Search and Destroy

作者: Jerome G. Miller 著

出版社: Cambridge University Press

出版时间: 1997-06

ISBN: 9780521598583

定价: 404.70

装帧: 平装

开本: 其他

纸张: 其他

页数: 324页

正文语种: 英语

分类: 外文古旧书>英文书>法律

Thewarondrugs,begunintheReaganAdministrationandpresentlycontinuingunabated,hasresultedinanexplosionintheAmericanprisonpopulation.Whetheradesiredeffectofthewarornot,thisincreasehasbeenaccountedforbyaseverelydisproportionatenumberofAfrican-Americanmales.JeromeMillerdemonstratesinSearchandDestroythatanAfrican-Americanmalebetweentheagesofeighteenandthirty-fivehasaninordinatelikelihoodofencounteringthecriminaljusticesystematsomepointduringthoseyears.Inawide-rangingsurveyofblacksandthejusticesystem,Millernotesthepresenceofbiasamongpoliceofficers,probationofficers,courts,andevensocialscientistswhosedataformthebasisformanypoliciesandsocialworkerswhoseresponsibilityisallegedlytomembersoftheunderclass. DrJerrryMillerholdsaDoctorofSocialWorkdegreefromtheCatholicUniversityofAmerica.In1968,hebecameAssociateProfessorofSocialWorkatOhioStateUniversity.HewassubsequentlyappointedtothecabinetofMassachusettsRepublicanGovernorFrankSargentin1969toheadthenewlycreatedMassachusettsDepartmentofYouthServicesandhasalsoservedonthegubernatorialstaffofMiltonShapp,formergovernorofPennsylvania.In1977,hefoundedtheNationalCenteronInstitutionsandAlternatives(NCIA),anon-profitorganizationtosetupalternativeplansforyouthandadultsotherwiseinstitutionalizedinreformschools,prisons,mentalhospitalsandstateinstitutionsforthedevelopmentallydisabled.HehasbeenconsultanttotheU.S.JusticeDepartment,evaluatingjuvenileandadultinstitutionsinmorethan30states,andhasservedasaspecialmasterforanumberoffederaljudges.Hehasassistedindevelopingmitigativestudiesforindividualsondeathrowinnumerousstates.Hecontinuestoseeindividualsclinicallyandispresentlyfinishingamanuscriptontheissueofsexoffendersinoursocietyandthe'moralpanic'inwhichmodernindustrialsocietiesarecaughtup.HisarticlesdealingwiththetopicsofthisbookhaveappearedintheLosAngelesTimes,theNewYorkTimesandtheWashingtonPost.--ThistextreferstoanalternatePaperbackedition.
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Thewarondrugs,begunintheReaganAdministrationandpresentlycontinuingunabated,hasresultedinanexplosionintheAmericanprisonpopulation.Whetheradesiredeffectofthewarornot,thisincreasehasbeenaccountedforbyaseverelydisproportionatenumberofAfrican-Americanmales.JeromeMillerdemonstratesinSearchandDestroythatanAfrican-Americanmalebetweentheagesofeighteenandthirty-fivehasaninordinatelikelihoodofencounteringthecriminaljusticesystematsomepointduringthoseyears.Inawide-rangingsurveyofblacksandthejusticesystem,Millernotesthepresenceofbiasamongpoliceofficers,probationofficers,courts,andevensocialscientistswhosedataformthebasisformanypoliciesandsocialworkerswhoseresponsibilityisallegedlytomembersoftheunderclass.
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DrJerrryMillerholdsaDoctorofSocialWorkdegreefromtheCatholicUniversityofAmerica.In1968,hebecameAssociateProfessorofSocialWorkatOhioStateUniversity.HewassubsequentlyappointedtothecabinetofMassachusettsRepublicanGovernorFrankSargentin1969toheadthenewlycreatedMassachusettsDepartmentofYouthServicesandhasalsoservedonthegubernatorialstaffofMiltonShapp,formergovernorofPennsylvania.In1977,hefoundedtheNationalCenteronInstitutionsandAlternatives(NCIA),anon-profitorganizationtosetupalternativeplansforyouthandadultsotherwiseinstitutionalizedinreformschools,prisons,mentalhospitalsandstateinstitutionsforthedevelopmentallydisabled.HehasbeenconsultanttotheU.S.JusticeDepartment,evaluatingjuvenileandadultinstitutionsinmorethan30states,andhasservedasaspecialmasterforanumberoffederaljudges.Hehasassistedindevelopingmitigativestudiesforindividualsondeathrowinnumerousstates.Hecontinuestoseeindividualsclinicallyandispresentlyfinishingamanuscriptontheissueofsexoffendersinoursocietyandthe'moralpanic'inwhichmodernindustrialsocietiesarecaughtup.HisarticlesdealingwiththetopicsofthisbookhaveappearedintheLosAngelesTimes,theNewYorkTimesandtheWashingtonPost.--ThistextreferstoanalternatePaperbackedition.

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