The mythology of crime and criminal justice / (Record no. 2672)

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LC control number 00702868
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International Standard Book Number 9781577660781
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International Standard Book Number 1577660781
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082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 364.973
Edition number 22
Item number KAP
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Kappeler, Victor E.
245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title The mythology of crime and criminal justice /
Statement of responsibility, etc. Victor E. Kappeler, Mark Blumberg & Gary W. Potter.
250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT
Edition statement 3rd edition.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. Prospect Heights, Ill. :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Waveland Press,
Date of publication, distribution, etc. c2000.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xiii, 354 p. :
Other physical details ill. ;
Dimensions 24 cm.
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE
General note Contents:<br/><br/>1. The Social Construction of Crime Myths<br/>Criminal Mythmakers<br/>Media as Mythmaker<br/>Government as Mythmaker<br/>Merging Mythmakers<br/>Creating Crime Myths<br/>etc.<br/><br/>2. Crime Waves, Crime Fears and the Social Reality of Crime <br/>How much crime is there?<br/>The Reality of crime<br/>Crime images<br/>Conclusion<br/><br/>3. The Myth and Fear of Child Abduction <br/>Sensational Images<br/>Creating Reality through Misleading Statistics<br/>Latent Functions of prevention<br/>Legal Reform: Creating crime and Criminals<br/>Conclusion<br/><br/>4. Myth and Murder the serial killer Panic<br/>Creating a Myth<br/>The Lucas Case<br/>The Reality of serial murder<br/>Explaining a panic<br/>Conclusion<br/><br/>5. Of Stalkers and Murder Spreading Myth to Common Crime <br/>Constructing the Myth of Stalking<br/>Officialising the Myth <br/>Measuring the Reality of Stalking<br/>Consequences of Criminalization<br/>Conclusion<br/><br/>6. Blue Smoke and mirrors the "War" on Organized Crime <br/>The official Myth of Organized Crime<br/>Historical Myths of Organized Crime<br/>Empirical Evidence and Organized Crime<br/>Headhunting<br/>Controlling Organized Crime<br/><br/>7. Myths That Justify Crime a look at corporate Crime in the United States<br/>'Real' Crime and Corporate Crime<br/>The costs of Corporate Crime<br/>Corporate Crime and Criminal Intent<br/>The Criminogenic Corporation <br/>Law Enforcement and White-Collar Crime, etc.<br/><br/>8. Drug War Cowboys<br/>The Demonization of IlIicit Drugs<br/>Drugs and Crime<br/>Law Enforcement Strategies in the war on Drugs<br/>Measures of Success in the war on Drugs<br/>Racism and the drug war, etc.<br/><br/>9. Juvenile Superpredators the Myths of Killer Kids, Dangerous Schools and a Youth Crime Wave.<br/>Cracking Down on Juvenile Crime<br/>Lock'em up and Throw Away the key<br/>The Myth of a Juvenile Crime wave<br/>Dangerous Schools and Violent Students<br/>The Impact of Treating Juvenile as Adults, etc.<br/><br/><br/>10. Battered and Blue Crime Fighters Myths and Misconceptions of Police work<br/>Real Police work<br/>Myth of Police Stress<br/>Living the Crime Fighter Myth<br/>Conclusion<br/><br/>11. Order in the Courts the Myth of Equal Justice<br/>The Role of law in society<br/>Celebrity Cases<br/>The Bias of Arrest<br/>The Bias of Trial<br/>The Bias of sentencing, etc.<br/> <br/>12. Cons and Country Clubs the Mythical utility of Punishment <br/>Who does the crime determines the time<br/>Mythical Assumptions: Unrelenting consequences<br/>Behind Bars<br/>The Pains of Imprisonment, etc.<br/><br/>13. The Myth of a lenient Criminal Justice System <br/>International Comparison<br/>The Trend Toward Greater Punitiveness in the United States<br/>The Crime Rate in the United states<br/>Conclusion<br/><br/>14. Debunking the Death Penalty Myths of Crime Control and Capital Punishment<br/>The Myth of General Deterrence<br/>The Cost of the Death Penalty<br/>Incapacitation<br/>Fighting Crime<br/>The Juvenile Death Penalty<br/>Conclusion<br/><br/>15. Merging Myths and Misconceptions of Crime and Justice<br/>Recycled Frameworks <br/>The Electronic Echo Chamber<br/>Of politics and Demagogues<br/>Fallout from Crime Myths<br/>Masking Social Problems with Myth, etc.
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc. note References : p. 311-338 . _ Index : p. 339-354
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Crime
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Criminal justice, Administration of
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Blumberg, Mark.
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Potter, Gary W.
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Source of classification or shelving scheme Dewey Decimal Classification
Koha item type Book Open Access
Edition 3rd edition
Classification part 364
Item part 1
Call number prefix KAP
Call number suffix 364 KAP
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