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THE OXFORD HANDBOOK OF CRIME AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE
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| By: |
Michael Tonry (Editor) |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| List price:
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£43.49 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0199338280 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780199338283 |
| Publisher: |
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS INC |
| Pub. date: |
1 September, 2013 |
| Series: |
Oxford Handbooks |
| Pages: |
992 |
| Description: |
A comprehensive and accesible overview of the operation of the American criminal justice system, The Oxford Handbook of Crime and Criminal Justice covers a wide range of issues, making it an important reference for students and scholars in criminal justice, law, and public policy. |
| Synopsis: |
Although criminal justice systems in developed Western countries are much alike in form, structure, and function, the American system is unique. While it is structurally similar to those of other Western countries, the punishments it imposes are often vastly harsher. No other Western country retains capital punishment or regularly employs life-without-parole, three-strikes, or lengthy mandatory minimum sentencing laws. As a result, the U.S. imprisonment rate of nearly 800 per 100,000 residents dwarfs rates elsewhere. The Oxford Handbook of Crime and Criminal Justice is an essential guide to the development and operation of the American criminal justice system. A leading scholar in the field and an experienced editor, Michael Tonry has brought together a team of first-rate scholars to provide an authoritative and comprehensive overview and introduction to this crucial institution.Expertly organized, the various sections of the Handbook explore the American criminal justice system from a variety of perspectives-including its purposes, functions, problems, and priorities-and present analyses of police and policing, juvenile justice, prosecution and sentencing, and community and institutional corrections, making it a complete and unrivaled portrait of how America approaches crime and criminal justice, and giving persuasive answers as to why and how it has developed to what it is today. Accessibly written for a wide audience, the Handbook serves as a definitive reference for scholars and a broad survey for students in criminology and criminal justice. |
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US |
| Imprint: |
Oxford University Press Inc |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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