The Politics of Law and Order: Street Crime and Public Policy

The Politics of Law and Order: Street Crime and Public Policy
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Why do politicians run on a law-and-order platform even as crime rates are falling? Why does the public respond disproportionately to law-and-order soundbites and images in the media and on TV shows? At bottom, is crime a fixed reality or a social construction? This book is the foundational and renowned study of how politicians and others use crime ratesâ€”and most of all the public perception of street crime, whether or not it is accurateâ€”for their own purposes. Dr. Scheingold also provides a theoretical and historical basis for his views, and compares mainstream theories of crime control, as well as conservative and Marxist explanations. The follow-up to the author's landmark 'The Politics of Rights,' this book is both supported in research and accessible and interesting to readers everywhere. Features new 2010 Foreword by Berkeley law professor Malcolm Feeley. A work that is both "timely and timeless," writes Dr. Feeley, it "is important for what it saysâ€”and how it says itâ€”about American crime and crime policy, as well as American political culture. It speaks truth to power today as much as it did when it was first published." As recently noted by Amherst College's Austin Sarat, Scheingold "was quite simply one of the world's leading commentators on law and politics."
Country USA
Brand Quid Pro, LLC
Manufacturer Quid Pro, LLC
Binding Paperback
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781610270366
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	Quid Pro, LLC
Manufacturer	Quid Pro, LLC
Binding	Paperback
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781610270366
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

The Politics of Law and Order: Street Crime and Public Policy

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