Making crime pay: law and order in contemporary American politics

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Choice Reviews Online · 1998 · 601 citations · 0 references

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Abstract

1. Law and Order in Contemporary American Politics 2. Setting the Public Agenda 3. Creating the Crime Issue 4. From Crime to Drugs-and Back Again 5. Crime and Drugs in the News 6. Crime and Punishment in American Political Culture 7. Institutionalizing Law and Order 8. Reconceptualizing the Crime Problem