Making crime pay : law and order in contemporary American politics / / Katherine Beckett
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| Autore: |
Beckett Katherine <1964->
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| Titolo: |
Making crime pay : law and order in contemporary American politics / / Katherine Beckett
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| Pubblicazione: | New York ; ; Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2000 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (167 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 364.40973 |
| Soggetto topico: | 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 | |
| Soggetto geografico: | United States Politics and government 1989- |
| Note generali: | Includes index. |
| Formerly CIP. | |
| Previously issued in print: 1999. | |
| 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: | Making Crime Pay shows how politicians constructed crime-related problems in ways which imply the need to enhance punishment and control and, simultaneously, to end welfare as we know it. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Making crime pay |
| ISBN: | 0-19-028579-6 |
| 0-19-771995-3 | |
| 1-280-83443-9 | |
| 9786610834433 | |
| 0-19-802727-3 | |
| 0-19-535047-2 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910819629803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Studies in crime and public policy.