Malign Neglect: Race, Crime, and Punishment in America
Despite the perennial claims of politicians that our courts are coddling hardened criminals, the fact is that America already sends a higher proportion of its citizens to prison--and for longer terms--than any other western nation. To quote the Canadian House of Commons's Committee on Justice, If locking up those who violate the law contributed to safer societies, then the United States should be the safest country in the world. Yet despite well-documented and mounting evidence that increased penalties alone cannot reduce crime, the Reagan and Bush administrations repeatedly lobbied fortougher mandatory sentences and more prisons. Although bl…
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- ISBN: 978-0-19-510469-1
- EAN: 9780195104691
- Produktnummer: 22685255
- Verlag: OXFORD UNIV PR
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1996
- Seitenangabe: 256 S.
- Masse: H21.6 cm x B14.1 cm x D2.0 cm 335 g
- Gewicht: 335
Über den Autor
Michael Tonry is Sonosky Professor of Law and Public Policy at the University of Minnesota. He is the co-author of Between Prison and Probation, with Norval Morris, editor of the leading journal Crime and Justice-A Review of Research, and General Editor, with Morris, of the Oxford University Press series Studies in Crime and Public Policy.
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