RT Article
T1 State crises and the crackdown on crime under Reagan
JF Contemporary crises
VO 14
IS 2
SP 91
OP 118
A1 Caringella, Susan
LA English
YR 1990
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1884586198
AB This article explores the United States' crackdown on crime in light of other state agency policy shifts under the Reagan administration, such as those affecting the poor, the unemployed, the rich, and the corporate world. Actions across these realms manifest continuity, as identified through the investigation of the state's duel roles of accumulation and legitimation. The fiscal and legitimation crises that develop corollary to state functioning in advanced capitalistic societies are drawn upon to interpret the creation of a new crime problem and "get tough" response across the United States over the 1980s. Different state policy directions are discussed as they have operated for the accumulation of the few at the expense of exacerbated inequality and injustice for all. Conclusions suggest that such developments hold the potential to call forth new callenges and change.
K1 Capitalistic Society
K1 International Relation
K1 Policy Direction
K1 State Agency
K1 State Policy
DO 10.1007/BF00728266