<The> new social contract America's journey from welfare state to police state

According to the Justice Department's National Crime Survey, the crime rate in the United States is lower today than it was when Nixon was in the White House. In spite of this, political leaders demand nationwide prison construction as a response to the war on drugs and to accommodate the results of the new three strikes law. At the same time, the gap between rich and poor is wider than ever and the needs of the non-disruptive poor are being ignored by the economic and political elites to the point of unprecedented homelessness. The author predicts this widening gap will prompt the return of 1960s-style civil turmoil which will lead to the end of the war on drugs and the emptying of hundreds of thousands of cells so the protesting poor can be plausibly threatened with incarceration. Pt. I. Poverty. Ch. 1. Urban Riots And The Beginning Of The New Social Contract. Ch. 2. The Restoration Of Order And The Reduction In Social Provision: Poverty In The 1990s. Ch. 3. The New Homelessness: The Reagan Legacy -- Pt. Ii. Crime. Ch. 4. The Explosion Of The Criminal Justice System: The Muscle Of The New Social Contract. Ch. 5. The Fbi's Dirty Little Secret: Lies, Damn Lies, And Statistics. Ch. 6. The Media And Public Hysteria About Crime -- Pt. Iii. Legal Change. Ch. 7. Assault On The Constitution: Penal Code Reform. Ch. 8. Assault On The Constitution: The Death Of The Fourth Amendment. Ch. 9. The End Of The War On Drugs -- Pt. Iv. Conclusion. Ch. 10. The New Social Contract. Joseph Dillon Davey. Originally Presented As The Author's Thesis (doctoral)--city University Of New York. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [165]-174) And Index. The author predicts that the widening gap between rich and poor will prompt the return of 1960s-style civil turmoil which will lead to the end of the "war on drugs" and the emptying of hundreds of thousands of cells so the protesting poor can be plausibly threatened with incarceration.