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CRIME AND THE AMERICAN RESPONSE

NCJ Number
19669
Editor(s)
R W PETERSON
Date Published
1973
Length
240 pages
Annotation
JOURNALISTIC RECORD OF CRIME AND CRIME-CONTROL EFFORTS FROM 1960 TO 1971.
Abstract
A DISCUSSION OF THE EXTENT OF CRIME COVERS CRIME RATE RISES, UNIFORM CRIME REPORTS, RATE OF CRIME INCREASE, RATE IN DIFFERENT AREAS, AND THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF CRIME, FEAR OF VIOLENCE, VIOLENT CRIMES BY STRANGERS, RIOTS AND VIOLENT DISSENT, TERRORISM, AND VIOLENT CRIME AS A POLITICAL ISSUE ARE AMONG THE TOPICS DISCUSSED UNDER CRIMES OF VIOLENCE. OTHER SECTIONS DEAL WITH ORGANIZED CRIME, JUVENILE DELINQUENCY, WHITE-COLLAR CRIME, AND POLICE, COURTS AND CORRECTIONS.