Annual Editions: Criminal Justice 07/08

by Victor, Joseph L.; Naughton, Joanne

• ISBN13: 9780073397320
• ISBN10: 0073397326
• Edition: 31st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-03-15
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Dushkin

Summary

This Thirty-First Edition of ANNUAL EDITIONS: CRIMINAL JUSTICE 07/08 provides convenient, inexpensive access to current articles selected from the best of the public press. Organizational features include: an annotated listing of selected World Wide Web sites; an annotated table of contents; a topic guide; a general introduction; brief overviews for each section; a topical index; and an instructor's resource guide with testing materials. USING ANNUAL EDITIONS IN THE CLASSROOM is offered as a practical guide for instructors. ANNUAL EDITIONS titles are supported by our student website, www.mhcls.com/online.

Table of Contents

Unit 1 Crime and Justice in America 1. 21808 What Is the Sequence of Events in the Criminal Justice System?, Report to the Nation on Crime and Justice , January 1998 This report reveals that the response tocrimeis a complex process, involving citizens as well as many agencies, levels, and branches of government. 2. 30622 The Road to September 11,Evan Thomas, Newsweek , October 1, 2001 For a decade, America has been fighting a losing war againstterrorism.This article chronicles the missed clues and missteps in a manhunt that is far from over. 3. 41495 Arraigning Terror,Rogers M. Smith, Dissent , Spring 2004 This article discusses the sweeping restructuring of the nation's intelligence-gathering and coercive institutions that took place afterSeptember 11th,as well as the dangers to civil liberties that the Bush administration has ignored. Smith also deals with what can be done to provide procedural safeguards against abuses to ourcivil rightsand liberties. 4. 45238 Of Crime and Punishment,Robert Vodde et al., FDU Magazine , Summer/Fall 2006 Criminal justice faculty and alumni at a New Jersey University are asked about some of the most high-profile issues in criminal justice today, such as thedeath penalty,domestic spying, policeprofiling, thePatriot Act,excessive force, and thewar on drugs. Their answers reveal the enormously complex considerations that can tip the scales of justice. 5. 36410 The FBI's Cyber-Crime Crackdown,Simson Garfinkel, Technology Review , November 2002 On one side, teenhackersand corrupt employees; on the other, the FBI'scomputer-crime-fighting units. According to Simson Garfinkel, the U.S. government's first line of defense against cybercrime and cyberterrorism is the FBI's Computer Crime Squads, which form the heart of its new Cyber Division. 6. 38511 Toward a Transvaluation of Criminal 'Justice': On Vengeance, Peacemaking, and Punishment,Christopher R. Williams, Humanity & Society , May 2002 This essay reflects the author's effort to understand the dynamics of anger, hate, andviolencethat permeate not only the system ofcriminal justice, but human relations on all levels. Williams believes that the institutions oflaw, politics, andmediahave an obligation to model practices that are conducive tosocial health, and such models would not entail attitudes of resentment, hatred, and revenge. 7. 33777 Trust and Confidence in Criminal Justice,Lawrence W. Sherman, National Institute of Justice Journal , 2002 Thecriminal justicesystem is a paradox of progress. It is less corrupt, brutal, andraciallyunfair than it has been in the past. It has also become more effective, with greater diversity in its staffing. Yet Americans today have less confidence in the criminal justice system than in many other institutions. Unit 2 Victimology 8. 36412 Ordering Restitution to the Crime Victim, OVC Legal Series , November 2002 This bulletin provides an overview of state laws addressing the rights ofvictimsto receive court-ordered restitution from offenders in criminal cases. 9. 30627 Telling the Truth About Damned Lies and Statistics,

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