Foundational and renowned study of how politicians and others use crime rates -- and most of all the public perception of street crime, whether or not it is accurate -- for their own purposes. Dr. Scheingold also provides a theoretical and historical basis for his views. The follow-up to the landmark The Politics of Rights, this book is both supported in research and accessible and interesting to readers everywhere. Features a new Foreword by Berkeley law professor Malcolm M. Feeley. A work that is both "timely and timeless," writes Feeley, it "is important for what it says -- and how it says...