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Violence and the Politics of Law and Order

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Beckett Katherine, Making Crime Pay: Law and Order in Contemporary American Politics. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997. Pp. vi+158. $14.95 paper.
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William Lyons
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Law & Society Review , Volume 34 , Issue 1 , 2000 , pp. 213 - 236
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