Crime control and social justice the delicate balance

Investigates the tension between the nation's quest for equality, freedom, and individual rights, and efforts to curb rising rates of crime during the last several decades.

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Other Authors: Hawkins, Darnell Felix 1946-, Myers, Samuel L., Stone, Randolph N.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Westport, Conn. Greenwood Press 2003
Series:Contributions in criminology and penology no. 55
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Call Number :HV 7431 .C718 2003

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260 |a Westport, Conn.  |b Greenwood Press  |c 2003 
300 |a xvi, 488 p.  |c 24 cm 
490 1 |a Contributions in criminology and penology  |x 0732-4464  |v no. 55 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index 
505 0 |a pt. I. From cradle to grave : families, youths, and the political economy of contemporary criminal justice policy -- 1. Assessing the longer-run consequences of incarceration : effects on families and employment / William J. Sabol, James P. Lynch -- 2. Individual sentencing practices and aggregate social problems / Todd R. Clear, Dina R. Rose -- 3. Three strikes and you're out : a symbolic crime policy? / Nolan E. Jones -- 4. Crime, youth, and the labor market : are we any closer to answers? / Harold L. Votey, Jr., Llad Phillips -- 5. The end of the juvenile court : prospects for our children / Barry A. Krisberg -- pt. II. Gangs, drug law enforcement, racial profiling, and social justice -- 6. The new blacklists : the threat to civil liberties posed by gang databases / Stacey Leyton -- 7. Anti-gang initiatives as racialized policy / Marjorie S. Zatz, Richard P. Krecker, Jr. -- 8. Sentencing of drug offenders in three cities : does race/ethnicity make a difference? / Cassia C. Spohn, Jeffrey W. Spears -- 9. Race, cops, and traffic stops / Angela J. Davis -- 10. In search of probable cause : U.S. Customs, racial profiling, and the Fourth Amendment / Lee R. Ross, Simon Adetona Akindes -- 11. Simple solutions? : the complexity of public attitudes relevant to drug law enforcement policy / Tracey L. Meares -- pt. III. Emerging and critical perspectives on crime control and social justice -- 12. Drug war politics : racism, corruption, and alienation / William J. Chambliss -- 13. "Justice" and criminal justice / David F. Greenberg -- 14. Criminology as moral philosophy, criminologist as witness / Richard Quinney -- 15. Affirmative action and the criminal law / Paul Butler -- 16. At a crossroad : affirmative action and criminology / Wilson R. Palacios, Chinita Heard, Dorothy L. Taylor -- 17. On the horns of a dilemma : criminal wrongs, civil rights, and the administration of justice in African-American communities / Darnell F. Hawkins. 
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650 0 |a Punishment in crime deterrence  |z United States 
650 0 |a Hate crimes  |z United States 
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