Sense and Nonsense About Crime and Drugs: A Policy Guide (Contemporary Issues in Crime and Justice Series)

This book is intended as a supplemental text for a variety of courses in departments of criminal justice, sociology, and political science. Beginning with a succinct discussion of the administration of criminal justice in the United States, Sense and Nonsense About Crime and Drugs evaluates conservative and liberal crime control proposals, gun and crimes, drug policy, the war on drugs, and the legalization of drugs. The book concludes with a summary of the evidence and draws some conclusions about crime policy.