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BL
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959050
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b713420
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| Main Entry
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Tonry, Michael H.
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| Title & Author
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Thinking about crime : : sense and sensibility in American penal culture /\ Michael Tonry.
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| Publication Statement
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Oxford ;New York :: Oxford University Press,, 2004.
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| Series Statement
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Studies in crime and public policy
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| Page. NO
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1 online resource (x, 260 pages) :: illustrations.
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| ISBN
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0195141016
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: 0195302583
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: 0198032331
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: 1602568316
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: 6610481547
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: 9780195141016
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: 9780195302585
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: 9780198032335
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: 9781602568310
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: 9786610481545
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Sense and sensibility in American penal culture -- Why so many Americans are in prison -- Cycles and sensibilities -- Moral panics and "windows of opportunity" -- Crime trends and the effects of crime control policies -- Formerly unthinkable policies -- Unthought thoughts -- Better understanding, people, and policies.
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| Abstract
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Examines the American crime policy. This book explains how the worst policies can be undone and how the avoidable human suffering they produce can be diminished. It presents a treatment of crime as a social problem.
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Crime prevention-- United States.
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Discrimination in criminal justice administration-- United States.
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Prisons in mass media.
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Prisons-- Government policy-- United States.
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Prisons-- United States-- Public opinion.
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Public opinion-- United States.
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Criminalité-- Prévention-- États-Unis.
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Discrimination dans l'administration de la justice pénale-- États-Unis.
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Opinion publique-- États-Unis.
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Prisons-- Politique gouvernementale-- États-Unis.
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Prisons-- États-Unis-- Opinion publique.
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Crime prevention.
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Discrimination in criminal justice administration.
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Politics and government
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Prisons in mass media.
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Prisons-- Government policy.
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Prisons-- Public opinion.
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Public opinion.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Penology.
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Criminaliteit.
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Overheidsbeleid.
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Publieke opinie.
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Strafrecht.
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Strafstelsel.
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United States, Politics and government, 2001-2009.
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États-Unis, Politique et gouvernement, 2001-
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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365/.973
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| LC Classification
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HV9471.T65 2004eb
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