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The future of crime and punishment : smart policies for reducing crime and saving money / William R. Kelly.

By: Publisher: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, 2016Description: viii, 258 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781442264816 (cloth : alk. paper)
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Future of crime and punishmentDDC classification:
  • 364.40973 23
LOC classification:
  • HV9950 .K454 2016
Contents:
Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- American criminal justice : the punishment is the crime -- The high cost of failure -- Why people commit crime and what we can do about it -- Diversion from traditional criminal prosecution and punishment -- Changing prosecution and sentencing -- Rethinking punishment -- Drugs, guns and gangs -- Juvenile justice : the critical opportunity -- Conclusions -- References -- Index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- American criminal justice : the punishment is the crime -- The high cost of failure -- Why people commit crime and what we can do about it -- Diversion from traditional criminal prosecution and punishment -- Changing prosecution and sentencing -- Rethinking punishment -- Drugs, guns and gangs -- Juvenile justice : the critical opportunity -- Conclusions -- References -- Index.

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