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The Punitive Turn in American Life How the United States Learned to Fight Crime Like a War
Title
The Punitive Turn in American Life How the United States Learned to Fight Crime Like a War / Michael S. Sherry.
ISBN
1469660725
9781469660721
9781469660707
Publication
Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2020.
Manufacture
Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2020
Copyright Notice Date
2020.
Physical Description
1 online resource
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Access is available to the Yale community.
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Description based on print version record.
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Summary
"In 1965, President Lyndon Johnson insisted that 'the policeman is the frontline soldier in our war against crime,' and police forces, arms makers, policy makers, and crime experts heeded this call to arms, bringing weapons and practices from the arena of war back home. The Punitive Turn in American Life offers a political and cultural history of the ways in which punishment and surveillance have moved to the center of American life and become imbued with militarized language and policies"-- Provided by publisher.
Variant and related titles
Project MUSE - 2020 Complete
Project MUSE - 2020 Global Cultural Studies
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
November 09, 2020
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
The crisis of a militarized order, 1963-1969
War on crime in Vietnam's wake, 1969-1973
The uncertain advance of the punitive turn, 1974-1981
The triumph of militarized crime-fighting, 1981-1993
The sprawling punitive turn, 1993-2001
The punitive turn in an age of vengeance, 2001-2009
Reversal or redirection? 2009-2017.
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