Sense and Nonsense About Crime, Drugs, and Communities A Policy Guide

by Walker, Samuel

• ISBN13: 9780495809876
• ISBN10: 049580987X
• Edition: 7th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-05-05
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Summary

Samuel Walker's SENSE AND NONSENSE ABOUT CRIME, DRUGS, AND COMMUNITIES was one of the first books to challenge common misconceptions about crime, and the new Seventh Edition remains uniquely effective at doing so.

Described as a "masterful critique" of American policies on everything from crime control, to guns, to drugs, this incisive text cuts through popular myths and political rhetoric while emphasizing current research and proven practice. The result is a distinctly lucid, research-based work that clearly reveals what does not work in crime policy while identifying shared characteristics of successful approaches, including carefully defined, narrowly focused, problem-oriented programs in policing and prosecution.

This engaging text captures the full complexity of the administration of justice while providing students with a clear sense of its key principles and general patterns.

Table of Contents

Thinking Clearly About Crime

Crime and Policy: a Complex Problem

Models of Criminal Justice

The Going Rate

The Prediction Problem

Get Tough: the Conservative Attack on Crime

Unleash the Cops!

Deter the Criminals

Lock 'Em Up

Close the Loopholes

The Middle Ground: Victims and Guns

Protect Crime Victims

Control Gun Crimes

Reform: the Liberal Prescription

Treat 'Em!

Building Justice and Compliance with the Law

The Drug Problem

Sense and Nonsense About Drugs

Putting it All Together: Crime and Community

Crime and Community

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