Politics, Crime Control and Culture

orig.cloth Rubbed. Some light bumps to binding edges. VG. Textual graphs & tables. 24x17cm, xxv,553 pp, Series: International Library of Criminology, Criminal Justice & Penology. Contaions 20 papers. Includes: M. Tonry "Racial Politics, Racial Disparities & the War on Crime"; H. & J. Schwendinger "Giving Crime Prevention Top Priority"; D. Melossi "Gazette of Morality & Social Whip: Punishment, Hegemony & the Case of the USA, 1970-92"; T.C. Castellano & E. F. McGarrell "The Politics of Law & Order: Case Study Evidence for a Conflict Model of the Criminal Law Formation Process"; S.A. Scheingold; et al: "Sexual Violence, Victim Advocacy & Republican Criminology: Washington State's Community Protection Act"; J.-P. Brodeur "Policing Appearances"; M.King "Social Crime Prevention à la Thatcher"; T.R. Tyler & R.J. Boeckmann "Three Strikes & You Are Out, but Why? The Psychology of Public Support for Punishing Rule Breakers"; P.C. Ellsworth & S.R. Gross " Hardening of the Attitudes: Americans' Views on the Death Penalty"; W.J. Bowers, et al: "A New Look at Public Opinion on Capital Punishment: What Citizens & Legislators Prefer"; K. Farrington "The Modern Prison as Total Institution? Public Perception versus Objective Reality"; S.F. Cohn; et al:"Punitive Attitudes Toward Criminals: Racial Consensus or Racial Conflict? "; T, Sasson "African American Conspiracy Theories & the Social Construction of Crime"; G. Barak "Between the Waves: Mass-mediated Themes of Crime & Justice"; .D. Stone "Getting the Message Out: Feminists, the Press & Violence Against Women"; R.G. Lawrence: Accidents, Icons & Indexing: The Dynamics of News Coverage of Police Use fo Force"; R.V. Ericson "Mass Media, Crime, Law & Justice: An Institutional Approach"; etc. Rubbed. Some light bumps to binding edges. VG. …