The perils of federalism
Subtitle: race, poverty and the politics of crime control
By: Lisa L. Miller.
Publisher: Oxford University Press; Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 254
ISBN-13: 9780195331684
Subjects: Crime prevention -- United States -- Citizen participation; Crime prevention -- Pennsylvania -- Citizen participation; Federal government -- United States; Pressure groups -- United States; Pressure groups -- Pennsylvania; African Americans -- Crimes against -- Prevention -- Citizen participation; Poor -- Crimes against -- United States -- Prevention -- Citizen participation
Description: Much of the existing research on race and crime focuses on the manipulation of crime by political elites or the racially biased nature of crime policy. However, Miller's study zeroes in on the political and socio-legal institutions and actors that drive these developments and their relationship to the politics of race and poverty.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Interests, venues and group participation; title: A political history of crime on the congressional agenda; title: Crime politics in Congress; title: Interest groups and crime politics in the state; title: Crime, law and group politics in two urban locales; title: Citizenship through participation; title: Democratic accountability and social control.