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The perils of federalism : race, poverty, and the politics of crime control /

Much of the existing research on race and crime focuses on the manipulation of crime by political elites or the racially biased nature of crime policy. However, Miller's study zeroes in on the political and socio-legal institutions and actors that drive these developments and their relationship...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Miller, Lisa Lynn
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Subjects:
Crime prevention > United States > Citizen participation.
Crime prevention > Pennsylvania > Citizen participation.
Federal government > United States.
Pressure groups > United States.
Pressure groups > Pennsylvania.
African Americans > Crimes against > Prevention > Citizen participation.
Poor > Crimes against > United States > Prevention > Citizen participation.
Criminalité > Prévention > États-Unis > Participation des citoyens.
Criminalité > Prévention > Pennsylvanie > Participation des citoyens.
Groupes de pression > Pennsylvanie.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Criminology.
Crime prevention > Citizen participation
Federal government
Pressure groups
Pennsylvania
United States
Pressure-group
Kriminalpolitik
Föderalismus
USA
Schwärze
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Much of the existing research on race and crime focuses on the manipulation of crime by political elites or the racially biased nature of crime policy. However, Miller's study zeroes in on the political and socio-legal institutions and actors that drive these developments and their relationship to the politics of race and poverty.
Physical Description:1 online resource (x, 254 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-243) and index.
ISBN:9780199715886
0199715882
9780199867967
0199867968
9780195331684
0195331680