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Everybody wants to get tough on crime. Even presidential campaigns have become spitting contests in which the more draconian approach carries the day. More cops, tougher judges, longer sentences, bigger jails, and more macho prosecutors are demanded.
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© 1990 Anthony V. Bouza
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Bouza, A.V. (1990). Controlling the Criminal. In: The Police Mystique. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-6000-9_12
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