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The fifth edition represents a substantial revision of Walker's (criminal justice, U. of Nebraska-Omaha) understanding of crime and the administration of justice. He wrote the first edition in 1985 as a response to the conservative crime control agenda, and included a critique of the liberal approach in order to be balanced, and found it as lacking in empirical validity as the other. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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Beginning with a succinct discussion of the administration of criminal justice in the United States, SENSE AND NONSENSE ABOUT CRIME AND DRUGS, FIFTH EDITION, evaluates conservative and liberal views on crime control proposals, guns and crimes, drug policies, the war on drugs, and the legalization of drugs. This text communicates complex ideas about how the criminal justice system operates and is affected by politics at a level that can be read by almost any student. The book concludes with a summary of the evidence and draws some conclusions about crime policy.
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