The punitive turn in American life : how the United States learned to fight crime like a war /
"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 T...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Sprog: | engelsk |
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Chapel Hill :
University of North Carolina Press
2020.
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| Online adgang: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5149/9781469660721_sherry |
Indholdsfortegnelse:
- The crisis of a militarized order, 1963-1969
- War on crime in Vietnam's wake, 1969-1973
- The uncertain advance of the punitive turn, 1974-1981
- The triumph of militarized crime-fighting, 1981-1993
- The sprawling punitive turn, 1993-2001
- The punitive turn in an age of vengeance, 2001-2009
- Reversal or redirection? 2009-2017.