It's Not That Simple!

• NCJ Number: 152944
• Journal: ACJS Today Volume: 13 Issue: 2 Dated: (Sep/Oct 94) Pages: 1,3,28-29
• Author(s): L Krzycki
• Date Published: 1994
• Length: 4 pages
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/; NCJRS Photocopy Services
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Issue Overview
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This article responds to claims set forth in an earlier article about the implication of rap music in the deaths of police officers, and raises questions regarding issues related to free speech.

Abstract

This essay expands on the earlier article's review of music; discusses the controversy surrounding rap music; examines the efficacy of censorship; discusses the dilemma of law enforcement personnel within the existing legal, social, and political structure of the American criminal justice system; and suggests that individuals studying crime should confront the misconceptions of crime introduced by the Reagan Administration, solidified by the Bush Administration, and timidly embraced by the Clinton Administration.