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 635g
• ISBN-13: 9781138307261
• ISBN-10: 1138307262
• Artikelnr.: 49784340

Autorenporträt

Gary Kleck is David J. Bordua Professor Emeritus at Florida State University. He earned a Ph.D. and M.A. in Sociology from the University of Illinois and a B.A. in Sociology from the University of Illinois. He is the author of numerous books and articles, including Point Blank: Guns and Violence in America, which won the 1991 Michael J. Hindelang Award of the American Society of Criminology. Brion Sever is Associate Professor of Criminal Justice at Florida Gulf Coast University. Previously, he taught for sixteen years at Monmouth University. He earned a Ph.D. in Criminology from Florida State University. He has published research in over a dozen journals, including Criminology, Police Quarterly, and the Journal of Criminal Justice Education.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Tables. Acknowledgements. Chapter 1
Introduction. Chapter 2
Theory: The Mechanisms by Which Legal Punishment Might Reduce Crime. Chapter 3
Deterrence and the Rational Choice Model of Criminal Behavior
The Case of the Disappearing Theory. Chapter 4
General Methodological Problems in Punishment Research. Chapter 5
Individual
Level Research on General Deterrence
The Impact of Perceptions of Legal Risk on Criminal Behavior. Chapter 6
Individual
Level Research on the Effects of Punishment on the Punished
Special Deterrence. Chapter 7
Macro
Level Research on the Effect of Punishment Levels. Chapter 8
The Impact of Capital Punishment on Murder RatesChapter 9
The Missing Link Between Macro
Level and Individual
Level Effects: The Impact of Macro
level Punishment Levels on Individual Perceptions of Legal Risk. Chapter 10
Incapacitative Effects of Incarceration and the Impact of Imprisonment Rates. Chapter 11
Crime
Increasing Effects of Punishment. Chapter 12
Conclusions. Index.