Author: Herbert Aaron Bloch
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Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 376

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Author: Herbert Aaron Bloch
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Category : Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Category : Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 434

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Author: Stephen Brauer
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1793608458
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 213

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Using modernism as a lens, Stephen Brauer examines Americans’ understanding of criminality in the twentieth-century and how the powerful figure of the criminal is key to exploring cultures, social norms, and, ultimately, laws.

Author: United States. Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
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Category : Corrections
Languages : en
Pages : 480

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Author: United States. Department of Justice
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Languages : en
Pages : 480

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Author: National Institute of Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice. Office of Technology Transfer
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Category : Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 184

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Author: United States. United States Department of Justice
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Languages : en
Pages : 176

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Author: Ted Robert Gurr
Publisher: SAGE
ISBN: 9780803932289
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 284

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Violence in America: The History of Crime presents a wealth of new research on the long-term dynamics of murder and other crimes of violence. The contributors clearly identify and diagnose the painful circumstances of recurring epidemics of violent crime that have swept the American society over the past 150 years. Among the possible causes discussed are waves of immigration, the social dislocations of war, and growing concentrations of urban poverty. In addition, this engaging volume offers an evaluation of the traits of political assassins and an assessment of the pros and cons of gun control--and whether or not it will help to reduce crimes of violence. Surprisingly, the contributors to this compelling volume present the idea that the past and present dynamics of violent crime, projected into the future, suggest grounds for cautious optimism. This outlook is based on recent increases in effective criminal justice policies and the widespread efforts to remedy the social disintegration that breeds violent crime. Students and professionals in history, criminology, victimology, political science, and other related fields will find this volume to be essential reading. (For both volumes) "This is a major, timely, and immensely welcome addition to the literature on violence in American society. With fresh scholarship and new insights, it updates a classic study of violence first published in 1969. It would make a valuable addition to courses on American social history as well as classes specifically addressing violence and crime in this society." --John J. Broesamle, California State University, Northridge

Author: Wilbur R. Miller
Publisher: SAGE Publications
ISBN: 1483305937
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 2712

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Several encyclopedias overview the contemporary system of criminal justice in America, but full understanding of current social problems and contemporary strategies to deal with them can come only with clear appreciation of the historical underpinnings of those problems. Thus, this five-volume work surveys the history and philosophy of crime, punishment, and criminal justice institutions in America from colonial times to the present. It covers the whole of the criminal justice system, from crimes, law enforcement and policing, to courts, corrections and human services. Among other things, this encyclopedia: explicates philosophical foundations underpinning our system of justice; charts changing patterns in criminal activity and subsequent effects on legal responses; identifies major periods in the development of our system of criminal justice; and explores in the first four volumes - supplemented by a fifth volume containing annotated primary documents - evolving debates and conflicts on how best to address issues of crime and punishment. Its signed entries in the first four volumes--supplemented by a fifth volume containing annotated primary documents--provide the historical context for students to better understand contemporary criminological debates and the contemporary shape of the U.S. system of law and justice.