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" The mythology of crime and criminal justice / "
Victor E. Kappeler, Gary W. Potter.
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850831
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Kappeler, Victor E.
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The mythology of crime and criminal justice /\ Victor E. Kappeler, Gary W. Potter.
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Fifth edition.
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Long Grove, Illinois :: Waveland Press,, [2018]
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, ©2018
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xiv, 530 pages :: illustrations ;; 24 cm
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1478602600
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: 9781478602606
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 463-510) and index.
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1. The social construction of crime myths -- The functions of crime myths -- Powerful mythmakers -- Creating crime myths -- Characterizations of crime myths -- Selection and dissemination of myths -- Conclusion -- 2. Crime waves, fears, and social reality -- Fears about crime and criminals -- Facts about crime and criminals -- Uniform Crime Reports -- National crime victimization survey -- The reality of crime -- Crime images -- Conclusion -- 3. The myth and fear of missing children -- Influences on public perception -- Exploitation has many faces -- Distorted definitions -- Creating reality through misleading statistics -- Latent functions of prevention -- Creating crime and criminals -- Replacing the myth -- Conclusion -- 4. Stalkers : spreading myth in a common crime -- Constructing the myth of stalking -- Officializing the myth -- Measuring the reality of stalking -- Consequences of criminalization -- Conclusion -- 5. Organized crime : the myth of an underworld empire -- The alien conspiracy myth -- The transnational organized crime myth -- It's the economy, stupid! -- The businesses of organized crime -- Challenges to state sovereignty and security -- State-organized crime -- The embeddedness of organized crime -- Controlling organized crime -- The utility of organized crime -- Conclusion -- 6. Corporate crime and "higher immorality" -- White-collar and corporate crime -- "Real" corporate crime -- The costs of corporate crime -- The normalcy of corporate crime -- Enforcement -- Regulatory agencies -- Environmental justice -- Criminal acts by governmental agencies -- Neutralizing myths -- Conclusion -- 7. Apocalypse now : the lost war on drugs -- Masking the costs of the drug war -- Myths and consequences -- Casualties of the drug war -- The intractable problem of drugs -- Dangers of legal and illegal drug use -- Drugs and crime -- A just peace? -- Conclusion -- 8. Juvenile superpredators : the myths of killer kids, dangerous schools, and a youth crime wave -- The goals, the panic, and the consequences -- Transforming the juvenile justice system -- Processing juvenile offenders -- The school-to-prison pipeline -- Bullying -- The dissonance of shackling and solitary -- Juveniles as victims -- Conclusion -- 9. Battered and blue crime fighters : myths and misconceptions of police work -- Real police work -- Myths of police stress -- Living the crime fighter myth -- Conclusion -- 10. Order in the courts : the myth of equal justice -- The role of law in society -- Celebrity cases -- Mythical aspects of arrest -- Mythical aspects of trial -- Mythical aspects of probation and sentencing -- Conclusion -- 11. Cons and country clubs : the mythical utility of punishment -- Who does the crime determines the time -- Mythical assumptions : unrelenting consequences -- Behind bars -- The pains of imprisonment -- Conclusion -- 12. The myth of a lenient criminal justice system -- The crime rate in the United States -- International comparisons -- In the name of deterrence -- The trend toward greater punitiveness in the United States -- Collateral punishments -- Conclusion -- 13. Capital punishment : the myth of murder as effective crime control -- Discrimination and the death penalty -- The myth of deterrence -- The myth of capital punishment as cost effective -- The myth of a flawless process -- The myth of fair and impartial juries -- Perpetuating the myths -- Conclusion -- 14. Merging myths and misconceptions of crime and justice -- Recycled frameworks -- The electronic echo chamber -- Of politics and demagogues -- Expanding bureaucracies -- Use and misuse of science -- Fallout from crime myths -- Masking social problems with myth -- Restructuring the study of crime -- Conclusion.
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The social construction of crime is often out of proportion to the threat posed. The media and advocacy groups shine a spotlight on some crimes and ignore others. Street crime is highlighted as putting everyone at risk of victimization, while the greater social harms from corporate malfeasance receive far less attention.
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Crime-- United States.
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Criminal justice, Administration of-- United States.
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Crime.
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Criminal justice, Administration of.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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364.973
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HV6789.K37 2018
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Potter, Gary W.
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