Power, politics, and crime [electronic resource] / William J. Chambliss.

Author/Creator:

Chambliss, William J.

Publication:

Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 2001.

Series:

Crime & society (Boulder, Colo.)
Crime & society

Format/Description:

Book
1 online resource (205 p.)

Subjects:

Crime -- Political aspects -- United States.
Criminal justice, Administration of -- Political aspects -- United States.

Form/Genre:

Electronic books.

Language:

English

Summary:

How criminal justice policies are creating a nation divided by race, class, and morality.

Contents:

CONTENTS; List of Tables and Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Misperceptions of Crime; PART 1: PROPAGANDA; 1 The Politics of Fear; 2 Marketing Crime: The Politics of Crime Statistics; PART 2: PRACTICE; 3 Finding Crime I: The Ghetto; 4 The War on Drugs: America's Ethnic Cleansing; 5 Finding Crime II: The White Lower Class; PART 3: IMPLICATIONS; 6 Trading Textbooks for Prison Cells; 7 Crime Myths and Smoke Screens; 8 Summary, Conclusions, and Solutions; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-367-09626-9
0-429-49808-X
1-283-26152-9
9786613261526
0-8133-4634-7
1-4294-9048-9

OCLC:

746747175

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