TY  - GEN
T1  - The punitive turn in American life : how the United States learned to fight crime like a war
A1  - Sherry, Michael S., 1945-
LA  - English
PP  - Chapel Hill
PB  - University of North Carolina Press
YR  - 2020
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_on1202751554
AB  - "In 1965, President Lyndon Johnson insisted that 'the policeman is the frontline soldier in our war against crime,' and police forces, arms makers, policy makers, and crime experts heeded this call to arms, bringing weapons and practices from the arena of war back home. The Punitive Turn in American Life offers a political and cultural history of the ways in which punishment and surveillance have moved to the center of American life and become imbued with militarized language and policies"--
CN  - HV9950 .S547 2020
SN  - 9781469660721
SN  - 1469660725
SN  - 9781469660707
SN  - 1469660709
KW  - Intelligence service : United States.
KW  - Militarization.
KW  - Punishment.
KW  - Criminal justice, Administration of : Political aspects : United States : History : 21st century.
KW  - Criminal justice, Administration of : Political aspects : United States : History : 20th century.
KW  - Militarisation.
KW  - HISTORY / United States / 20th Century
KW  - Criminal justice, Administration of : Political aspects
KW  - Intelligence service
KW  - Militarization
KW  - Punishment
KW  - United States
KW  - 1900-2099
KW  - History
ER  -