WHO ARE THE CRIMINALS? from Princeton University Press at the Book Checkout

WHO ARE THE CRIMINALS?
WHO ARE THE CRIMINALS?
Subtitle:
"The Politics of Crime Policy from the Age of Roosevelt to the Age of Reagan
Book Category:
Law > General
Author:
Hagan, John
ISBN 13:
9780691148380
Price:
USD 29.95
Publication Year:
2010

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Princeton University Press.

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Why do street criminals get stiff prison sentences, a practice that has led to the disaster of mass incarceration, while white-collar criminals, who arguably harm more people, get slaps on the wrist--if they are prosecuted at all? In Who Are the Criminals?, one of America's leading criminologists provides new answers to these vitally important questions

 

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