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Author:

Simon, Jonathan.

Title:

Governing through crime : how the war on crime transformed American democracy and created a culture of fear / Jonathan Simon.

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2007

Description:

viii, 330 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Crime--History--United States--History--20th century.
Criminal justice, Administration of--History--United States--History--20th century.
Crime prevention--History--United States--History--20th century.
Criminalité--Histoire--États-Unis--Histoire--20e siècle.
Justice pénale--Histoire--Aspect politique--États-Unis--Histoire--20e siècle.
Criminalité--Histoire--Aspect politique--États-Unis--Histoire--20e siècle.
Criminaliteit.
Strafrechtspleging.
Justitieel beleid
Verenigde Staten.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-318) and index.

Contents:

Index. 9. Power, authority, and criminal law -- 2. "Prosecutor-in-Chief" : executive authority and the war on crime -- 3. We the victims : fearing crime and making law -- 4. Judgment and distrust : the jurisprudence of crime and the decline of judicial government -- 5. Project exile : race, the war on crime, and mass imprisonment -- 6. Crime families : governing domestic relations through crime -- 7. Safe schools : reforming education through crime -- 8. Penalty box : crime, victimization and punishment in the deregulated work place -- 9. Wars of governance : from cancer to crime to terror -- Notes -- References -- Index.

Series:

Studies in crime and public policy

ISBN:

9780195181081 (cloth)
0195181085 (cloth)

LCCN:

2006006732

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

CEAX572 -- Kirkwood Community College Library (Cedar Rapids)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

UDAX314 -- Charles C. Myers Library (Dubuque)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

N5UX522 -- University of Iowa Law Library (Iowa City)

OZAX845 -- Northwestern College - DeWitt Library (Orange City)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)