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000453677 1001_ $$aGest, Ted.
000453677 24510 $$aCrime & politics$$h[electronic resource] :$$bbig government's erratic campaign for law and order /$$cTed Gest.
000453677 2463_ $$aCrime and politics
000453677 260__ $$aOxford ;$$aNew York :$$bOxford University Press,$$c2001.
000453677 300__ $$a1 online resource (viii, 296 p.) :$$bill.
000453677 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [287]-289) and index.
000453677 5050_ $$aWhen national politics met crime -- The rise and fall of LEAA -- The "get-tough" 1980s -- Making a federal case of it -- Not getting them young -- Drugs : is the war winnable? -- Guns don't kill? -- A cop on every corner? -- Three strikes : baseball to crime -- Capitol crime extravaganza -- Smarter ways to fight crime.
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000453677 520__ $$a"Why has America experienced an explosion in crime rates since 1960? Why has the crime rate dropped in recent years? Though politicians are always ready both to take the credit for crime reduction and to exploit grisly headlines for short-term political gain, these questions remain among the most important and most difficult to answer in America today." "In Crime & Politics, journalist Ted Gest gives readers the inside story of how crime policy is formulated within the Washington beltway and state capitols, why we've had cycle after cycle of ineffective federal legislation, and where promising reforms might lead us in the future. Gest examines how politicians first made crime a national rather than a local issue, beginning with Lyndon Johnson's crime commission and the landmark anti-crime law of 1968, and continuing right up to such present-day measures as "three strikes" laws, mandatory sentencing, and community policing. Gest exposes a lack of consistent leadership, backroom partisan politics, and the rush to embrace simplistic solutions as the main causes for why Federal and state crime programs have failed to make our streets safe. He also explores how the media aids and abets this trend by featuring lurid crimes that simultaneously frighten the public and encourage candidates to offer another round of quick-fix solutions." "Drawing on extensive research and including interviews with Edwin Meese, Janet Reno, Joseph Biden, Ted Kennedy, and William Webster, Crime & Politics uncovers the real reasons why America continues to struggle with the crime problem and shows how we can do a better job in the future."--BOOK JACKET.
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