Community Justice

by David R. Karp

• ISBN13: 9780847690831
• ISBN10: 0847690830
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 1998-06-25
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group

Summary

In this book, several leading scholars examine the central concerns of this emerging field. Subjects discussed include the role of community organizations in crime prevention; the structural and cultural issues underlying the concentration of race, poverty, and crime; community policing; and community prosecution and sanctioning.

Table of Contents

Preface
The Community Justice Movement	p. 3
Community Organizations and Crime	p. 31
The Takoma Orange Hats: Fighting Crime and Building Community in Washington, D.C.	p. 47
Building Community Capacity to Prevent Violence through Coalitions and Partnerships	p. 81
Toward a Theory of Race, Crime, and Urban Inequality	p. 97
Crime and the Racial Fears of White Americans	p. 119
A Tale of Two Targets: Limitations of Community Anticrime Actions	p. 137
"Angels in Marble": Problems in Stimulating Community Involvement in Community Policing	p. 167
Civil Liberties and Aggressive Enforcement: Balancing the Rights of Individuals and Society in the Drug War	p. 203
Disorder and the Court	p. 233
Community Prosecution: Portland's Experience	p. 253
Conditions of Successful Reintegration Ceremonies: Dealing with Juvenile Offenders	p. 279
The "Community" in Community Justice Issues, Themes, and Questions for the New Neighborhood Sanctioning Models	p. 327
Community Justice in a Communitarian Perspective	p. 373
Index	p. 379
About the Contributors	p. 385
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