Critical Issues in Crime and Justice - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 0803954972 ISBN 13: 9780803954977

Casa editrice: Sage Pubns, 1994

Riassunto

This text examines the current critical issues and policy dilemmas within the United States criminal justice system. Beginning with an overview of criminal justice and a case example on criminal justice processing, the contributors then discuss the successes, failures, and trends of law enforcement, juvenile justice, the courts, and correctional systems.

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L'autore:

D.S.W. from U. of Maryland. Chairman of Administration of Justice Department. Author or co-author of ten books, many in second or third editions, among them: Moraskin/Roberts: Visions for Change: Crime and Justice in the Twenty-First Century 2ND (PH, 1998, 444 pp. $55.00), Roberts: Crisis Intervention Handbook: Assessment, Treatment, and Research 2/e (O.U.P., 2000), Roberts ed. Juvenile Justice: Policies, Programs, and Services 2/e (Wadsworth, 1998, 300 pp. $45.95) He has also published two other books with Sage:

• Crisis Intervention and Time-Limited Cognitive Treatment - pub’d.1/95, sales to date of 2,585/$61,662 (2,290 paper/$50,497)
• Helping Crime Victims: Research, Policy and Practice – pub’d 6/90, sales to date of 3,031/$57,325 (2,425 paper/$40,943)
   

Contenuti:

Foreword - Roslyn Muraskin
PART ONE: OVERVIEW OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Crime in America - Albert R Roberts
Case Exemplar on Criminal Justice Processing - Donald J Sears
Burglary - Paul Cromwell
The Burglar's Perspective
Sex Offenders - Lori Koester Scott
Prevalence, Trends, Model Programs, and Costs
White-Collar Crime - Charles F Wellford and Barton L Ingraham
PART TWO: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Education Versus Training - Bruce L Berg
Police Use of Excessive Force - Mark Blumberg
Community Policing - Joseph F Ryan
Auto Theft - Mary Ellen Beekman
PART THREE: JUVENILE JUSTICE
National Trends in Offenses and Case Dispositions - C Aaron McNeece
Inner City Adolescents and Drug Abuse - John G Robertson and Judith E Waters
Recent Developments in Programming for High-Risk Juvenile Parolees - Troy L Armstong and David M Altschuler
PART FOUR: THE COURTS
Determinent Sentencing - N Gary Holten and Roger Handberg
Plea Bargaining - Patricia A Payne
Court Responses to Battered Women and Reform Legislation - Albert R Roberts
PART FIVE: CORRECTIONAL SYSTEMS
Jail Overcrowding - Michael Welch
Public Policy and Prison Industries for the 1990's - Diane C Dwye and Roger B McNally
Changing Patterns and Trends in Parole Supervision - Cheryl L Ringel, Ernest L Cowles, and Thomas C Castellano

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• Editore: Sage Pubns
• Data di pubblicazione: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0803954972
• ISBN 13: 9780803954977
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 329
• Redattore: Roberts Albert R.