{"product_id":"thinking-about-crime-sense-and-sensibility-in-american-penal-culture-9780195304909","title":"Thinking about Crime: Sense and Sensibility in American Penal Culture","description":"In this wide-ranging analysis, Michael Tonry argues that those responsible for crafting America's criminal justice policy have lost their way in a forest of good intentions, political cynicism, and public anxieties. American crime control politics over time have created a punishment system no\u003cbr\u003eone would knowingly have chosen yet one that no one seems able to change. Prevailing sensibilities rather than timeless truths govern the American war on crime, resulting in policies both wasteful and harsh. U.S. crime trends closely resemble those of other nations, yet American policies, shaped by\u003cbr\u003edifferent sensibilities, are much more punitive. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSeamlessly blending history with an easy presentation of day-to-day realities and empirical evidence, Tonry proposes tangible, specific solutions that can serve as a platform for criminal justice reform. We know how to create an effective and humane criminal justice system. Now we must have the\u003cbr\u003ecourage to do so, by abandoning the current status quo, which is both costly and cruel in favor of practices that will move America closer to the mainstream of contemporary Western values. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Tonry\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/27\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.69lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.28h x 5.56w x 0.73d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780195304909\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMichael Tonry\u003c\/strong\u003e is one of the nation's most respected experts on crime and punishment. The author of the highly acclaimed \u003cem\u003eMalign Neglect\u003c\/em\u003e and (with Norval Morris) \u003cem\u003eBetween Prison and Probation\u003c\/em\u003e, he is Sonosky Professor of Law and Public Policy at the University of Minnesota. He has worked as an advisor to federal and state agencies in the United States, Australia and Canada, to national government agencies in European countries, and to international organizations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":39930747945075,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":29.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_4caf4753-2efc-4b8c-995f-3f0f845a01db.jpg?v=1647698966","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/thinking-about-crime-sense-and-sensibility-in-american-penal-culture-9780195304909","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}