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Title Crime and public policy / edited by James Q. Wilson & Joan Petersilia.

Publication Info. New York : Oxford University Press, [2011]
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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  364.973 C929CA    Check Shelf
Edition [New edition].
Description xi, 644 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Crime in international perspective / James P. Lynch and William Alex Pridemore -- Crime and biology / Terrie E. Moffitt, Stephen Ross, and Adrian Raine -- Juvenile crime and juvenile justice / Peter W. Greenwood and Susan Turner -- Families and crime / David P. Farrington -- Street gangs / Cheryl Maxson -- Labor markets and crime / Shawn D. Bushway -- The community / Robert J. Sampson -- Race and the administration of criminal justice in the United States / Randall Kennedy -- Gun control / Philip J. Cook, Anthony A. Braga, and Mark H. Moore -- Rehabilitation and treatment programs / Francis T. Cullen and Cheryl Lero Jonson -- Sex offenders and sex offender policy / Eric Beauregard and Roxanne Lieb -- Drugs, crime, and public policy / David A. Boyum, Jonathan P. Caulkins, and Mark A. R. Kleiman -- General deterrence : a review of recent evidence / Robert Apel and Daniel S. Nagin -- Prosecution / Brian Forst -- Sentencing / Kevin R. Reitz -- Community corrections : probation, parole, and prisoner reentry / Joan Petersilia -- Prisons / Anne Morrison Piehl and Bert Useem -- Changing crime rates / Richard Rosenfeld -- Democratic policing on the evidence / Lawrence W. Sherman -- Crime and public policy / James Q. Wilson.
Subject Crime prevention -- United States.
Crime -- United States.
Crime.
Criminology.
Added Author Wilson, James Q.
Petersilia, Joan.
ISBN 9780195399356 paperback alkaline paper
0195399358 paperback alkaline paper
9780195399363 cloth alkaline paper
0195399366 cloth alkaline paper
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