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Article: The Politics of Injustice: Crime and Punishment in America, Second Edition.(Bookshelf)(Book Review)
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- Corrections Today
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- August 1, 2004
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The Politics of Injustice: Crime and Punishment in America, Second Edition, by Katherine Beckett and Theodore Sasson, Sage Publications, 2004, 204 pp.
Since the 1960s, American politicians have been engaged in an endless war on crime, which has led to the federalization of many crimes and the adoption of a wide range of "get tough" crime control measures at the federal and state levels. In turn, these actions have produced a burgeoning prison population and an American public that is increasingly fearful of becoming victims of crime. In The Politics of Injustice: Crime and Punishment in America, Second Edition, professors Katherine Beckett and Theodore Sasson ...
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