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Taking Sides: Clashing Views in Crime and Criminology
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Summary
Taking Sidesvolumes present current controversial issues in a debate-style format designed to stimulate student interest and develop critical thinking skills. Each issue is thoughtfully framed with an issue summary, an issue introduction, and a postscript or challenge questions.Taking Sidesreaders feature an annotated listing of selected World Wide Web sites. An online Instructor�s Resource Guide with testing material is available for each volume.Using Taking Sides in the Classroomis also an excellent instructor resource.
Table of Contents
| Preface | p. vii |
| Correlation Guide | p. xvii |
| Introduction | p. xix |
| Definitions and Explanations of Crime | p. 1 |
| Is Crime Beneficial to Society? | p. 2 |
| YES: Emile Durkheim, from The Rules of Sociological Method (The Free Press, 1938) | p. 4 |
| NO: Daniel Patrick Moynihan, from "Defining Deviancy Down," The American Scholar (Winter 1993) | p. 9 |
| Is Criminal Behavior Determined Biologically? | p. 17 |
| YES: Adrian Raine, from "The Biological Basis of Crime," in James Q. Wilson and John Petersilia, eds., Crime: Public Policies for Crime Control (ICS Press, 2002) | p. 19 |
| NO: Jeffrey H. Reiman, from The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Prison: Ideology, Class, and Criminal Justice (Allyn & Bacon, 1998) | p. 28 |
| Is a Person's Body Type Clearly Linked to Criminal Behavior? | p. 44 |
| YES: Sean Maddan, Jeffrey T. Walker, and J. Mitchell Miller, from "Physiques, Somatotypes and Crime." An essay. (2009) | p. 46 |
| NO: Chris L. Gibson and Kevin M. Beaver, from "Does Body Type Really Have an Effect on Criminal Behavior?" An essay. (2009) | p. 53 |
| Justice Issues and Contemporary Public Policy | p. 63 |
| Should George W. Bush Be Prosecuted for War Crimes? | p. 64 |
| YES: Vincent Bugliosi, from "Opening Up One's Eyes," The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder (Vanguard Press, 2008) | p. 66 |
| NO: John Barry, from "The Politics of Vengeance," Newsweek.com (January 19, 2009) | p. 69 |
| Does the United States Have a Right to Torture Suspected Terrorists? | p. 75 |
| YES: Andrew A. Moher, from "The Lesser of Two Evils? An Argument for Judicially Sanctioned Torture in a Post--9/11 World," Thomas Jefferson Law Review (Spring 2004) | p. 77 |
| NO: Elisa Massimino, from "Leading by Example? U.S. Interrogation of Prisoners in the War on Terror," Criminal Justice Ethics (Winter 2004) | p. 90 |
| Is Racial Profiling an Acceptable Law Enforcement Strategy? | p. 98 |
| YES: Jared Taylor and Glayde Whitney, from "Racial Profiling: Is There an Empirical Basis?" Mankind Quarterly (Spring 2002) | p. 100 |
| NO: Michael J. Lynch, from "Misleading 'Evidence' and the Misguided Attempt to Generate Racial Profiles of Criminals; Correcting Fallacies and Calculations Concerning Race and Crime in Taylor and Whitney's Analysis of Racial Profiling," Mankind Quarterly (Spring 2002) | p. 112 |
| Should Serious Sex Offenders Be Castrated? | p. 126 |
| YES: Lawrence Wright, from "The Case for Castration," Texas Monthly (May 1992) | p. 128 |
| NO: Kari A. Vanderzyl, from "Castration as an Alternative to Incarceration: An Impotent Approach to the Punishment of Sex Offenders," Northern Illinois University Law Review (Fall 1994) | p. 135 |
| Should Juvenile Courts Be Abolished? | p. 144 |
| YES: Barry C. Feld, from Bad Kids: Race and the Transformation of the Juvenile Court (Oxford University Press, 1999) | p. 146 |
| NO: Vincent Schiraldi and Jason Ziedenberg, from The Florida Experiment: An Analysis of the Impact of Granting Prosecutors Discretion to Try Juveniles As Adults (July 1999) | p. 157 |
| Is Exposure to Pornography Related to Increased Rates of Rape? | p. 168 |
| YES: Diana E. H. Russell, from Dangerous Relationships: Pornography, Misogyny, and Rape (Sage, 1998) | p. 170 |
