Author Description

Challenges assumptions and misconceptions about crime and the criminal justice system, providing a provocative alternative to traditional textbooks for undergraduates. Traces the social construction of issues such as child abduction, murder, white collar crime, drugs, police work, prisons, and the myth of a lenient criminal justice system, from the creation of mythical trappings to the development of social policy based on public perceptions. For undergraduates in criminology and criminal justice. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.