Contents; 1 The Politics of Crime; 2 Organized Interests and Populist Beliefs; 3 Symbolism and Reality; 4 Partisanship and Compromise; 5 Ending the Insanity; 6 Processing the Contract; 7 Money and Ideology; 8 Congress and the Courts; 9 A New Isolationism; Appendix; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
Summary
Former minister and current British government legislator Lord Windlesham examines the American federal crime-control laws that surfaced before and after the 1994 "Republican Revolution" in Congress. He focuses on the pressure populist opinion and special interests exert on shaping crime policy
