Background
Gordon, Diana Russell was born on July 18, 1938 in North Adams, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of Hallett Darius and Mary Elizabeth (Earl) Smith.
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City Limits Barriers to Change in Urban Government
(Book by Gordon, Diana R)
Book by Gordon, Diana R
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The Justice Juggernaut: Fighting Street Crime, Controlling Citizens (Crime, Law, & Deviance Series)
(Discusses the effectiveness of new get tough criminal jus...)
Discusses the effectiveness of new get tough criminal justice policies and argues that the increasing role of surveillance is endangering both democracy and the right to privacy.
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The Return of the Dangerous Classes: Drug Prohibition and Policy Politics
(The "war on drugs" in America continues to be fought with...)
The "war on drugs" in America continues to be fought with old "weapons". Harsh punishments continue to be handed out to offenders, but these measures fail to control the most dangerous forms of illicit drug use. This text identifies a "shadow agenda" sustaining the war on drugs, in which fighting drugs offers an opportunity for both political elites and ordinary citizens to create "enemies" - blacks, youths, immigrants - who can be blamed for American social and economic ills. These are the "dangerous classes", whose return is polarizing American society. This text describes how America is now paying the price for continuing with failed efforts at eradicating the drug problem, efforts that only intensify racial and generational conflict, decimate constitutional protections for criminal suspects and ignore the deeper social problems of deprivation, disease and inequality.
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- City limits; barriers to change in urban government,
- The Justice Juggernaut: Fighting Street Crime, Controlling Citizens (Crime, Law, & Deviance Series) ("Argues convincingly that the conditions that produc...)
Diana Russell Gordon
Edit ProfileEducation
Bachelor, Mills College, 1958; Master of Arts, Radcliffe College, 1959; Juris Doctor, Harvard College, 1964.
Career
Law clerk, Beardsley, Hufstedler & Kemble, Los Angeles, 1964-1965; program analyst, Office of Economic Opportunity, Washington, 1965-1966; legislation assistant, Budget Bureau, New York City, 1967-1970; research fellow Institute Politics, Harvard University, 1970-1971; director, Citizens Inquiry on Parole, New York City, 1973-1978; vice president, National Council Crime and Delinquency, Hackensack, New Jersey, 1978-1981; president, National Council Crime and Delinquency, Newark, 1982-1983; associate professor political science, City College of New York, 1984-1994; professor, City College of New York, since 1995. Consultant various urban affairs organizations, New York City, 1971-1984.
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The Justice Juggernaut: Fighting Street Crime, Controlling Citizens (Crime, Law, & Deviance Series)
( "Argues convincingly that the conditions that produce o...)
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The Justice Juggernaut: Fighting Street Crime, Controlling Citizens (Crime, Law, & Deviance Series)
(Discusses the effectiveness of new get tough criminal jus...)
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The Return of the Dangerous Classes: Drug Prohibition and Policy Politics
(The "war on drugs" in America continues to be fought with...)
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City Limits Barriers to Change in Urban Government
(Book by Gordon, Diana R)
- City limits; barriers to change in urban government,
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The Justice Juggernaut: Fighting Street Crime, Controlling Citizens (Crime, Law, & Deviance Series)
Membership
Board of directors Green Hope Residence for Women, 1975-1985, Legal Action Center,1979-, Prisoners' Legal Superior vena cava syndrome, 1982-1994, Manhattan Country School, since 1984.
Connections
Married James D. Lorenz, August 20, 1960 (divorced 1966). Married David M. Gordon, September 7, 1967.
