The Criminal Justice System Politics and Policies

by Cole, George; Gertz, Marc

• ISBN13: 9781111346638
• ISBN10: 1111346631
• Edition: 10th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-07-26
• Publisher: Cengage Learning

Summary

Longtime market-leader THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM: POLITICS AND POLICIES, 10/e combines the enduring classics in the development of criminal justice policy with the latest developments from the field--and most recent debates from Congress. Equipping learners with primary sources and the most current, cutting-edge research available, this thorough reader presents research-framed debates discussed in our administration of justice. It promotes a more thorough understanding of the structure and function of the criminal justice system while highlighting critical cross cutting themes, such as discretion, the sources of power inside institutions, and how the public may impact the way laws are written. Covering a broad range of topics, the Tenth Edition offers expanded coverage of DNA/wrongful convictions, prison overcrowding, white-collar crime, cyber crime, ethics, technology, evidence-based practice, and much more.

Table of Contents

Politics and the Administration of Justice

Two Models of the Criminal Process

Racial Politics, Racial Disparities, and the War on Crime

Rehabilitation and Retribution: Divergent Goals, Similar Paths. TBA

Police

Broken Windows: The Police and Neighborhood Safety

The Preventative Effects of Arrest on Intimate Partner Violence

Militarizing the Police

Suspicion and Discretion: Decision Making During Citizen Stops

Policing Immigration: Federal Laws and Local Police

Legitimacy, Trust and Confidence: Promoting Support and Cooperation

Terrorism and Local Police

Enforcing the Law: The Stress of Being a Police Officer

Less Than Lethal Use of Force

Courts

The Adversarial System in Perspective: A Comparison of the Adversarial and Inquisitorial Court Process. TBA

The Decision to Prosecute

The Practice of Law as Confidence Game: Organization Co-Optation of a Profession

The Process is the Punishment: Handling Cases in a Lower Criminal Court

Public Opinion and Supreme Court Decision Making

The Vanishing Trial

Prosecutorial Discretion: Making the Crime Fit the Penalty

Corrections

Between Prison and Probation: Toward a Comprehensive Punishment System

What Works? Question and Answers about Prison Reform

Reentry Reconsidered: A New Look at an Old Question

The Aging Inmate

The Privatization of Incarceration

Mental Illness in Prisons

Alternative Incarceration: Boot Camps

The Unique Experience of Female Prisoners

Policy Perspectives

Criminal Justice Policy without Theory or Research

Prevention and Treatment from a Biosocial Perspective

An Overview of Gun Control Policy in the United States

Drugs, Crime, and Policy. TBA

Specialized Courts. TBA

Putting Justice Back into Criminal Justice: Notes for a Liberal Criminal Justice Police

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