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Author Sklansky, David A., 1959- author.

Title A pattern of violence: how the law classifies crimes and what it means for justice / David Alan Sklansky.

Publication Info. Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2021.
©2021

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Location Call No. Status
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  345.73 SKL    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  345.025 SKLANSKY    Check Shelf
Description 316 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-300) and index.
Contents Violence as a legal problem -- Violent crime and violent criminals -- Police violence -- Rape and domestic assault -- Violence and youth -- Prison violence -- Speech and guns.
Summary "Before the 1960s, the distinction between violent and nonviolent crime played hardly any role in the law. Since then, the number of crimes deemed violent has skyrocketed. David Alan Sklansky shows how shifting and inconsistent legal definitions of violence have fueled mass incarceration, protected abusive police, and undermined criminal justice"-- Provided by the publisher.
Subject Violence (Law) -- United States.
Violent crimes -- Law and legislation -- United States.
Political violence -- United States.
Political violence. (OCoLC)fst01069902
Violence (Law) (OCoLC)fst01167270
Violent crimes -- Law and legislation. (OCoLC)fst01910312
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
ISBN 9780674248908 (hardcover)
0674248902 (hardcover)
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