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Crime in the Public Mind by Gaubatz, Kathlyn Taylor
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- Condition
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- Binding
- Hardcover
- Weight
- 1 lbs
- Product Group
- Book
- IsTextBook
- No
- ISBN
- 9780472105823
- Subject Area
- True Crime, Law, Social Science, Political Science
- Publication Name
- Crime in the Public Mind
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Subject
- Sociology / General, General
- Publication Year
- 1995
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.2 in
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Item Weight
- 22.1 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 255 Pages
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Crime in the Public Mind explores the politics of crime and criminal justice, examining in depth what Americans think about penalties for criminal offenders. While some are resigned, others are desperate; a few are hopeful and forgiving, but most are frustrated and angry. In fact, fully eighty percent of the population believes that the court system should deal more harshly with criminal offenders. In this readable account, Kathlyn Taylor Gaubatz makes use of intensive interviews with Americans from varied walks of life in order to reveal the fascinating nuances in the public's views on criminal justice, and in their motivations for holding these views. She questions our easy acceptance of the very existence of a public consensus around such a complex, intractable issue as crime. Why do Americans support harsh penal policies when crime rates are actually falling? How does this attitude square with our increasingly liberal social ideas? What logic is there to support stiff sentencing when the vast majority of the public acknowledges that prisons have been powerless to reduce crime in our nation to an acceptable level? The author powerfully weaves narratives from those she interviewed to construct an in-depth theory about who joins and who spurns the consensus on criminal justice. She explores the complex relationship between our political beliefs and our attitudes toward crime, revealing in some cases a telling dissonance. Through careful argumentation and demonstration, Crime in the Public Mind concludes that Americans have become harsher on crime not in spite of becoming more liberal on a variety of other social issues, but at least in part because we have done so. At a time when crime has been called the political issue of the decade, Crime in the Public Mind forces us to confront our assumptions, to sort through our fear. It gives us an opportunity to balance our desire for safety and our desire to see justice done with our innate compassion and understanding. By exposing the paradoxes of our beliefs, the author pushes us to reconsider whether incarceration really is the answer to every criminal offense and invites us to contemplate saner and perhaps more effective approaches to criminal justice.
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Publisher
University of Michigan Press
ISBN-10
0472105825
ISBN-13
9780472105823
eBay Product ID (ePID)
871620
Product Key Features
Publication Name
Crime in the Public Mind
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Sociology / General, General
Publication Year
1995
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
True Crime, Law, Social Science, Political Science
Number of Pages
255 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9 in
Item Height
1.2 in
Item Width
6 in
Item Weight
22.1 Oz
Additional Product Features
LCCN
94-025221
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Lc Classification Number
Hv9950.G38 1995
Reviews
"In the great tradition of Robert Lane's Political Ideology , Gaubatz has discovered that what the 'common man' (and woman) believes about crime and punishment is more complicated than the polling numbers would allow. While clearly in sympathy with those who dissent from get-tough approaches, she offers a balanced, insightful, and timely understanding of public attitudes about criminal justice. Experts, policy makers, students, and concerned citizens should read this fine book." --John J. DiIulio, Jr., Princeton University and Director, Brookings Institution Center for Public Management
Copyright Date
1995
Dewey Decimal
364.973
Dewey Edition
20
Illustrated
Yes
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