The politics of injustice : crime and punishment in America
Examining the role of crime in American politics and culture, The Politics of Injustice, Second Edition provides a better understanding of the nature of crime and punishment in America, as well as the cultural and political contexts in which they occur.
Print Book, English, ©2004
Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks, Calif., ©2004
viii, 263 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
9780761929949, 0761929940
52423857
Preface AcknowledgmentsChapter 1. Criminal Justice Expansion Explaining the Expansion of the Penal System Outline of the BookChapter 2. Crime in the United States Crime in Historical Perspective Crime in Comparative Perspective ConclusionChapter 3. Murder, American Style Popular Explanations of Violence Guns Inequality and Homicide ConclusionChapter 4. The Politics of Crime The Origins of the Discourse of Law and Order From the War on Poverty to the War on Crime From the War on Crime to the War on Drugs ConclusionChapter 5. Crime in the Media Crime in the News Crime as Entertainment The Police Drama The Crime Film The "Reality-Based" Cop Show Media Imagery and Public Opinion ConclusionChapter 6. Crime and Public Opinion Fear of Crime Crime as a Social Problem Popular Punitiveness Understanding Popular Punitiveness Alternatives to Punitiveness Minority Dissent ConclusionChapter 7. Activism and the Politics of Crime Community-Based Crime Prevention Efforts The Victim Rights Movement Adverasarial Activism: Human Rights Campaigns Against Police Brutality, Capital Punishment, and the War on Drugs Conclusion Chapter 8. Crime and Public Policy Drug Policing Punitive Sentencing Return of Capital Punishment Retreat From Juvenile Justice Prisoner Warehousing The Surveillance Society Criminal Justice and Democracy Conclusion Chapter 9. Alternatives Social Investment Harm Reduction Alternative Sentencing Rehabilitating Reintegration Toward Disarmament Community Policing Conclusion Notes ReferencesIndex