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035 _a(OCoLC)1198988782
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043 _an-us---
092 _a345.7302
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049 _aNFGA
100 1 _aSklansky, David A.,
_d1959-
_eauthor.
245 1 2 _aA pattern of violence:
_bhow the law classifies crimes and what it means for justice /
_cDavid Alan Sklansky.
264 1 _aCambridge, Massachusetts ;
_aLondon, England :
_bThe Belknap Press of Harvard University Press,
_c2021.
264 4 _c©2021
300 _a316 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c25 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aViolence as a legal problem -- Violent crime and violent criminals -- Police violence -- Rape and domestic assault -- Violence and youth -- Prison violence -- Speech and guns.
520 _a"Before the 1960s, the distinction between violent and nonviolent crime played hardly any role in the law. Since then, the number of crimes deemed violent has skyrocketed. David Alan Sklansky shows how shifting and inconsistent legal definitions of violence have fueled mass incarceration, protected abusive police, and undermined criminal justice"--
_cProvided by the publisher.
650 0 _aViolence (Law)
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aViolent crimes
_xLaw and legislation
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aPolitical violence
_zUnited States.
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994 _aC0
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