Controlling violence: criminal justice, society, and lessons from the US

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 follo...

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Main Author: Savelsberg, Joachim Josef 1951- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 1998
In: Crime, law and social change
Year: 1998, Volume: 30, Issue: 2, Pages: 185-203
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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