Edition |
Second edition. |
Description |
1 online resource |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Crime Policy In America ; TABLE OF CONTENTS ; 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 |
Summary |
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. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Criminal law -- United States.
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Criminal justice, Administration of -- United States.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Criminology. |
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Criminal justice, Administration of |
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Criminal law |
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United States https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrq |
Other Form: |
Print version: Shahidullah, Shahid M. Crime Policy in America : Laws, Institutions, and Programs. : UPA, ©2015 |
ISBN |
9780761866572 (electronic bk.) |
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0761866574 (electronic bk.) |
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9780761866565 |
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9780761866589 |
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