02716nam 2200673Ia 450 991045134770332120200520144314.01-280-52955-50-19-535402-81-4294-0447-7(CKB)1000000000407130(EBL)272491(OCoLC)476011013(SSID)ssj0000224212(PQKBManifestationID)11910933(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000224212(PQKBWorkID)10225576(PQKB)11558992(MiAaPQ)EBC272491(Au-PeEL)EBL272491(CaPaEBR)ebr10278491(CaONFJC)MIL52955(OCoLC)466427163(EXLCZ)99100000000040713019971215d1998 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPolitics, punishment, and populism[electronic resource] /Lord WindleshamNew York Oxford University Press19981 online resource (287 p.)Studies in crime and public policyDescription based upon print version of record.0-19-511530-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-265) and index.Contents; 1 The Politics of Crime; 2 Organized Interests and Populist Beliefs; 3 Symbolism and Reality; 4 Partisanship and Compromise; 5 Ending the Insanity; 6 Processing the Contract; 7 Money and Ideology; 8 Congress and the Courts; 9 A New Isolationism; Appendix; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; ZFormer minister and current British government legislator Lord Windlesham examines the American federal crime-control laws that surfaced before and after the 1994 ""Republican Revolution"" in Congress. He focuses on the pressure populist opinion and special interests exert on shaping crime policy.Studies in crime and public policy.Criminal justice, Administration ofUnited StatesCrime preventionUnited StatesGun controlUnited StatesPressure groupsUnited StatesElectronic books.Criminal justice, Administration ofCrime preventionGun controlPressure groups364.0973364.973Windlesham David James George HennessyBaron,1932-2010.910437MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451347703321Politics, punishment, and populism2037717UNINA