Title: Thinking about Crime
Description: 1. Sense and Sensibility in American Penal Culture2. Why So Many Americans Are in Prison3. Cycles and Sensibilities4. Moral Panics and "Windows of Opportunity"5. Crime Trends and the Effects of Crime Control6. Formerly Unthinkable Policies7. Unthought Thoughts8. Better Understanding, People, and PoliciesReferences Index
Subjects: Law, Nonfiction, Politics and government, Public opinion, Government policy, Discrimination in criminal justice administration, Prisons in mass media, Prisons, Crime prevention, Strafrechtstheorie, Kriminalpolitik, Prisons, united states, Public opinion, united states, United states, politics and government, 2001-2009, Criminal law, united states