Crime and Justice, Volume 42 - Crime and Justice in America: 1975-2025

For the American criminal justice system, 1975 was a watershed year. Offender rehabilitation and individualized sentencing fell from favor and the partisan politics of "law and order" took over. This book explores the complicated relationship between policy and knowledge during this crucial time and charts prospects for the future.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Michael Tonry is director of the Institute on Crime and Public Policy and the Bennett Chair in Law and Public Policy at the University of Minnesota. He is also a senior fellow at the Netherlands Institute for the Study of Crime and Law Enforcement.

Zusammenfassung

For the American criminal justice system, 1975 was a watershed year. Offender rehabilitation and individualized sentencing fell from favor and the partisan politics of "law and order" took over. This book explores the complicated relationship between policy and knowledge during this crucial time and charts prospects for the future.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Michael Tonry
• Mitarbeit: Michael Tonry (Herausgeber), Tonry Michael (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: University Of Chicago Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 25.08.2014
• EAN: 9780226105925
• ISBN: 978-0-226-10592-5
• Seiten: 400
• Serien: Crime and Justice: a Review of Research; Crime and Justice: A Review of Research; Crime and Justice: A Review of Research CJ
• Themen: Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Recht > Strafrecht, Strafprozessrecht, Kriminologie; USA, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, United States of America, USA, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology