The Oxford handbook of crime and public policy [electronic resource] / edited by Michael Tonry.
Material type: TextPublication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009.Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 640 p.) : illISBN:- 9780199940264 (ebook) :
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
This handbook offers a comprehensive examination of crimes as public policy subjects to provide an authoritative overview of current knowledge about the nature, scale, and effects of diverse forms of criminal behaviour and of efforts to prevent and control them.