You decide! : current debates in criminal justice
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You decide! : current debates in criminal justice
Prentice Hall, c2009
- : pbk
Available at 1 libraries
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"Prentice Hall is an imprint of Pearson"--T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references
Contents of Works
- Should the police practice discretion when enforcing the law?
- Should the police use trickery and deceit in investigations and interrogations?
- Should a victims' rights amendment be added to the U.S. Constitution?
- Should the use of jailhouse informants be abolished?
- Is plea bargaining a legitimate way of settling criminal cases?
- Must juries be cross-sectional representations of the community?
- Jury nullification : should jurors ever refuse to follow the law?
- Is the restorative justice model the best model for criminal justice?
- Should shaming be an element of criminal punishment?
- Should there be mandatory minimum sentences for criminal offenses?
- Is selective incapacitation an effective policy for reducing crime?
- Supermax prisons : valuable or vile?
- What are the rights of criminals and prisoners?
- Should there be laws requiring registration and community notification for convicted sex offenders?
- Should the death penalty be abolished?
- Are boot camps a good way to deal with youthful offenders?
- Should we eliminate the special system of juvenile justice?
- Should we continue the "war on drugs"?
- Is the patriot act a necessary protection against terrorism or a threat to our civil liberties?