Critical Issues in Crime and Justice : Thought, Policy, and Practice

by Mary Maguire

• ISBN13: 9781412970570
• ISBN10: 1412970571
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-02-17
• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc

Summary

This text will provide a comprehensive overview of the criminal justice and criminology curriculum through contributed essays directed at senior level capstone courses, and upper level seminars designed to review and expand upon key areas of study. The text will explore and examine theory, cases, laws and policies as they have been shaped by a larger social, cultural, and historical context. Topics span the gamut of the CJ and Criminology curriculum, including crime theory, law enforcement, jurisprudence, corrections and organizations. Each topic category will include a presentation of historical and contemporary material to illustrate the breadth of research, policy and practice implications of each. This book may also serve as a supplemental text in topical courses such as policing, courts or corrections.

Table of Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction: The Many Voices in Justice

Criminal Justice and Criminological Paradigms

The Importance of Ethics in Criminal Justice

Criminological Theory and Crime Explanation

Unleashing the Power of Criminal Justice Theory

Offenses and Offenders

Juvenile Delinquency

Gender Matters: Trends in Girls' Criminality

Race and Crime

Culture, Media and Crime

Crime and Economics: Consumer Culture, Criminology and the Politics of Exclusion

Sex Crimes

Terrorism and the Criminal Justice System: Questions, Issues and Current Applicable Law

Developments in Cyber Criminology

Policing and Law Enforcement

A History of American Policing

Police Theory

Contemporary Policing: Police Work in the 21st Century

Policy and Jurisprudence

Police Organization and Administration

Public Policy

American Courts

The Juvenile Justice System

Corrections and Societal Response

The Philosophical and Ideological Underpinnings of Corrections

Community Corrections, Rehabilitation, Reintegration and Reentry

Restorative Justice in Theory

Garbage In, Garbage Out? Convict Criminology, the Convict Code and Participatory Prison Reform

About the EDITORS

About the Contributors

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