The United States is now spending huge sums of money `getting tough on crime' to the detriment of education and other public service expenditures//programmes. From a cost as well as crime control perspective, this unique book asks whether value for money is being gained from these investments? It looks at existing research on the subject and suggests ways of cutting both crime rates and costs?
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Crime and Punishment at Century s End
Punishment Options for Convicted Criminals
The Objectives of Punishment
Reducing Childhood Transition Crime
Anticipating the Sequence in Vice Control
Curbing Crimes of Rage
Suppressing Sex Crimes
Removing Crookedness from Legitimate Occupations
Incapacitating Professional, Career and Psychopathic Criminals
Optimum Investments to Reduce Crime Rates
