Sense and Nonsense About Crime, Drugs, and Communities
By Samuel Walker
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Samuel Walker's SENSE AND NONSENSE ABOUT CRIME, DRUGS, AND COMMUNITIES was one of the first books to challenge common misconceptions about crime, and the new Eighth Edition remains uniquely effective at doing so. Described as a "masterful critique" of American policies on everything from crime control, to guns, to drugs, this incisive text cuts through popular myths and political rhetoric to confront both conservative and liberal propositions in the context of current research and proven practice. The result is a lucid, research-based work that stimulates critical thinking and enlivens class discussions. This engaging text captures the full complexity of the administration of justice while providing students with a clear sense of its key principles and general patterns.
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Samuel Walker's SENSE AND NONSENSE ABOUT CRIME, DRUGS, AND COMMUNITIES was one of the first books to challenge common misconceptions about crime, and the new Eighth Edition remains uniquely effective at doing so. Described as a "masterful critique" of American policies on everything from crime control, to guns, to drugs, this incisive text cuts through popular myths and political rhetoric to confront both conservative and liberal propositions in the context of current research and proven practice. The result is a lucid, research-based work that stimulates critical thinking and enlivens class discussions. This engaging text captures the full complexity of the administration of justice while providing students with a clear sense of its key principles and general patterns.
The groundbreaking original edition of SENSE AND NONSENSE ABOUT CRIME, DRUGS, AND COMMUNITIES was one of the first books to challenge common misconceptions about crime and to pointedly criticize policies based on those misconceptions, and each subsequent edition has built on this legacy of honest assessment and research-based analysis.
With a strong emphasis on current research and proven practices, Walker cuts through popular myths and political rhetoric to challenge both liberal and conservative policies and the underlying beliefs and assumptions that give rise to them.
A full chapter entitled "Crime and Community" provides an extensive discussion of community-focused crime prevention policies, including community prosecution, offender re-entry programs, and problem-oriented policing, offering students valuable information and insights related to these important topics.
Walker employs an engaging, reader-friendly writing style that enables him to clearly and vividly communicate even complex ideas about how the criminal justice system operates and the ways it is affected by politics.
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Part 1. Thinking Clearly about Crime
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