The Rise and Fall of a Violent Crime Wave: Crack Cocaine and the Construction of a Social Crime Problem
Henry Brownstein | | ISBN: 978-0-911577-36-5 $25.00 |
1996/112 pages A CriminalJusticePress Project
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DESCRIPTION
This book tells the story of how government policy-makers, law enforcement officials, and the news media effectively used modest shifts in the official rate of violent crime to construct a crisis of crime and violence.
CONTENTS
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The Wave of Violent Crime.
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The Measurement of Violent Crime.
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Official Crime Statistics.
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Crack Cocaine and Violent Crime.
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Making Policy, Making Justice, Making Crime.