Critical issues in crime and justice : thought, policy, and practice / Mary Maguire, Dan Okada, editors

Published:: Los Angeles : SAGE, [2011]
Copyright Date:: ©2011
Physical Description:: xv, 377 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Additional Creators:: Maguire, Mary (Mary Helen) and Okada, Dan

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Contents:

1. Introduction: The Many Voices in Justice / Mary Maguire and Dan Okada -- Pt. I. Criminal Justice and Criminological Paradigms -- 2. The Importance of Ethics in Criminal Justice / Cyndi Banks -- 3. Criminological Theory and Crime Explanation / Dan Okada -- 4. Unleashing the Power of Criminal Justice Theory / Peter B. Kraska -- Pt. II. Offenses and Offenders -- 5. Juvenile Delinquency / David L. Parry -- 6. Gender Matters: Trends in Girls' Criminality / Meda Chesney-Lind -- 7. Race and Crime / Helen Taylor Greene -- 8. Culture, Media, and Crime / Dimitri A. Bogazianos -- 9. Crime and Economics: Consumer Culture, Criminology, and the Politics of Exclusion / Stephen L. Muzzatti -- 10. Sex Crimes / Mary Maguire -- 11. Terrorism and the Criminal Justice System: Questions, Issues, and Current Applicable Law / Shark J. "Kris" Cook -- 12. Developments in Cyber Criminology / Johnny Nhan and Michael Bachmann -- Pt. III. Policing and Law Enforcement -- 13. A History of American Policing / Craig D. Uchida -- 14. Police Theory / John Crank, Dawn Irlbeck and Connie M. Koski -- 15. Contemporary Policing: Police Work in the 21st Century / Christopher C. Cooper -- Pt. IV. Policy and Jurisprudence -- 16. Police Organization and Administration / Thomas W. Nolan -- 17. Public Policy / Frank P. Williams III and Janice Ahmad -- 18. American Courts / Cassia Spohn -- 19. The Juvenile Justice System / Randall G. Shelden -- Pt. V. Corrections and Societal Response -- 20. The Philosophical and Ideological Underpinnings of Corrections / Anthony Walsh and Ilhong Yun -- 21. Community Corrections, Rehabilitation, Reintegration, and Reentry / Marilyn D. McShane and Traqina Emeka -- 22. Restorative Justice in Theory / Lois Presser -- 23. Garbage In, Garbage Out? Convict Criminology, the Convict Code, and Participatory Prison Reform / Alan Mobley.

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ISBN:

9781412970570 (pbk.)
1412970571 (pbk.)

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Source of Acquisition:

Shenango copy: Purchased with funds from the Paterno Libraries Endowment; 2009.

Endowment Note:

Paterno Libraries Endowment (Campus College Libraries)

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