Community Justice An Emerging Field

by Karp, David R.; Bazemore, Gordon; Bennett, Susan F.; Boland, Barbara; Braithwaite, John; Buerger, Michael E.; Chavis, David M.; Clear, Todd R.; Coles, Catherine M.; Etzioni, Amitai; Grinc, Randolph M.; Goldsmith-Hirsch, Suzanne; Kelling, George L.; Mugfor

• ISBN13: 9780847690848
• ISBN10: 0847690849
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-06-25
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

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	vii
I. INTRODUCTION	3	(28)
1. The Community Justice Movement	3	(28)
Todd R. Clear
David R. Karp
II. COMMUNITY ACTION	31	(66)
2. Community Organizations and Crime	31	(16)
Susan F. Bennett
3. The Takoma Orange Hats: Fighting Crime and Building Community in Washington, D.C.	47	(34)
Suzanne Goldsmith-Hirsch
4. Building Community Capacity to Prevent Violence through Coalitions and Partnerships	81	(16)
David M. Chavis
III. RACE AND CLASS	97	(40)
5. Toward a Theory of Race, Crime, and Urban Inequality	97	(22)
Robert J. Sampson
William Julius Wilson
6. Crime and the Racial Fears of White Americans	119	(18)
Wesley G. Skogan
IV. COMMUNITY POLICING	137	(116)
7. A Tale of Two Targets: Limitations of Community Anticrime Actions	137	(30)
Michael E. Buerger
8. "Angels in Marble": Problems in Stimulating Community Involvement in Community Policing	167	(36)
Randolph M. Grinc
9. Civil Liberties and Aggressive Enforcement: Balancing the Rights of Individuals and Society in the Drug War	203	(30)
Dennis P. Rosenbaum
10. Disorder and the Court	233	(20)
George L. Kelling
Catherine M. Coles
V. COMMUNITY PROSECUTION AND SANCTIONING	253	(120)
11. Community Prosecution: Portland's Experience	253	(26)
Barbara Boland
12. Conditions of Successful Reintegration Ceremonies: Dealing with Juvenile Offenders	279	(48)
John Braithwaite
Stephen Mugford
13. The "Community" in Community Justice: Issues, Themes, and Questions for the New Neighborhood Sanctioning Models	327	(46)
Gordon Bazemore
VI. CONCLUSION	373	(6)
14. Community Justice in a Communitarian Perspective	373	(6)
Amitai Etzioni
Index	379	(6)
About the Contributors	385