Katherine Beckett has practised as a notary public in England since 2004. She is the founder and managing director of The Notary Solution, a multi-notary practice servicing regional, national and international clients. She is a professional skills trainer and business coach specialising in working with lawyers and other professionals. Learn more at [...]

Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. Criminal Justice Expansion
Explaining the Expansion of the Penal System
Outline of the Book
Chapter 2. Crime in the United States
Crime in Historical Perspective
Crime in Comparative Perspective
Conclusion
Chapter 3. Murder, American Style
Popular Explanations of Violence
Guns
Inequality and Homicide
Conclusion
Chapter 4. The Politics of Crime
The Origins of the Discourse of Law and Order
From the War on Poverty to the War on Crime
From the War on Crime to the War on Drugs
Conclusion
Chapter 5. Crime in the Media
Crime in the News
Crime as Entertainment
The Police Drama
The Crime Film
The "Reality-Based" Cop Show
Media Imagery and Public Opinion
Conclusion
Chapter 6. Crime and Public Opinion
Fear of Crime
Crime as a Social Problem
Popular Punitiveness
Understanding Popular Punitiveness
Alternatives to Punitiveness
Minority Dissent
Conclusion
Chapter 7. Activism and the Politics of Crime
Community-Based Crime Prevention Efforts
The Victim Rights Movement
Adverasarial Activism: Human Rights Campaigns Against Police Brutality, Capital Punishment, and the War on Drugs
Conclusion
Chapter 8. Crime and Public Policy
Drug Policing
Punitive Sentencing
Return of Capital Punishment
Retreat From Juvenile Justice
Prisoner Warehousing
The Surveillance Society
Criminal Justice and Democracy
Conclusion
Chapter 9. Alternatives
Social Investment
Harm Reduction
Alternative Sentencing
Rehabilitating Reintegration
Toward Disarmament
Community Policing
Conclusion
Notes
References
Index