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Smart on crime : a career prosecutor's plan to make us safer
- Title
- Smart on crime : a career prosecutor's plan to make us safer / Kamala D. Harris with Joan O'C. Hamilton.
- Author
- Harris, Kamala, 1964-
- Publication
- San Francisco, CA : Chronicle Books, ©2009.
- Supplementary Content
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | Sc D 19-354 | Schomburg Center - Research & Reference |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Hamilton, Joan O'C.
- Description
- 205 pages; 21 cm
- Summary
- Presents the author's proposal for an overhaul of the American criminal justice system, discussing the necessary shifts to increase public safety, reduce costs, and strengthen community, while combatting crime intelligently.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 200-202) and index.
- Contents
- Getting past the old debate -- Beyond the trial -- Learning from other disciplines -- Reading, writing & crime prevention -- As seen on TV -- Not in my neighborhood -- The door is locked; the Internet is open -- Fear factor -- They deserved it -- Putting Humpty Dumpty back together again -- The path to justice -- The cost of justice -- Smart puts public safety first : prevent and reduce violence -- Smart starts young : truancy -- Smart takes off blinders : prostitution -- Smart anticipates : returning offenders -- Smart empowers victims: domestic violence -- Smart protects the silent and fearful : witnesses -- Smart demands accountability : the carrot and the stick -- Smart forges partnerships : community -- Smart measures success : results -- Smart works on our most serious threats : gangs -- Smart is patient : steady progress -- Conclusion: The smart game plan.
- Call Number
- Sc D 19-354
- ISBN
- 9780811865289
- 0811865282
- LCCN
- 2009029823
- OCLC
- 191927227
- Author
- Harris, Kamala, 1964-
- Title
- Smart on crime : a career prosecutor's plan to make us safer / Kamala D. Harris with Joan O'C. Hamilton.
- Imprint
- San Francisco, CA : Chronicle Books, ©2009.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 200-202) and index.
- Local Note
- Schomburg copy with dust jacket.
- Connect to:
- Local Subject
- Black author.
- Added Author
- Hamilton, Joan O'C.
- Research Call Number
- Sc D 19-354