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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784802403321

Autore

Beckett Katherine <1964->

Titolo

Making crime pay [[electronic resource] ] : law and order in contemporary American politics / / Katherine Beckett

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; ; Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2000

ISBN

0-19-771995-3

1-280-83443-9

9786610834433

0-19-802727-3

0-19-535047-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (167 p.)

Collana

Studies in crime and public policy

Disciplina

364.40973

Soggetti

Crime - Political aspects - United States

Criminal justice, Administration of - Political aspects - United States

Crime prevention - Political aspects - United States

Drug control - Political aspects - United States

United States Politics and government 1989-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 137-153) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; 1 Law and Order in Contemporary American Politics; 2 Setting the Public Agenda; 3 Creating the Crime Issue; 4 From Crime to Drugs-and Back Again; 5 Crime and Drugs in the News; 6 Crime and Punishment in American Political Culture; 7 Institutionalizing Law and Order; 8 Reconceptualizing the Crime Problem; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

1. Law and Order in Contemporary American Politics. 2. Setting the Public Agenda. 3. Creating the Crime Issue. 4. From Crime to Drugs--and Back Again. 5. Crime and Drugs in the News. 6. Crime and Punishment in American Political Culture. 7. Institutionalizing Law and Order. 8. Reconceptualizing the Crime Problem