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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Handbook of crime & punishment. New York : Oxford University Press, 1998 (OCoLC)652346078 |
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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Michael H Tonry |
| ISBN: | 0195110668 9780195110661 |
| OCLC Number: | 38832832 |
| Description: | xiv, 803 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | Introduction : crime and punishment in America / Michael Tonry -- Crime, criminal justice, and public opinion / Julian V. Roberts and Loretta J. Stalans -- Minorities, crime, and criminal justice / Janet L. Lauritsen and Robert J. Sampson -- Gender, crime, and criminology / Kathleen Daly -- Street gangs / Malcolm W. Klein -- White-collar crime / Neal Shover -- Organized crime / James B. Jacobs and Christopher Panarella -- Family violence / Richard J. Gelles -- Drug control / Robert MacCoun and Peter Reuter -- Individual differences and offending / David P. Farrington -- Communities and crime / Per-Olof H. Wikström -- Economic conditions, work, and crime / Anne Morrison Piehl -- Restorative justice / John Braithwaite -- Deterrence and incapacitation / Daniel S. Nagin -- Crime prevention / Trevor Bennett -- Treatment of sex offenders / Vernon L. Quinsey -- American policing / Lawrence W. Sherman -- Prosecution / Candace McCoy -- Jails / Richard S. Frase -- Juvenile court / Barry C. Feld -- Sentencing / Kevin R. Reitz -- Probation and parole / Joan Petersilia -- Prisons / Roy D. King -- Private prisons / Richard W. Harding -- Penal theories / Andrew von Hirsch -- Intermediate sanctions / Michael Tonry -- Correctional treatment / Gerald G. Gaes -- Capital punishment / Roger Hood. |
| Other Titles: | Handbook of crime and punishment Crime & punishment |
| Responsibility: | edited by Michael Tonry. |
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Abstract:
"The Handbook of Crime and Punishment, provides a comprehensive overview of criminal justice, criminology, and crime control policy, thus enabling a fundamental understanding of crime and punishment essential to an informed public." "This book will appeal to those interested in the study of crime and its causes, effects, trends, and institutions; those interested in the forms and philosophies of punishment; and those interested in crime control."--BOOK JACKET.
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