Crime: A Serious American Problem
- ISBN-10
- 0936474416
- ISBN-13
- 9780936474410
- Series
- Crime
- Category
- Crime
- Pages
- 94
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1984-12
- Publisher
- Information Plus (TX)
- Authors
- Mark Alan Siegel, Nancy R. Jacobs, Carol D. Foster
Description
A statistical look at ordinary crime, victimization, jails and prison, the judiciary, justice expenditures and employment, victim compensation, and the response to crime as it affects our lives.
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