Crime Policy in America

Laws, Institutions, and Programs

By (author) Shahid M. Shahidullah Foreword by Albert R. Roberts

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Publication date:

21 November 2015

Length of book:

452 pages

Publisher

UPA

ISBN-13: 9780761866572

The second edition of Crime Policy in America describes the process of policy-making and the substantive nature of policy directions in crime and justice in America, particularly from the beginning of the 1970s. This book examines the nature of presidential policy-making in crime and justice from Nixon to Obama, congressional policy-making since the birth of the Bill of Rights, and judicial policy-making since the promulgation of the Judicial Act of 1789. The perspective of this book is deeply historical, sociological, and legalistic. Historically, the book has explored the evolution of different policy strategies at different periods of American history; sociologically, it scrutinized the impact of the get-tough policy paradigm on crime and justice, and from a legal perspective it has examined the conflict and the consensus of Congress and the federal judiciary on different issues of crime and justice from drug crimes to sex crimes to counterterrorism. The second edition of the book has particularly illuminated the changing directions of US crime policy from the dominance of the “get tough” approach in the 1980s and 1990s to a more balanced approach to crime control and prevention in the beginning of the 21sr century.
Crime Policy in America is a detailed and insightful analysis of the America’s criminal justice system. Dr. Shahidullah provides an exceptional historical review of the America’s criminal justice system and moves the reader to contemporary issues within the appropriate cultural and social contexts.