U.S. Criminal Justice Policy: A Contemporary Reader

by Ismaili, Karim

• ISBN13: 9780763741297
• ISBN10: 0763741299
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-08-03
• Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning

Summary

This current collection of essays on contemporary U.S. criminal justice policy is a timely response To The significant recent growth of policy-oriented research in the fields of criminology and criminal justice. U.S. Criminal Justice Policy: A Contemporary Reader addresses how criminal justice policy issues are framed, identifies participants in the policy process, discusses how policy is made, and considers the constraints and opportunities found in the policy process. Findings are linked to broader institutional, cultural and global criminal justice trends, and are used to determine what recent research reveals about crime policy and democratic governance. The main goal of this book is to encourage readers to engage in a dialogue about criminal justice policy, and to think about the potential for criminal justice reform.Key Features:bull; Brings a policy focus to a wide range of pressing issues in policing, courts, corrections and juvenile justice.bull; Explores topical policy issues including immigration, technology, financial regulation, human trafficking, and public health.bull; Provides a unique examination of "policy" (e.g., As an expression of general purpose or desired state of affairs; as specific proposals; as decisions and/or non-decisions of government; as formal authorizations; as programs; as legislation; as outputs; as outcomes; as theory, etc.).

Table of Contents

Chapter1 Thinking About Criminal Justice Policy: Process, Players, and Politics
Part1 Public Policy and the Criminal Justice System
Section Policing
Chapter2 The Significance of Race in Contemporary Urban Policing Policy
Chapter3 Combative and Cooperative Law Enforcement in Post-September 11th America
Chapter4 Policies Promoting School-Police Partnerships
Section Courts
Chapter5 Procedural Fairness, Criminal Justice Policy and the Courts
Chapter6 Criminal Justice Policy and Problem-Solving Courts
Section Corrections
Chapter7 U.S. Corrections Policy Since the 1970s
Chapter8 Reentry as a Process Rather Than a Moment
Chapter9 Prison Privatization Turns Twenty-Five
Section Juvenile Justice
Chapter10 The U.S. Juvenile Justice Policy Landscape
Part2 Crime Policy Intersections
Chapter11 Exploring the Relationship Between Contemporary Immigration and Crime Control Policies
Chapter12 Technology and Criminal Justice Policy
Chapter13 White Collar Crime and Public Policy: The Sarbanes-Oxley Act and Beyond
Chapter14 Criminal Justice Policy and Transnational Crime: The Case of Anti-Human Trafficking Policy
Chapter15 When is Crime a Public Health Problem?