Full Description
Criminal Justice Policy provides a thematic overview of criminal justice policy and its relationship to the American criminal justice system. Scholars, practitioners, and politicians continually debate the value of these policies in their evaluations of the current system. As the nature of this subject involves a host of issues (including politics, public sentiment, research, and practice), the authors expertly highlight these concerns on criminal justice policy and address the implications for the overall system and society at large.
This text is organized into three parts: Foundations of criminal justice policy focuses on the role of politics, best practices, and street level bureaucracy in criminal justice policy. Criminal justice policy in action provides an analysis of fifteen different policy issues in criminal justice, such as immigration, drugs, mental health and capital punishment. Each section begins with a basic summary of the policy, accompanied by a brief synopsis of the framing issues. This brief, but informative summary, draws students' attention to essential concepts and ideas, provides a roadmap for what they can expect to learn, and ensures continuity throughout the text. The text concludes with a discussion about the future directions of criminal justice policy.
Contents
Preface - Stacy L. Mallicoat and Christine L. Gardiner
Section I. Foundations for Criminal Justice Policy
Chapter 1. The Politics of Crime and the Policy Making Process - Stacy L. Mallicoat
Chapter 2. The Influence of Research & Evidence-based Practices on Criminal Justice Policy - Christine L. Gardiner
Chapter 3. Street-Level Bureaucracy. From Policy to Practice - Shelly Arsneault
Section II. Criminal Justice Policy in Action
Chapter 4. Policing Places of Crime and Disorder - William Sousa
Chapter 5. Homeland Security. A New Criminal Justice Mandate - Larry K. Gaines
Chapter 6. Immigration and Crime - Nicole Palasz and Katherine Fennelly
Chapter 7. Mandatory Arrest and Intimate Partner Violence - Alesha Durfee
Chapter 8. From "Just Say No!" to "Well, Maybe" - The War on Drugs & Sensible Alternatives - Clayton J. Mosher and Scott Akins
Chapter 9. Controlling the Sexual Offender - Chrysanthi Leon and Ashley Kilmer
Chapter 10. Public Policy and White-Collar and Corporate Crime - Henry N. Pontell and Gilbert Geis
Chapter 11. America's "War on Gangs". Response to a Real Threat or a Moral Panic? - John Hagedorn and Meda Chesney Lind
Chapter 12. The Waiver of Juvenile Offenders to Adult Court - Aaron Kupchik and Megan Gosse
Chapter 13. Criminal Justice Responses to the Mentally Ill - Henry F. Fradella and Rebecca Smith-Casey
Chapter 14. Gender Responsive Practices - Barbara Koons-Witt and Courtney Crittenden
hapter 15. Restorative Justice - Donna Decker Morris
Chapter 16. Three Strikes and Habitual Criminal Laws - Elsa Chen
Chapter 17. The Supermax. Issues and Challenges - Brett Garland, H. Daniel Butler and Benjamin Steiner
Chapter 18. Capital Punishment - Robert M. Bohm
Chapter 19. Reentry and Rehabilitation. Generating Successful Outcomes During Challenging Times - Faith E. Lutze and Roger Schaefer
Section III. Future Directions
Chapter 20. Emerging Issues in Criminal Justice Policy - Christie L. Gardiner and Stacy L. Mallicoat
