
- 352 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
This balanced book illuminates Republican and Democratic responses and attitudes toward crime, police work, sentencing, incarceration, and rehabilitation in the USA. A broad array of law enforcement and criminal justice issues are examined, including mass incarceration, sentencing disparities, anti-drug efforts, marijuana legalization, death penalty, mandatory minimums, civil asset forfeiture, prison privatization, rape and other crimes in prison settings, women in prison, support for therapeutic/educational programs, sentencing for juvenile offenders, harsher penalties for hate crimes, and voting rights for ex-felons. The focus is on specific and timely topics in criminal justice that are most susceptible to legislative policies. Readers will benefit by developing an appreciation for how politics impacts the criminal justice system, and how the parties have developed laws that impact their lives, dictate acceptable behavior, and legislate appropriate responses for violators. The emphasis of the series is contemporary, but it includes historical perspective to provide a sense of how each party's positions and actions have evolved over time.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Series
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Narrative Chronology of Crime and Punishment Regulation in the United States
- CHAPTER 1 Bail Reform
- CHAPTER 2 Civil Asset Forfeiture
- CHAPTER 3 Concealed or Open Firearm Carry
- CHAPTER 4 Corporate Crime
- CHAPTER 5 Crime Victims’ Rights
- CHAPTER 6 Cyberviolence and Online Extremism
- CHAPTER 7 Death Penalty
- CHAPTER 8 Diversion Programs for Drug Offenders
- CHAPTER 9 Environmental Crime
- CHAPTER 10 Felon Disenfranchisement
- CHAPTER 11 Gang Violence
- CHAPTER 12 Gun Control
- CHAPTER 13 Hate Crimes
- CHAPTER 14 Immigration and Customs Enforcement
- CHAPTER 15 International Terrorism
- CHAPTER 16 Law Enforcement Discretion
- CHAPTER 17 Mandatory Minimum Sentences
- CHAPTER 18 Marijuana Legalization
- CHAPTER 19 Mental Health Care in the Criminal Justice System
- CHAPTER 20 Police Militarization
- CHAPTER 21 Prosecuting Juveniles as Adults
- CHAPTER 22 Reproductive Rights
- CHAPTER 23 Sentencing for Drug Offenses
- CHAPTER 24 Technology in Policing
- CHAPTER 25 Three-Strikes Policies
- Bibliography
- About the Editor and Contributors