Title The politics of injustice : crime and punishment in America / Katherine Beckett, Theodore Sasson

Published Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; London : Pine Forge, [2000] ©2000

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Description xiii, 273 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm Contents Criminal justice expansion -- Crime in the United States -- Murder, American style -- The politics of crime -- Crime in the news -- Crime as entertainment -- Crime and public opinion -- Activism and the politics of crime -- Crime and public policy -- Alternatives Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Subject Crime prevention -- United States. Crime -- United States. Criminal justice, Administration of -- United States. Author Sasson, Theodore, 1965- LC no. 99006712 ISBN 0761986391 (paperback) 0761986820 (cased)

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