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The Rise And Fall of a Violent Crime Wave: Crack Cocaine And the Construction of a Social Crime Problem
The Rise And Fall of a Violent Crime Wave Crack Cocaine And the Construction of a Social Crime Problem
Author: Henry H. Brownstein
This book tells the story of a crime wave and the response to it by government policy makers, law enforcement officials, and the news media. The author relates how public officials and the news media used modest shifts in the official rate of violent crime during the 1980s to construct a crisis of crime and violence. The crack cocaine-related cr...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780911577365
ISBN-10: 091157736X
Publication Date: 6/30/1996
Pages: 112
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Publisher: Criminal Justice Pr
Book Type: Paperback
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