Research Catalog

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Description

1. xxiii, 182 pages; 24 cm

Subject

1. Since 1945
2. Social classes > United States
3. Poor > United States
4. Economic assistance, Domestic > United States
5. Crime > United States
6. Criminal justice, Administration of > United States
7. Crime in mass media
8. Criminal law > United States
9. Social contract
10. Crime
11. Criminal justice, Administration of
12. Criminal law
13. Economic assistance, Domestic
14. Crime in mass media
15. Poor
16. Social classes
17. Social contract
18. Social conditions
19. Armut
20. Kriminalität
21. Sozialpolitik
22. Aufsatzsammlung
23. Crime > United States
24. Criminal justice, Administration of > United States
25. Criminal law > United States
26. Economic assistance, Domestic > United States
27. Poor > United States
28. Social classes > United States
29. United States > Social conditions > 1945-
30. United States
31. USA

Contents

1. pt. I. Poverty. Ch. 1. Urban Riots and the Beginning of the New Social Contract. Ch. 2. The Restoration of Order and the Reduction in Social Provision: Poverty in the 1990s. Ch. 3. The New Homelessness: The Reagan Legacy -- pt. II. Crime. Ch. 4. The Explosion of the Criminal Justice System: The Muscle of the New Social Contract. Ch. 5. The FBI's Dirty Little Secret: Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics. Ch. 6. The Media and Public Hysteria about Crime -- pt. III. Legal Change. Ch. 7. Assault on the Constitution: Penal Code Reform. Ch. 8. Assault on the Constitution: The Death of the Fourth Amendment. Ch. 9. The End of the War on Drugs -- pt. IV. Conclusion. Ch. 10. The New Social Contract.

Owning institution

1. Princeton University Library

Note

1. Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--City University of New York.

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. [165]-174) and index.