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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819285003321

Autore

Simon Jonathan <1959->

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2007

ISBN

0-19-774317-X

1-281-16245-0

9786611162450

0-19-804002-4

1-4294-6900-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (330 pages)

Collana

Studies in crime and public policy

Disciplina

364.40973/09045

Soggetti

Crime - Political aspects - United States - History - 20th century

Criminal justice, Administration of - Political aspects - United States - History - 20th century

Crime prevention - Political aspects - United States - History - 20th century

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction: Crime and American Governance; 1 Power, Authority, and Criminal Law; 2 "Prosecutor-in-Chief": Executive Authority and the War on Crime; 3 We the Victims: Fearing Crime and Making Law; 4 Judgment and Distrust: The Jurisprudence of Crime and the Decline of Judicial Governance; 5 Project Exile: Race, the War on Crime, and Mass Imprisonment; 6 Crime Families: Governing Domestic Relations Through Crime; 7 Safe Schools: Reforming Education Through Crime; 8 Penalty Box: Crime, Victimization, and Punishment in the Deregulated Workplace

9 Wars of Governance: From Cancer to Crime to TerrorNotes; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Across America today gated communities sprawl out from urban centers, employers enforce mandatory drug testing, and schools screen students with metal detectors. Social problems ranging from welfare dependency to educational inequality have been reconceptualized as



crimes, with an attendant focus on assigning fault and imposing consequences. Even before the recent terrorist attacks, non-citizen residents had become subject to an increasingly harsh regime of detention and deportation, and prospective employees subjected to background checks. How and when did our everyday world become dominated