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Title Perspectives on crime and justice : 1996-1997 lecture series / James Q. Wilson ... [et al.] ; foreword by Alfred Blumstein.

Imprint Washington, DC : U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, National Institute of Justice, 1997.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe Archives Fed Docs  J 28.24/3-2:996-97    ---  Available
Description xi, 132 p. : 23 cm.
Series Research report (National Institute of Justice) v. 1
Research report (National Institute of Justice (U.S.)) ; v. 1.
Note "November 1997."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references: p. 123-132.
Contents What if anything, can the federal government do about crime? / James Q. Wilson -- Why can't we make prohibition work better? : some consequences of ignoring the unattractive / Peter Reuter -- Legitimation of criminal justice policies and practices / Mark H. Moore -- Child victims : in search of opportunities for breaking the cycle of violence / Cathy Spatz -- Crime, the media, and our public discourse / Norval Morris.
Subject Criminal justice, Administration of.
Drug abuse.
Child abuse.
Added Author Wilson, James Q.
Reuter, Peter, 1944-
Moore, Mark Harrison.
Widom, Cathy Spatz, 1945-
Morris, Norval, 1923-2004.
National Institute of Justice (U.S.)
Sudoc No. J 28.24/3-2:996-97

 
    
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