Crime Control Acts

Crime Control Acts
Multifaceted legislation designed to curb crime by e.g., legislating new types of crimes, redefining existing crimes, increasing sentences, adding new prosecutors, judges, and prisons, etc. Examples are federal Comprehensive Crime Control Act of 1984; Drug Abuse Act of 1988 (as incorporated in U.S.Code Titles 18 and 21)

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