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title: "Governing Through Crime: How the War on Crime Transformed American Democracy and Created a Culture of Fear (Studies in Crime and Public Policy)"
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# Governing Through Crime: How the War on Crime Transformed American Democracy and Created a Culture of Fear (Studies in Crime and Public Policy)

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## Customer Reviews

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    Professor J Simon is Cal Bear with a big heart
  

*by V***S on Reviewed in the United States on May 13, 2023*

Criminal Justice system is scary, screwed up and tilted to favor the rich. J Simon goes in depth into the systemic issues plaquing our criminal Justice in USA. Definitely a must read. And he has more out already and probably a few more to come … stay tuned …

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    Imaginative interpretation of the most recent phase of US history
  

*by S***N on Reviewed in the United States on October 7, 2007*

I've read plenty of books that deal with questions of the growth of mass incarceration and surveillance in US society, the 'culture of fear' paranoia that defines much of our popular political culture, etc. and so I thought this book would mainly cover familiar material.  But I was wrong.  Jonathan Simon offers a fresh interpretation of these developments.  Central to the development of 'governing through crime' is the emergence of the crime victim as the central figure around which political debate revolves, and the identification of supporting police/prisons/death penalty with solidarity with that victim.  Simon shows how this has raised the profile (and political power) of prosecutors and governors (most of our presidents recently, in part because of their ability to wield the death penalty).  On the other hand, this development has thrown the judiciary on the defensive, as it is perceived as an obstacle to victim's righteous vengeance through their representatives, the police.  Simon also deals with the way crime has defined the governance of families, schools, and, perhaps most originally, workplaces.  In the latter, as unions have collapsed, charges of the crime of discrimination have become one of the few recourses workers have against employer power.  At the same time, employers treat workers as potentially dangerous criminals who may be responsible for violence in the workplace.  Simon ends by tying the logic and limits of governing through crime to the failings of the US in stopping, and later reacting to, the attacks of 9-11.Simon does not have much to say about the economic changes that have accompanied and been intertwined with the practice of governing through crime.  For that you should read Christian Parenti's Lockdown America or Ruth Wilson Gilmore's Golden Gulag.  Nevertheless, this book should also definitely be on your reading list to understand this disturbing trend.

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    Compelling Approach to Understanding US Political Culture
  

*by G***. on Reviewed in the United States on October 20, 2020*

The US Constitution puts restraints on government.  To legitimate the vigorous exercise of political power, leaders must claim to serve the interest of some large segment of American citizens--yeoman farmers,  industrial workers, Disadvantaged minorities, or, since the Nixon administration, potential victims of crime.  This claim in turn structures how social problems are perceived and addressed.  The current obsession with crime has encouraged courts to disregard constitutional guarantees such as habeas corpus and due process.  The impact the current obsession with crime has on family life is even more disturbing.  Simon's work is conceptually powerful and well documented.

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