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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Sklansky, David A., 1959- author.     Subjects     Violence (Law) -- United States.     Violent crimes -- Law and legislation -- United States.     Political violence -- United States.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Sklansky, David A., 1959- author.       by title:      A pattern of violenc...         MARC Display

A pattern of violence : how the law classifies crimes and what it means for justice / David Alan Sklansky. by Sklansky, David A., 1959- author. Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2021. Subjects Violence (Law) -- United States.   Violent crimes -- Law and legislation -- United States.   Political violence -- United States. ISBN:  9780674248908 (hardcover) : 0674248902 (hardcover) : Description:  316 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm Contents:  Violence as a legal problem -- Violent crime and violent criminals -- Police violence -- Rape and domestic assault -- Violence and youth -- Prison violence -- Speech and guns. Requests:  0 Summary:  "Before the 1960s, the distinction between violent and nonviolent crime played hardly any role in the law. Since then, the number of crimes deemed violent has skyrocketed. David Alan Sklansky shows how shifting and inconsistent legal definitions of violence have fueled mass incarceration, protected abusive police, and undermined criminal justice"--   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Social Science & Philosophy 345.025 Sk Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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