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Crime and public policy

Petersilia, Joan(Edited by)Wilson, James Q.(Edited by)
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Crime and Public Policy offers the most comprehensive and balanced guide to how the latest and best social science research informs the understanding of crime and its control for policymakers, community leaders, and students of crime and criminal justice.

Each essay reviews the existing literature, discusses the methodological rigor of the studies, identifies what policies and programs the studies suggest, and then points to policies now implemented that fail to reflect the evidence

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Product Details
Oxford University Press
0199781141 / 9780199781140
eBook (Adobe Pdf)
364.973
03/02/2011
English
644 pages
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