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The death penalty is not simply the most serious criminal punishment. It has been a singular soci...

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The forty-percent drop in crime that occurred across the U.S. from 1991 to 2000 remains largely a...

In this first comprehensive assessment of incapacitation, the authors show the increasing relianc...

American Juvenile Justice is a definitive volume for courses on the criminology and policy analys...

Why does the United States continue to employ the death penalty when fifty other developed democr...

'Getting tough on crime' has been one of the favorite rallying cries of American politicians in t...

This book presents a comprehensive examination of the drug control policy process in the United S...

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An unprecedented comparison of juvenile justice systems across the globe, Juvenile Justice in Glo...

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