The Oxford handbook of crime and public policy [electronic resource] / edited by Michael Tonry.
Material type: TextSeries: Oxford handbooks in criminology and criminal justicePublication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009.Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 640 p.) : illISBN:- 9780199940264 (ebook) :
- Crime and public policy
- 364 23
- HV6251
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.
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.