RT Article
T1 Controlling violence: criminal justice, society, and lessons from the US
JF Crime, law and social change
VO 30
IS 2
SP 185
OP 203
A1 Savelsberg, Joachim Josef 1951-
LA English
YR 1998
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1883301548
AB Based on a lecture to policy makers in Brazil, this essay explores lessons that developing nations can learn from US experiences in the fight against violence and crime. A brief summary of trends in crime, criminal justice policy, and criminal punishment in the US over the past four decades is followed by an evaluation of the dominant imprisonment strategy of the 1970s through 1990s. It is argued that benefits of the massive increase in criminal punishment have been few and that costs have been excessive in terms of material, human, and social capital. Nonetheless, the American experience provides inspiration when we consider the broader societal potential for social organization: values and norms; self-interest and involvement in legitimate exchange networks; mobilization of social capital; and diverse mechanisms of social control. These concepts are explained, and specific institutions and mechanisms to control violence and crime are explored under each of them.
NO Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 201-203
K1 Criminal Justice
K1 Criminal Justice System
K1 Social Capital
K1 Social Control
K1 Violent Crime
DO 10.1023/A:1008389332720