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Author

Beckett, Katherine, 1964-

Title Making crime pay : law and order in contemporary American politics / Katherine Beckett.

Imprint

New York : Oxford University Press, 1997.

Copies

Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe 3rd Floor Stacks	364.973 B388m	---	Available

Description	vi, 158 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Series	Studies in crime and public policy
	Studies in crime and public policy.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (p. 137-153) and index.
Contents	Law and order in contemporary American politics -- Setting the public agenda -- Creating the crime issue -- From crime to drugs, and back again -- Crime and drugs in the news -- Crime and punishment in American polical culture -- Institutionalizing law and order -- Reconceptualizing the crime problem.
Subject	Crime -- Political aspects.
	Criminal justice, Administration of -- Political aspects.
	Crime prevention -- Political aspects.
	Drug control -- Political aspects.
	United States -- Politics and government -- 1989-
ISBN	019511289X (acid-free paper)