Gest, Ted. <br/><br/>
Crime & politics  big government's erratic campaign for law and order /  [electronic resource] : 
Ted Gest. 
 - Oxford :  Oxford University Press,  2001. 
 - 1 online resource (viii, 296 p.) :  ill. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> This text is a story of personal relations and ideological biases that played major roles in how important policies were decided. It tells how the inside story of how crime policy is formulated inside the Washington beltway and state capitals. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780199833887 (ebook) :  No price 0199833885 (ebook) :  No price 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Crime--Government policy--United States.<br/>Criminal justice, Administration of--Political aspects--United States.<br/>Crime prevention--United States.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--Politics and government--20th century.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HV6789 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>364.4'0973