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Crime control and social justice : the delicate balance
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Crime control and social justice : the delicate balance

Author: Darnell Felix Hawkins; Samuel L Myers; Randolph N Stone
Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2003.
Series: Contributions in criminology and penology, no. 55
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Darnell Felix Hawkins; Samuel L Myers; Randolph N Stone
ISBN: 0313307903 9780313307904
OCLC Number: 49326998
Description: xvi, 488 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: pt. I. From cradle to grave : families, youths, and the political economy of contemporary criminal justice policy -- 1. Assessing the longer-run consequences of incarceration : effects on families and employment / William J. Sabol, James P. Lynch -- 2. Individual sentencing practices and aggregate social problems / Todd R. Clear, Dina R. Rose -- 3. Three strikes and you're out : a symbolic crime policy? / Nolan E. Jones -- 4. Crime, youth, and the labor market : are we any closer to answers? / Harold L. Votey, Jr., Llad Phillips -- 5. The end of the juvenile court : prospects for our children / Barry A. Krisberg -- pt. II. Gangs, drug law enforcement, racial profiling, and social justice -- 6. The new blacklists : the threat to civil liberties posed by gang databases / Stacey Leyton -- 7. Anti-gang initiatives as racialized policy / Marjorie S. Zatz, Richard P. Krecker, Jr. -- 8. Sentencing of drug offenders in three cities : does race/ethnicity make a difference? / Cassia C. Spohn, Jeffrey W. Spears -- 9. Race, cops, and traffic stops / Angela J. Davis -- 10. In search of probable cause : U.S. Customs, racial profiling, and the Fourth Amendment / Lee R. Ross, Simon Adetona Akindes -- 11. Simple solutions? : the complexity of public attitudes relevant to drug law enforcement policy / Tracey L. Meares -- pt. III. Emerging and critical perspectives on crime control and social justice -- 12. Drug war politics : racism, corruption, and alienation / William J. Chambliss -- 13. "Justice" and criminal justice / David F. Greenberg -- 14. Criminology as moral philosophy, criminologist as witness / Richard Quinney -- 15. Affirmative action and the criminal law / Paul Butler -- 16. At a crossroad : affirmative action and criminology / Wilson R. Palacios, Chinita Heard, Dorothy L. Taylor -- 17. On the horns of a dilemma : criminal wrongs, civil rights, and the administration of justice in African-American communities / Darnell F. Hawkins.
Series Title: Contributions in criminology and penology, no. 55
Responsibility: edited by Darnell F. Hawkins, Samuel L. Myers, Jr., and Randolph N. Stone.

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