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Sense and Nonsense About Crime, Drugs, and Communities:

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ISBN-10: 1285459024

ISBN-13: 9781285459028

Edition: 2014

Authors: 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 book cuts through popular myths and political rhetoric while emphasizing current research and proven practice. The result is a lucid, research-based work that clearly reveals what does not work in crime policy while identifying shared characteristics of successful approaches, including carefully defined, narrowly focused, problem-oriented programs in policing…    
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Book details

List price: $123.95
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: Cengage Learning
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 416
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.540
Language: English