Nancy E. Marion

A History of Federal Crime Control Initiatives, 1960-1993

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This history of American crime policy at the federal level compiles and examines for the first time the record of recent presidential administrations in the area of crime control--their agendas and the legislation actually enacted by the Congress. Nancy Marion analyzes the relationship between politics and criminal justice and concludes, after reviewing the administrations of Kennedy through Clinton, that the federal response to crime has been largely symbolic, and that federal policies tend to have provided political benefit to elected officials while not actually reducing crime by any significant amount. This study and its findings will be of interest to scholars in political science, government, criminology, and criminal justice.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury 3PL
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Juli 1994
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 601g
• ISBN-13: 9780275946494
• ISBN-10: 0275946495
• Artikelnr.: 25145274

Autorenporträt

Nancy E. Marion

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Federal Involvement in Criminal Justice Prior to the Johnson
Administration The Johnson Administration: A Continuation and Expansion of
Activities from the Kennedy Years The Nixon Administration: A Shift in
Federal Crime Control Policy The Ford Administration: A Continuation of
Nixon, with Some Variations The Carter Administration: A Temporary Lull in
Federal Criminal Justice Policy The Reagan Administration: A Return to "Law
and Order" The Bush Administration: A Continuation of Reagan's
Administration Conclusion: President Clinton and the Future of Federal
Crime Control Policy Appendices Bibliography Index