Crime and public policy

by Wilson, James Q.

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Title Statements

Full title :Crime and public policy / James Q. Wilson, editor.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©1983.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Distributed by Transaction Books, ICS Press
Place of Publication:San Francisco, Calif
Language:eng
Publication Date:©1983.

The Physical Object

Description:xii, 334 pages ; : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0917616529, 9780917616525, 0917616510, 9780917616518
oclc:ocm09489070
LC Classification:HV7431
Dewey Decimal:364.4/04561/0973

[Pt.] I. Introduction. Introduction / James Q. Wilson -- [Pt.] II. Crime rates and criminals. Crime rates and the active criminal / Jan M. Chaiken, Marcia R. Chaiken -- Some criminogenic traits of offenders / Richard J. Herrnstein -- [Pt.] III. The social milieu of crime. Crime and the family / Travis Hirschi -- Crime in the schools / Jackson Toby -- Crime and unemployment / Richard B. Freeman -- The physical environment and community control of crime / Charles R. Murray -- [Pt.] IV. The criminal justice system. Controlling criminogenic commodities: drugs, guns, and alcohol / Mark H. Moore -- Patrol strategies for police / Lawrence W. Sherman -- Prosecution and sentencing / Brian Frost -- Criminal procedure in the courtroom / Steven R. Schlesinger -- Supervising offenders outside of prison / Daniel Glaser -- Prisons: population, capacity, and alternatives / Alfred Blumstein -- Controlling the crime rate through imprisonment / Peter W. Greenwood -- Crime and public policy / James Q. Wilson.