{"product_id":"punishment-and-crime-gary-kleck-9781138307254","title":"Punishment and Crime: The Limits of Punitive Crime Control","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book summarizes and synthesizes a vast body of research on the effects of legal punishment and criminal behavior. Covering studies conducted between 1967 and 2015, \u003ci\u003ePunishment and Crime\u003c\/i\u003e evaluates the assertion that legal punishment reduces crime by investigating the impacts, both positive and negative, of legal punishment on criminal behavior, with emphasis on the effects of punitive crime control policies via the mechanisms of deterrence and incapacitation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrion Sever and Gary Kleck, author of the renowned \u003ci\u003ePoint Blank: Guns and Violence in America\u003c\/i\u003e, present a literature review on legal punishment in the United States that is unparalleled in depth and scope. This text is a must-read for students, researchers, and policymakers concerned with the fields of corrections and crime prevention.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gary Kleck,Brion Sever\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1138307254\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781138307254\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/12\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 334\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Gary Kleck","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48659241599231,"sku":"9781138307254","price":395.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/punishment-and-crime-gary-kleck-9781138307254","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}