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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsPART 1: INTRODUCTION Chapter 1: Identifying and Evaluating Crime Control Crime Control and Prevention The Crime Problem in America Types of Crimes The Ever-Expanding Criminal Law Incidence of Crime Costs of Crime and Criminals Is Fear of Crime Worse Than Crime Itself? Approaches, Not Just Policies Laws Official Policies, Written and Unwritten Unofficial Approaches On the Importance of Definitions Defining the Crime Problem Defining the Solution Defining the Desired Outcome Evaluating Success: An Impossible Task? The Hard and Soft Sciences The Elusive Criminal Justice Experiment You Can Prove Anything with Statistics Qualitative and Quantitative Research Macro- and Micro-Level Crime Control Displacement and Diffusion Measuring Displacement and Diffusion The Tentative Nature of Scientific Knowledge The Measures Used When New Data Become Available Alternative Settings: The Generalization Problem Other Concerns Funding and Political Priorities Academic Crusaders and Bandwagon Science Evidence-Based Justice Effective Does Not Always Mean Best A Preview of the Book Guns and Drugs: The Real Attention Getters Summary Notes Chapter 2: Crime Control Perspectives Operational Perspectives Due Process and Crime Control Due Process Values Crime Control Values System and Nonsystem A Well-Oiled Machine? A Disorganized Mess? The Funnel Model of Justice The Criminal Justice Wedding Cake Political Perspectives Liberals and Conservatives Causes of Crime Consequences of Crime for Society What Should Be Done About Crime? Consensus and Conflict Causes of Crime Consequences of Crime for Society What Should Be Done About Crime? Other Perspectives Faith and Fact Crime Control and Revenue Generation Politics and Ivory Towers Goals of Crime Control Deterrence General and Specific Deterrence Absolute and Marginal Deterrence
