Visions for change : crime and justice in the twenty-first century
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Visions for change : crime and justice in the twenty-first century
Prentice Hall, c2002
3rd ed
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Visions for change : crime and justice in the 21st century
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For courses in Introduction to Criminal Justice, Critical Issues in Criminal Justice, Ethics and Crime, Policy and Victimology, Corrections, Probation and Parole, Law Enforcement, and Sociology.
Exceptionally current and complete, this collection of readings examines-in detail-critical criminal justice policies and practices as evident in all criminal justice agencies throughout the United States. Linking the past, present, and future of criminal justice, the authors discuss important issues currently impacting the system, address the challenges that lie ahead in criminal justice in the 21st century, and outline their vision for how these issues will be handled in the next century.
Table of Contents
Foreword, Samuel S. Souryal.
I. OVERVIEW.
1. Looking to the Future of Criminal Justice, Roslyn Muraskin and Albert R. Roberts.
II. LINKING CRIME CHALLENGES IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY.
2. The War on Drugs: Treatment, Research, and Substance Abuse Intervention in the Twenty-First Century, C. Aaron McNeece, Bruce Bullington, Elizabeth L. Mayfield Arnold, and David W. Springer.
3. The Situation of Crime Victims in the Early Decades of the Twenty-First Century, Andrew Karmen.
4. Gangs: Status, Characteristics, Community and Police Responses and Policy Implications, Kenneth J. Peak.
5. Looking for a New Approach to an Old Problem: The Future of Obscenity and Pornography, Jay S. Albanese.
6. Murder and Mayhem in the Media: Public Perceptions (and Misconceptions) of Crime and Criminality, Charles B. Fields and Robert A. Jerin.
III. POLICING NOW AND IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY.
7. Police Response to Domestic Violence Complaints: Bridging the Present to the Future, Albert R. Roberts, Steven Ruland, and Vincent E. Henry.
8. The Influence of Community in Community Policing in the 21st Century, Michael J. Palmiotto.
9. Legal Issues of Policing, Robert J. Meadows.
IV. THE COURTS AND FUTURE INTERPRETATION OF LAW.
10. The Rise and Fall of the U.S. Death Penalty in the 21st Century, Kenneth C. Haas.
11. The Future Impact of International Law on the U.S. Death Penalty, Christopher M. Cevasco.
12. The Bill of Rights in the Twenty-First Century, Alexander B. Smith, Harriet Pollack, and Matthew Muraskin.
13. A Comparative Analysis of Victim Impact Testimony in Capital Cases in New Jersey and Texas, Ronald L. Reisner and Peter J. Nelligan.
14. Reaffirming Juvenile Justice, Peter J. Benekos and Alida V. Merlo.
15. A Study of the Criminal Motivations of Sentenced Jail Inmates, Robert J. Meadows and Kimberly L. Anklin.
V. TECHNOLOGY IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY.
16. Technology and Criminal Justice, Joseph J. Grau.
17. The Technoeconomic Revolution: Reengineering Criminal Justice Organizations and Workplaces, Rosemary L. Gido.
18. Prosecuting Environmental Crime in the 21st Century, Donald J. Rebovich.
19. The Impact of Computer-Based Technologies on Criminal Justice: Transition to the Twenty-First Century, William G. Archambeault.
VI. CORRECTIONAL ISSUES IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY.
20. An Introduction to Prison Privatization: Issues for the 21st Century, Michael Hallett.
21. Court-Ordered Reform of Jails: Past, Present, and Future, Wayne N. Welsh.
22. Sentencing Into the 21st Century: Sentence Enhancement and Life Without Parole, Etta Morgan and Robert T. Sigler.
VII. GENDER AND RACE ISSUES: NOW AND INTO THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY.
23. Women and the Law: An Agenda for Change in the Twenty-First Century, Roslyn Muraskin and Martin L. O'Connor.
24. New Directions for Incarcerated Women with HIV in the Twenty-First Century: The Corrections Demonstration Project, Mark M. Lanier, Ronald J. Braithwaite, and Kimberly R. Jacob Arriola.
25. The Administration of Justice Based on Gender and Race, Etta F. Morgan.
26. The New Millennium: Women in Policing in the Twenty-First Century, Donna C. Hale and Mark M. Lanier.
VIII. CONCLUSIONS.
27. The Future is Now: Summing Up, Roslyn Muraskin.
28. Epilogue: Criminal Justice in the New Millennium: The Crisis of System and Science, David Baker.
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