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Criminal violence, criminal justice / Charles E. Silberman.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Vintage Books, 1980, c1978.Description: xxii, 745 p. ; 18 cmISBN:
  • 0394741471 (pbk.)
  • 9780394741475 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 364/.973
LOC classification:
  • HV 6789 S582c 1980
Contents:
Foreword -- Fear -- As American as Jesse James -- Robber, hustlers, and other dudes -- Poverty and crime -- "Beware the day they change their minds": race, culture, and crime -- "The insufficiency of human institutions": an introduction to the criminal justice system -- The wisdom of Solomon, the patience of Job: what the police do--and won't do -- Perry Mason in Wonderland: what happens in criminal court -- Juvenile justice: "How could it have happened when we were so sincere?" -- "To reclimb the slope": the limits of correctional reform -- Afterword: "Whatever is, is possible" -- Appendix: notes on crime statistics -- Notes -- Bibliography.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Vol info Copy number Status Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) HV 6789 S582c 1980 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Available 00000093325

Bibliography: p. [681]-717.

Includes index.

Foreword -- Fear -- As American as Jesse James -- Robber, hustlers, and other dudes -- Poverty and crime -- "Beware the day they change their minds": race, culture, and crime -- "The insufficiency of human institutions": an introduction to the criminal justice system -- The wisdom of Solomon, the patience of Job: what the police do--and won't do -- Perry Mason in Wonderland: what happens in criminal court -- Juvenile justice: "How could it have happened when we were so sincere?" -- "To reclimb the slope": the limits of correctional reform -- Afterword: "Whatever is, is possible" -- Appendix: notes on crime statistics -- Notes -- Bibliography.

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