A pattern of violence: how the law classifies crimes and what it means for justice

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Violence as a legal problem -- Violent crime and violent criminals -- Police violence -- Rape and domestic assault -- Violence and youth -- Prison violence -- Speech and guns.

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Autor principal: Sklansky, David A. 1959- (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Print Libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts London, England The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 2021
En:Año: 2021
Acceso en línea: Índice
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UB: KB 21 A 1337
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Palabras clave:
Violence (Law) > United States
Violent crimes > Law and legislation > United States
Political Violence > United States
USA > Gewaltdelikt > Gewaltkriminalität > Recht
Parallel Edition:Electrónico
Descripción
Sumario:Violence as a legal problem -- Violent crime and violent criminals -- Police violence -- Rape and domestic assault -- Violence and youth -- Prison violence -- Speech and guns.
"Before the 1960s, the distinction between violent and nonviolent crime played hardly any role in the law. Since then, the number of crimes deemed violent has skyrocketed. David Alan Sklansky shows how shifting and inconsistent legal definitions of violence have fueled mass incarceration, protected abusive police, and undermined criminal justice"--
Descripción Física:316 Seiten
ISBN:9780674248908