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995096
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b749466
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Go directly to jail : : the criminalization of almost everything /\ edited by Gene Healy.
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Washington, D.C. :: Cato Institute,, ©2004.
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1 online resource (xvii, 173 pages)
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| ISBN
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1281905348
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: 1933995556
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: 9781281905345
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: 9781933995557
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1597340448
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1930865635
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9781597340441
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Overextending the criminal law / Erik Luna -- The new "criminal" classes : legal sanctions and business managers / James V. DeLong -- Polluting our principles : environmental prosecutions and the Bill of Rights / Timothy Lynch -- HIPAA and the criminalization of American medicine / Grace-Marie Turner -- There goes the neighborhood : the Bush-Ashcroft plan to "help" localities fight gun crime / Gene Healy -- Misguided guidelines : a critique of federal sentencing / Erik Luna.
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| Abstract
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The American criminal justice system is becoming ever more centralized and punitive, owing to rampant federalization and mandatory minimum sentencing guidelines. Go Directly to Jail emxmines these alarming trends and proposes reforms that could rein in a criminal justice apparatus at war with fairness and common sense.
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Criminal law-- United States.
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White collar crimes-- United States.
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Criminal law.
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LAW-- Administrative Law Regulatory Practice.
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White collar crimes.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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346.7304/8
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KF9223.G57 2004eb
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| Added Entry
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Healy, Gene,1970-
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