| NO: Anthony D'Amato, from "Porn Up, Rape Down," Northwestern Public Law Research Paper No. 913013 (2006) | p. 179 |
| Prison Programs and Alternatives | p. 189 |
| Is It Ethical to Segregate HIV-Positive Inmates? | p. 190 |
| YES: Penny A. Robinette, from "Is the Segregation of HIV-Positive Inmates Ethical? Yes," The Prison Journal (March 1999) | p. 192 |
| NO: Billy Long, from "Is the Segregation of HIV-Positive Inmates Ethical? No," The Prison Journal (March 1999) | p. 199 |
| Are Supermax (Control Unit) Prisons an Appropriate Way to Punish Hardened Criminals? | p. 206 |
| YES: Gregory L. Hershberger, from "To the Max," Corrections Today (February 1998) | p. 208 |
| NO: Rodney J. Henningsen, W. Wesley Johnson, and Terry Wells, from "Supermax Prisons: Panacea or Desperation?" Corrections Management Quarterly (Spring 1999) | p. 213 |
| Should Juveniles Who Commit Murder Be Sentenced to Life in Prison Without the Possibility of Parole? | p. 223 |
| YES: Liza Matia, from "Parents Fight to Keep Juvenile Killers in Prison," The Progress (November 22, 2008) | p. 225 |
| NO: Human Rights Watch, from "When I Die They'll Send Me Home," Human Rights Watch (January 2008) | p. 228 |
| Should Private "For-Profit" Corporations Be Allowed to Run U.S. Prisons? | p. 235 |
| YES: Wayne H. Calabrese, from "Low Cost, High Quality, Good Fit: Why Not Privatization?" Privatization Correctional Institutions (1996) | p. 237 |
| NO: Jeff Sinden, from "The Problem of Prison Privatization: The U.S. Experience," Capitalist Punishment: Prison Privatization & Human Rights (2003) | p. 243 |
| Criminal Justice Research, Evaluation, and Policy Analysis | p. 255 |
| Is Capital Punishment a Bad Public Policy? | p. 256 |
| YES: David Von Drehle, from "Miscarriage of Justice: Why the Death Penalty Doesn't Works," The Washington Post Magazine (February 5, 1995) | p. 258 |
| NO: Ernest Van Den Haag, from "The Ultimate Punishment: A Defense," Harvard Law Review (May 1986) | p. 270 |
| Will Strict Gun Control Laws Reduce the Number of Homicides in the United States? | p. 278 |
| YES: Franklin E. Zimring, from "Firearms, Violence, and the Potential Impact of Firearms Control," Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics (Spring 2004) | p. 280 |
| NO: Lance K. Stell, from "The Production of Criminal Violence in America: Is Strict Gun Control the Solution?" Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics (Spring 2004) | p. 287 |
| Should the Police Enforce Zero-Tolerance Laws? | p. 304 |
| YES: George L. Kelling and William J. Bratton, from "Declining Crime Rates: Insiders' Views of the New York City Story," The Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology (Summer 1998) | p. 306 |
| NO: Judith A. Greene, from "Zero Tolerance: A Case Study of Police Policies and Practices in New York City," Crime & Delinquency (April 1999) | p. 316 |
| Future Trends in Criminology and Criminal Justice | p. 329 |
| Should Marijuana Be Legalized? | p. 330 |
| YES: Ethan A. Nadelmann, from "An End to Marijuana Prohibition: The Drive to Legalize Picks Up," National Review (July 12, 2004) | p. 332 |
| NO: John P. Walters, from "No Surrender," National Review (September 27, 2004) | p. 339 |
| Do Three Strikes Sentencing Laws and Other "Get Tough" Approaches Really Work? | p. 344 |
| YES: Eugene H. Methvin, from "Mugged by Reality," Policy Review (July/August 1997) | p. 346 |
| NO: David Shichor, from "Three Strikes as a Public Policy," Crime & Delinquency (October 1997) | p. 356 |
| Should Juries Be Able to Disregard the Law and Free "Guilty" Persons in Racially Charged Cases? | p. 366 |
| YES: Paul Butler, from "Racially Based Jury Nullification: Black Power in the Criminal Justice System," Yale Law Journal (December 1995) | p. 368 |
| NO: Randall Kennedy, from "After the Cheers," The New Republic (October 23, 1995) | p. 373 |
| Contributors | p. 378 |
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