Who Are the Criminals?: The Politics of Crime Policy from the Age of Roosevelt to the Age of Reagan

by John Hagan

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How Americans came to fear street crime too much--and corporate crime too little

How did the United States go from being a country that tries to rehabilitate street criminals and prevent white-collar crime to one that harshly punishes common lawbreakers while at the same time encouraging corporate crime through a massive deregulation of business? Why do street criminals get stiff prison sentences, a practice that has led to the disaster...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0691156158

ISBN13:9780691156156

Release Date:August 2012

Publisher:Princeton University Press

Length:328 Pages

Weight:1.10 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"

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Law Political Science Politics & Government Politics & Social Sciences Social Science Social Sciences

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