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Critical Issues in Crime and Justice
Thought, Policy, and Practice
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eBook - ePub
Critical Issues in Crime and Justice
Thought, Policy, and Practice
About this book
Critical Issues in Crime and Justice: Thought, Policy, and Practice provides an incisive overview of issues and perspectives in criminal justice and criminology designed to expand upon key areas of study.Â
With contributed essays from leading scholars in the field, the Third Edition illustrates the breadth of research, policy, and practice implications in areas such as crime theory, law enforcement, jurisprudence, corrections, and criminal justice organization and management. New to this edition are chapters on wrongful convictions, human trafficking, and mental illness and criminal justice, three critical issues facing contemporary policing, courts, and corrections. Â
The coverage of concepts, insights, voices, and perspectives will challenge criminal justice and criminology students to synthesize what they have learned, question standard interpretations, and begin to create new directions and visions for their future careers as professionals in the field.
With contributed essays from leading scholars in the field, the Third Edition illustrates the breadth of research, policy, and practice implications in areas such as crime theory, law enforcement, jurisprudence, corrections, and criminal justice organization and management. New to this edition are chapters on wrongful convictions, human trafficking, and mental illness and criminal justice, three critical issues facing contemporary policing, courts, and corrections. Â
The coverage of concepts, insights, voices, and perspectives will challenge criminal justice and criminology students to synthesize what they have learned, question standard interpretations, and begin to create new directions and visions for their future careers as professionals in the field.
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Yes, you can access Critical Issues in Crime and Justice by Dan Okada,Mary Maguire,Alexa Sardina, Dan W. Okada, Mary H. Maguire, Alexa D. Sardina in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Social Sciences & Criminology. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Acknowledgements
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Brief Contents
- Detailed Contents
- Preface for the Third Edition
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction Is It Possible to Prepare for a Criminal Justice Future?
- Part I Orientation
- 2 The Importance of Ethics in Criminal Justice
- 3 Unleashing the Power of Criminal Justice Theory
- Part II Offenses and Offenders
- 4 Victimology
- 5 Juvenile Delinquency
- 6 Gender Matters Trends in Girls’ Criminality
- 7 Race and Crime
- 8 Popular Culture, Media, and Crime
- 9 Crime and Economics Consumer Culture, Criminology, and the Politics of Exclusion
- 10 Serious Gang Problems in the United States What to Do?
- 11 Sex Offender Policies Good Intentions and Unintended Consequences
- 12 Issues in the Fight Against Human Exploitation A Look at Labor and Sex Trafficking
- 13 Terrorism
- 14 Critical Issues in Cybercrime
- Part III Policing/Law Enforcement
- 15 Police Theory Major Perspectives
- 16 A Vision of Contemporary Policing Present Practices and Future Developments
- 17 Police Organization and Administration
- Part IV Courts/Law/Jurisprudence
- 18 Public Policy
- 19 American Courts
- 20 The Juvenile Justice System
- 21 Why Are There So Many Mentally Ill in the Criminal Justice System?
- 22 Wrongful Convictions in the United States
- Part V Corrections
- 23 The Philosophical and Ideological Underpinnings of Corrections
- 24 Community Corrections Rehabilitation, Reintegration, and Reentry
- 25 Restorative Justice in Theory
- 26 Garbage In, Garbage Out? Convict Criminology, the Convict Code, and Participatory Prison Reform
- Index
- About the Editors
- About the Contributors