Violence as a legal problem -- Violent crime and violent criminals -- Police violence -- Rape and domestic assault -- Violence and youth -- Prison violence -- Speech and guns
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"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed February 25, 2021)
