The criminal justice system : politics and policies /
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| Edition: | 8th ed. |
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| Imprint: | Belmont, CA : Wadsworth/Thomson Learning, ©2002. |
| Description: | xii, 474 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11903311 |
Table of Contents:
- I. Politics and the Administration of Justice
- 1.. Two Models of the Criminal Process
- 2.. Toward a Theory of Street-Level Bureaucracy
- 3.. Racial Politics, Racial Disparities, and the War on Crime
- 4.. The Media, Moral Panics and the Politics of Crime Control
- 5.. Criminal Justice, Legal Values and the Rehabilitative Ideal
- 6.. Congress, Symbolic Politics and the Evolution of the 1994 "Violence against Women Act"
- II. Police
- 7.. Police Discretion Not to Invoke the Criminal Process: Low-Visibility Decisions in the Administration of Justice
- 8.. Broken Windows: The Police and Neighborhood Safety
- 9.. A Sketch of the Policeman's "Working Personality"
- 10.. General Deterrent Effects of Police Patrol in Crime "Hot Spots": A Randomized, Controlled Trial
- 11.. Police Use of Deadly Force: Research and Reform
- III. Prosecution
- 12.. The Decision to Prosecute
- 13.. Adapting to Plea Bargaining: Prosecutors
- IV. Defense Attorneys
- 14.. The Practice of Law as Confidence Game: Organization Co-Optation of a Profession
- 15.. Indigent Defenders Get the Job Done and Done Well
- V. Courts
- 16.. The Criminal Court Community in Erie County, Pennsylvania
- 17.. The Process Is the Punishment: Handling Cases in a Lower Criminal Court
- 18.. Race and Sentencing
- 19.. Maintaining the Myth of the Individualized Justice: Probation Presentence Reports
- 20.. Does the Public Support the Death Penalty?
- VI. Corrections
- 21.. Between Prison and Probation: Toward a Comprehensive Punishment System
- 22.. Further Exploration of the Flight from Discretion: The Role of Risk/Need Instruments in Probation Supervision Decisions
- 23.. The Society of Captives: The Defects of Total Power
- 24.. Well-Governed Prisons Are Possible
- 25.. What Works? Questions and Answers about Prison Reform
- VII. Policy Perspectives
- 26.. Legalization Madness
- 27.. Crime-Fighting and Urban Renewal
- 28.. Putting Justice Back into Criminal Justice: Notes for a Liberal Criminal Justice Policy