Crime Policy in America - Laws, Institutions, and Programs

Informationen zum Autor Shahid M. Shahidullah is professor and chair in the Department of Sociology at Hampton University. Klappentext The second edition of Crime Policy in America describes the process of policy-making and the substantive nature of policy directions in crime and justice in America, particularly from the beginning of the 1970s. Zusammenfassung The second edition of Crime Policy in America describes the process of policy-making and the substantive nature of policy directions in crime and justice in America! particularly from the beginning of the 1970s. Inhaltsverzeichnis  Foreword                                                                                    Preface to the First Edition                                                           Preface to the Second Edition                                                      Acknowledgments                                                                      Chapter 1: Crime Policy: Meaning, Nature, Actors,and Contexts                                                                Chapter 2: Federalization of Crime and Justice Policy: History, Trends, and Processes                                                 Chapter 3: The War on Drugs: Evolution of the Policy of Criminalization                                                        Chapter 4: Policy-Making in Juvenile Justice: Growth, Change, and Continuity                                                           Chapter 5: Sex Crimes: Laws and Policy Developments          Chapter 6: Cyber Crimes: Laws and Policy Developments       Chapter 7: Crime and Justice Policy in America in the 21st Century: The Emerging Trends                                References

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• Authors: Shahid Shahidullah, Shahid M Shahidullah, Shahid M. Shahidullah
• Assisted by: Albert R. Roberts (Foreword)
• Publisher: University Press Of America
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.11.2015
• EAN: 9780761866589
• ISBN: 978-0-7618-6658-9
• No. of pages: 452
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Miscellaneous; USA, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, LAW / Criminal Procedure, LAW / Courts, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / National, LAW / Trial Practice, United States of America, USA, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology, Central / national / federal government policies, Criminal procedure, Central government policies, Courts & procedure, Legal systems: courts and procedures