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Guilty : crime, punishment, and the changing face of justice

text Guilty : crime, punishment, and the changing face of justice

Summary

Offers an overview of crime and the American criminal justice system, using extensive examples of real cases to illustrate difficult questions about what is considered criminal and what punishment is appropriate for different types of crimes.

Contents
Part I: Deciding what behavior to criminalize -- Crimes of opportunity: theft : or good luck? -- Another kind of bank robbery -- Cheating? or lucking into a good deal? -- Race: changing attitudes and laws -- Deciding What is a danger to society --... Read more
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ix, 134 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2014

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Woodmere (Main Branch) YA 364 KAN in Young Adult Non-fiction Available

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