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Governing through crime, how the war on crime transformed American democracy and created a culture of fear, Jonathan Simon

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Governing through crime, how the war on crime transformed American democracy and created a culture of fear, Jonathan Simon

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-318) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Governing through crime

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

294886712

Responsibility statement

Jonathan Simon

Series statement

Studies in crime and public policy

Sub title

how the war on crime transformed American democracy and created a culture of fear

Table Of Contents

Introduction : crime and American governance -- Power, authority, and criminal law -- "Prosecutor-in-Chief": executive authority since the war on crime -- We the victims : fearing crime and making law -- Judgment and distrust : the jurisprudence of crime and the decline of judicial government -- Project exile : race, the war on crime, and mass imprisonment -- Crime families : governing domestic relations through crime -- Safe schools : reforming education through crime -- Penalty box : crime, victimization and punishment in the deregulated work place -- Wars of governance : from cancer to crime to terror

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How the war on crime transformed American democracy and created a culture of fear

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