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

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"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, prote...

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Main Author: Sklansky, David A. 1959- (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts London, England The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 2021
In:Year: 2021
Online Access: Table of Contents
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Keywords:
Violence (Law) > United States
Violent crimes > Law and legislation > United States
Political Violence > United States
USA > Gewaltdelikt > Gewaltkriminalität > Recht
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Summary:"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"--
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (316 Seiten)