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

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

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Main Author: Chambliss, William J.
Other title:Power, politics, & crime.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 2001.
Series:Crime & society (Boulder, Colo.)
Subjects:
Crime > Political aspects > United States.
Criminal justice, Administration of > Political aspects > United States.
Crime > Political aspects.
Criminal justice, Administration of > Political aspects.
United States.

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505 0 |a Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of Tables and Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Misperceptions of Crime -- The Rising American Prison Population -- The Growing Prison Economy -- PART 1: PROPAGANDA -- 1 The Politics of Fear -- The President's Crime Commission -- A Shift in the Focus of Concern -- Nixon, Congress, and the War on Crime -- Recent Legislation -- The Consequences -- 2 Marketing Crime: The Politics of Crime Statistics -- Prisons for Profit -- Crime Statistics -- The Uniform Crime Reports -- Counting Crimes -- Dirty Tricks -- When Crime Rates Decline -- Police and Prosecutors' Charges -- Murder by Strangers -- Selective Reporting -- Teenage "Super Predators," -- Current Panics over Juvenile Crime -- School Violence -- National Criminal Victimization Surveys -- The Consequences -- Conclusion -- PART 2: PRACTICE -- 3 Finding Crime I: The Ghetto -- The Dirty Harrys -- Routine Stops -- The Consequences -- The Impact on the African American Community -- Discussion -- 4 The War on Drugs: America's Ethnic Cleansing -- The Impact of Decriminalization -- The Consequences -- The Corruption of Due Process -- Conclusion -- 5 Finding Crime II: The White Lower Class -- The Saints -- The Roughnecks -- Two Questions -- The Organization of Policing -- As Adults -- Labeling and the Self-Fulfilling Prophecy -- PART 3: IMPLICATIONS -- 6 Trading Textbooks for Prison Cells -- The Fiscal Costs of Imprisonment -- Why? -- 7 Crime Myths and Smoke Screens -- Police Crimes -- Police Corruption -- The Corruption of Due Process of Law -- The Political Smoke Screen -- State Organized Crime -- Corporate Crime -- Discussion -- 8 Summary, Conclusions, and Solutions -- Index. 
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