The Challenge of Crime: Rethinking Our Response
- ISBN-10
- 067400891X
- ISBN-13
- 9780674008915
- Category
- Law
- Pages
- 374
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2003
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Authors
- Ruth, Henry Ruth, Peter R. Feaver
Description
AmericaÆs modern encounter with crime is beautifully rendered here, focusing on the gap between reliable information and public policy that has plagued the nationÆs attempts to grapple with its crime problem.
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