Pt. I. Poverty. Ch. 1. Urban Riots and the Beginning of the New Social Contract. Ch. 2. The Restoration of Order and the Reduction in Social Provision: Poverty in the 1990s. Ch. 3. The New Homelessness: The Reagan Legacy -- Pt. II. Crime. Ch. 4. The Explosion of the Criminal Justice System: The Muscle of the New Social Contract. Ch. 5. The FBI's Dirty Little Secret: Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics. Ch. 6. The Media and Public Hysteria about Crime -- Pt. III. Legal Change. Ch. 7. Assault on the Constitution: Penal Code Reform. Ch. 8. Assault on the Constitution: The Death of the Fourth Amendment. Ch. 9. The End of the War on Drugs -- Pt. IV. Conclusion. Ch. 10. The New Social Contract
Notes
Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--City University of New York
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