RT Book
T1 A pattern of violence: how the law classifies crimes and what it means for justice
A1 Sklansky, David A. 1959-
LA English
PP Cambridge, Massachusetts London, England
PB The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
YR 2021
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1794847138
AB "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"--
CN KF9304
K1 Violence (Law) : United States
K1 Violent crimes : Law and legislation : United States
K1 Political Violence : United States
K1 USA : Gewaltdelikt : Gewaltkriminalität : Recht