Governing through crime how the war on crime transformed American democracy and created a culture of fear /
Simon, Jonathan.
Governing through crime how the war on crime transformed American democracy and created a culture of fear / [print and electronic resource]: Jonathan Simon. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007. - viii, 330 p. ; 24 cm. - Studies in crime and public policy .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-318) and index.
Introduction : crime and American governance -- Power, authority, and criminal law -- "Prosecutor-in-Chief": executive authority since the war on crime -- We the victims : fearing crime and making law -- Judgment and distrust : the jurisprudence of crime and the decline of judicial government -- Project exile : race, the war on crime, and mass imprisonment -- Crime families : governing domestic relations through crime -- Safe schools : reforming education through crime -- Penalty box : crime, victimization and punishment in the deregulated work place -- Wars of governance : from cancer to crime to terror.
0195181085 (cloth) 9780195181081 (cloth)
2006006732
Crime--Political aspects--History--United States--20th century.
Criminal justice, Administration of--Political aspects--History--United States--20th century.
Crime prevention--Political aspects--History--United States--20th century.
Electronic books.
HV6789 / .S57 2007
364.40973/09045
Governing through crime how the war on crime transformed American democracy and created a culture of fear / [print and electronic resource]: Jonathan Simon. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007. - viii, 330 p. ; 24 cm. - Studies in crime and public policy .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-318) and index.
Introduction : crime and American governance -- Power, authority, and criminal law -- "Prosecutor-in-Chief": executive authority since the war on crime -- We the victims : fearing crime and making law -- Judgment and distrust : the jurisprudence of crime and the decline of judicial government -- Project exile : race, the war on crime, and mass imprisonment -- Crime families : governing domestic relations through crime -- Safe schools : reforming education through crime -- Penalty box : crime, victimization and punishment in the deregulated work place -- Wars of governance : from cancer to crime to terror.
0195181085 (cloth) 9780195181081 (cloth)
2006006732
Crime--Political aspects--History--United States--20th century.
Criminal justice, Administration of--Political aspects--History--United States--20th century.
Crime prevention--Political aspects--History--United States--20th century.
Electronic books.
HV6789 / .S57 2007
364.40973/09045