Sense and Nonsense About Crime, Drugs, and Communities
A Policy Guide, International Edition
Samuel Walker¿s SENSE AND NONSENSE ABOUT CRIME, DRUGS, AND COMMUNITIES, International Edition was one of the first books to challenge common misconceptions about crime, and the new Seventh Edition remains uniquely effective at doing so. Described as a ¿masterful critique¿ of American policies on everything from crime control, to guns, to drugs, this incisive text cuts through popular myths and political rhetoric while emphasizing current research and proven practice. The result is a distinctly lucid, research-based work that clearly reveals what does not work in crime policy while identifying shared characteristics of successful approaches, i…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-495-81268-5
- EAN: 9780495812685
- Produktnummer: 15245738
- Verlag: Cengage Learning, Inc
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
- Seitenangabe: 416 S.
- Masse: H23.2 cm x B16.4 cm x D1.6 cm 540 g
- Auflage: 7 ed
- Gewicht: 540
- Sonstiges: Tertiary Education (US: College)
Über den Autor
Samuel Walker is Professor Emeritus of Criminal Justice at the University of Nebraska, Omaha, where he taught for 31 years before retiring in 2005. He is the author of 13 books on policing, criminal justice history and policy, and civil liberties. His current research involves police accountability, focusing primarily on citizen oversight of the police and police Early Intervention Systems (EIS). Originally trained as a historian, he is completing a book on U.S. presidents and civil liberties. His personal website, with information on police accountability is: http://samuelwalker.net.
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