The handbook of crime & punishment
By: edited by Michael Tonry.
Contributors: Tonry, Michael H.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 803
Subjects: Crime -- United States; Crime -- Government policy -- United States; Criminal justice, Administration of -- United States; Punishment -- United States
Other titles: Handbook of crime and punishment; Crime & punishment
Description: The Handbook of Crime and Punishment, provides a comprehensive overview of criminal justice, criminology, and crime control policy, thus enabling a fundamental understanding of crime and punishment essential to an informed public. This book will appeal to those interested in the study of crime and its causes, effects, trends, and institutions; those interested in the forms and philosophies of punishment; and those interested in crime control.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.