| Description |
266 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
The history of issues |
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History of issues.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-248) and index. |
| Contents |
Poverty creates crime / Clarence Darrow -- White collar crime needs to be addressed / Edwin H. Sutherland -- Unchecked minor crimes lead to lawlessness / George L. Kelling and James Q. Wilson -- The biological foundation of violent crime / Debra Niehoff -- The internet has bred cyber crime / Louis J. Freeh -- Examining the connections between ethnicity and crime / T. L. Meares -- Drug abuse causes crime / David Boyum and Mark A. R. Kleiman -- American declares a war on drugs / Richard Nixon -- Gun control does not deter crime / David B. Kopel -- America must decriminalize drugs / Ethan A. Nadelmann -- Three strikes laws reduce crime / Dan Lungren -- Gun control prevents crime / William J. Clinton -- Stiff prison sentences deter crime / Morgan Reynolds -- The Patriot Act deters crime / John Ashcroft -- The Patriot Act compromises civil liberties / Susan Herman -- Three strikes laws are too tough / Scott Ehlers, Vincent Schiraldi, and Jason Ziedenberg -- The death penalty is unjust and ineffective / Cesare Bonesana Marchese di Beccaria -- The penitentiary system should rehabilitate criminals / Gustave de Beaumont and Alexis de Tocqueville -- Mandatory jail sentencing is unfair / Lois G. Forer -- Hate is not a crime / James B. Jacobs -- The roots of hate crime legislation / Brian Levin -- Corporate crime must be punished / George W. Bush -- Criminal law has been overextended / Erik Luna -- Capital punishment is just and effective / Cass R. Sunstein and Adrian Vermeule. |
| Subject |
Criminology.
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Crime -- Sociological aspects.
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Crime -- United States.
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| Added Author |
Canini, Mikko.
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| ISBN |
0737728639 |
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9780737728637 |
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