Governing through crime :: how the war on crime transformed American democracy and created a culture of fear /

Across America today gated communities sprawl out from urban centers, employers enforce mandatory drug testing, and schools screen students with metal detectors. Social problems ranging from welfare dependency to educational inequality have been reconceptualized as crimes, with an attendant focus on...

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1. Verfasser: Simon, Jonathan, 1959-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Schriftenreihe:Studies in crime and public policy.
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Zusammenfassung:Across America today gated communities sprawl out from urban centers, employers enforce mandatory drug testing, and schools screen students with metal detectors. Social problems ranging from welfare dependency to educational inequality have been reconceptualized as crimes, with an attendant focus on assigning fault and imposing consequences. Even before the recent terrorist attacks, non-citizen residents had become subject to an increasingly harsh regime of detention and deportation, and prospective employees subjected to background checks. How and when did our everyday world become dominated.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (viii, 330 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-318) and index.
ISBN:9780198040026
0198040024
9781281162458
1281162450
9786611162450
6611162453
9781429469005
1429469005