Profitable Penalties

How To Cut Both Crimes Rates and Costs
1. Auflage 1997
ISBN: 978-0-7619-8534-1
Verlag: Sage Publications, Inc

Buch, Englisch, 320 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 469 g

The author's wisdom and experience of a half century of employment, research, and teaching in the field of corrections is reflected in this volume. He focuses on whether the vast sums we are spending to "get tough on crime" actually give us our money's worth, and uses what the best research evidence shows are the most profitable reactions to lawbreakers. Presented in a bright and readable style for undergraduates and the general public, this book discusses both general principles in reacting to crime, as well as a wealth of practical implications pertinent to specific types of offenses.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Glaser, Daniel

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Kriminologie, Strafverfolgung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Crime and Punishment at Century's End
Punishment Options for Convicted Criminals
The Objectives of Punishment
Reducing Childhood Transition Crime
Anticipating the Sequence in Vice Control
Curbing Crimes of Rage
Suppressing Sex Crimes
Removing Crookedness from Legitimate Occupations
Incapacitating Professional, 'Career' and Psychopathic Criminals
Optimum Investments to Reduce Crime Rates

Über Autor(innen)

Glaser, Daniel
Daniel Glaser is Professor Emeritus of Sociology, specializing in criminology at the University of Southern California. He is the author or editor of a dozen books and about 200 articles and is past president of the American Society of Criminology, the Illinois Academy of Criminology, and California’s Association for Criminal Justice Research.