Full Description
Updated in a new 3rd edition, this book is rganized around a "planned change" approach and provides a critical assessment of how well the American criminal justice system achieves its goals. Unlike most other criminal justice books-which cover the traditional topics from the perspective of how "things are supposed to be," this book compares these ideals with the realities of criminal justice today and provides a critical interpretation of the role of race, ethnicity, and gender in criminal justice.
Contents
SECTION I- What is the Criminal Justice System? Ideals Chapter 2 - The Role of Politics and Ideology in Criminal Justice: Realities Chapter 3 - The Law: Providing Equal Protection or Creating Bias? SECTION II: CRIME: IMAGES AND REALITIES Chapter 4 - Crime: Which is Worse, Crime on the Streets or Crime in the Suites? Chapter 5 - "The Sky is Falling! The Sky is Falling!" Media JUSTICE: POLICE, COURTS, AND CORRECTIONS Chapter 6 - Law Enforcement: To Serve and Protect? Chapter 7- Right to Trial? Injustice in Pretrial and Trial Procedures Chapter 8 - Punishment: Does it Work and is it Fair? Chapter 9- Incarceration: Lock `Em Up and Forget About `Em SECTION IV: BAD CRIMINAL Death as Justice? Chapter 11 - The "War on Drugs": Focusing on the Wrong Drugs? Chapter 12 - The War on Crime as a Threat to Equality: Innocent Bias Against the Poor, People of Color, and Women Chapter 13 - Summary, Conclusions, and Recommendations for the Future
