Social insecurity: the transformation of American criminal justice, 1965-2000

Part of a special issue on welfare and punishment in the era of President George W. Bush. The writer identifies and discusses five key elements in the shift in state power with regard to law and order that have occurred over several decades. He examines in particular the policing the anarchic crisis...

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Main Author: Platt, Anthony M. 1942- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2001
In: Social justice
Year: 2001, Volume: 28, Issue: 1, Pages: 138-155
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
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Keywords:
Punishment in crime deterrence
Social Security
Criminal Justice Policy
History
Criminal justice system > United States
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Summary:Part of a special issue on welfare and punishment in the era of President George W. Bush. The writer identifies and discusses five key elements in the shift in state power with regard to law and order that have occurred over several decades. He examines in particular the policing the anarchic crisis of the 1960s; privatization of the routine operation of the criminal justice system; the shift of fiscal and policy emphasis to incarceration; a move back to an apartheid system of justice; and the viewing of more and more juvenile offenders as adult criminals-in-the-making.