Minimizing harm : a new crime policy for modern America

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Minimizing harm : a new crime policy for modern America

edited by Edward L. Rubin

Westview Press, 1999

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Research suggests that crime prevention is generally more effective than harsh punishment. But the public fears victimization and demands punishment for the perpetrators of its fears. Consequently, any policy that moves toward prevention, treatment, and alternative modes of punishment must simultaneously move toward reducing the level of victimization in a direct and readily comprehensible manner. The fifteen authors of this volume articulate a pragmatic crime policy for America which combines academic insights about crime prevention with the realities of contemporary politics. The studies collectively outline a coherent policy that centers on minimizing harm, as opposed to retribution, eliminating crime, or solving the social problems that generate criminal behavior. Minimizing harm implies a compromise between the best current research and the concerns of citizens. The book consists of four principal studies focusing on public attitudes toward crime, prevention, alternative sanctions, and drug policy. Each study is accompanied by two commentaries. }Research suggests that crime prevention is generally more effective than harsh punishment. But the public fears victimization and demands punishment for the perpetrators of its fears. Consequently, any policy that moves toward prevention, treatment, and alternative modes of punishment must simultaneously move toward reducing the level of victimization in a direct and readily comprehensible manner. The fifteen authors of this volume articulate a pragmatic crime policy for America which combines academic insights about crime prevention with the realities of contemporary politics. The studies collectively outline a coherent policy that centers on minimizing harm, as opposed to retribution, eliminating crime, or solving the social problems that generate criminal behavior. Minimizing harm implies a compromise between the best current research and the concerns of citizens. The book consists of four principal studies focusing on public attitudes toward crime, prevention, alternative sanctions, and drug policy. Each study is accompanied by two commentaries. }

目次

  • Introduction: Minimizing Harm as a Solution to the Crime Policy Conundrum (Edward L. Rubin)
  • Public Attitudes Toward Crime: Is American Violence a Crime Problem? (Franklin E. Zimring and Gordon Hawkins)
  • Prevention: The Cost-Effectiveness of Early Intervention as a Strategy for Reducing Violent Crime (Peter W. Greenwood)
  • Alternative Sanctions: Diverting Non-Violent Prisoners to Intermediate Sanctions: The Impact of Prison Admissions and Corrections Costs (Joan Petersilia)
  • Drug Policy: Drug Enforcement, Violent Crime and the Minimization of Harm. (Jerome Skolnick)

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