Criminal Justice Resources: Library Books & E-Books

Books, websites and data sets relating to the various aspects of criminal justice

Criminal Justice Library Books and E-books

Books at the Dr. Donald E. Simon Memorial Library (BX)

The Color of Justice : Race, ethnicity and crime in America by Samuel Walker; Cassia Spohn; Miriam DeLone What role does race play in the justice system? In THE COLOR OF JUSTICE: RACE, ETHNICITY, AND CRIME IN AMERICA, Sixth Edition, you'll read a data-driven and balanced account of criminal behavior patterns, victimization, immigration and crime, drug use, police practices, court processing and sentencing, executions under the death penalty, and the prison system. You'll examine all the angles, from gender to economic status to race and age as you uncover the truth about the criminal justice system. Get informed on this important issue with this enlightening text.
Call Number: HV 9950 .W33 2018
ISBN: 9781337091862
Prison Nation by Aperture (Editor); Nicole R. Fleetwood (Guest Editor) How photographs portray thecrisis of incarceration in the US. Most prisons and jails across the United States do not allow prisoners to have access to cameras. At a moment when 2.2 million people are incarcerated in the US, 3.8 million people are on probation, and 870,000 former prisoners are on parole, how can images tell the story of mass incarceration when the imprisoned don't have control over their own representation? Organized with the scholar Nicole R. Fleetwood, an expert on art's relation to incarceration, the Spring issue of Aperture magazine addresses the unique role photography plays in creating a visual record of a national crisis. "Prison Nation" will be accompanied by a related exhibition from February 7 through March 7, 2018, as well as a series of six public programs--featuring speakers such as Nigel Poor, Jamel Shabazz, Deborah Luster, Bruce Jackson, Jesse Krimes, Sable Elyse Smith, Joseph Rodriguez, and more--all to take place at Aperture Foundation's gallery.
Call Number: TR 1 .A64 2018
ISBN: 9781597114332
Start Here : a roadmap to reducing mass incarceration by Greg Berman; Julian Adler We are living at the beginning of the end of mass incarceration in America. Notwithstanding the posturing at the federal level, states have begun to take real steps to keep their citizens out of prisons. And yet the two million teenagers who report that they've used an illegal drug in the last month still remain at risk of arrest, and many will face the trauma of being cuffed and fingerprinted. The good news is that it's easy to change their lives for the better, right now: we just need to change our policies. This is but one example of the pragmatic case that Greg Berman and Julian Adler build in Start Here, which moves from abstract critique of the justice system to concrete action. Berman and Adler present three overarching, revolutionary ideas, each supported with a litany of practical solutions and battle-tested programs that could be implemented nationwide: to engage the public in preventing crime, to treat all defendants with dignity and respect, and to link people to effect
Call Number: KF 9730 .B47 2018
ISBN: 9781620972236
Ethical Dilemmas and Decisions in Criminal Justice by Joycelyn M. Pollock Develop the ethical decision-making skills that are essential in the field of criminal justice with the help of ETHICAL DILEMMAS AND DECISIONS IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE, 9th Edition. Packed with current, real-world examples, the text offers comprehensive coverage of ethics across all three arms of the criminal justice system: the police, the courts, and corrections. It combines coverage of the philosophical principles and theories that are the foundation of ethical decision-making with the latest challenges and issues in criminal justice -- militarization of the police, mass imprisonment, wrongful convictions, the misuse of power by public servants, and more. Hands-on exercises, real-life cases, and practical scenarios illustrate the significance of ethics in today's criminal justice arena. Whether you plan to work in the field of policing, courts, or corrections, this book delivers the information and tools you need to deal effectively with ethical challenges on the job.
Call Number: HV 7419 .P65 2017
ISBN: 9781305577374
Introduction to Criminal Justice : 15th edition by Larry Siegel; John L. Worrall Engaging, visually dynamic, and packed with vivid illustrations, INTRODUCTION TO CRIMINAL JUSTICE, Fifteenth Edition, gives readers an exciting behind-the-scenes look at the workings of the police, courts, and correctional systems while equipping them with a solid understanding of criminal justice concepts. With its objective presentation and to-the-point writing style, the text effectively guides readers through the intricate workings of the processes of justice as well as key policy issues. The book also includes an emphasis on today's criminal justice careers, offering insights from numerous professionals on the rewards and realities of their jobs.
Call Number: KF 9223 .S545 2016
ISBN: 9781305261044
Women and Crime : a text reader by Stacy L. Mallicoat The text includes the history and theories of victimization, female offending, international victimization issues, the processing and sentencing of female offenders, girls in the juvenile justice system, the supervision and incarceration of women, women and work in the criminal justice system. The text also includes cutting edge case studies of women in the criminal justice system on issues such as the Steubenville Rape case, Cleveland′s House of Horrors, Witchcraft in Papua New Guinea and Jodi Arias.
Call Number: HV 6030 .W66 2015
ISBN: 9781483356655
Vigilance by Ray Kelly Two-time New York City police commissioner Ray Kelly opens up about his remarkable life, taking us inside fifty years of law enforcement leadership, offering chilling stories of terrorist plots after 9/11, and sharing his candid insights into the challenges and controversies cops face today. The son of a milkman and a Macy's dressing room checker, Ray Kelly grew up on New York City's Upper West Side, a middle-class neighborhood where Irish and Puerto Rican kids played stickball and tussled in the streets. He entered the police academy and served as a marine in Vietnam, living and fighting by the values that would carry him through a half century of leadership-justice, decisiveness, integrity, courage, and loyalty. Kelly soared through the NYPD ranks in decades marked by poverty, drugs, civil unrest, and a murder rate that, at its peak, spiked to over two thousand per year. Kelly came to be known as a tough leader, a fixer who could go into a troubled precinct and clean it up. That reputation catapulted him into his first stint as commissioner, under Mayor David Dinkins, where Kelly oversaw the police response to the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and spearheaded programs that would help usher in the city's historic drop in crime. Eight years later, in the chaotic wake of the 9/11 attacks, newly elected mayor Michael Bloomberg tapped Kelly to be NYC's top cop once again. After a decade working with Interpol, serving as undersecretary of the Treasury for enforcement, overseeing U.S. Customs, and commanding an international police force in Haiti, Kelly understood that New York's security was synonymous with our national security. Believing that the city could not afford to rely solely on "the feds," he succeeded in transforming the NYPD from a traditional police department into a resource-rich counterterrorism-and-intelligence force. In this vital memoir, Kelly reveals the inside stories of his life in the hot seat of "the capital of the world"-from the terror plots that nearly brought a city to its knees to his dealings with politicians, including Presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama as well as Mayors Rudolph Giuliani, Bloomberg, and Bill DeBlasio. He addresses criticisms and controversies like the so-called stop-question-and-frisk program and the rebuilding of the World Trade Center and offers his insights into the challenges that have recently consumed our nation's police forces, even as the need for vigilance remains as acute as ever.
Call Number: HV 7911.K376 A3 2015
ISBN: 9780316383813
The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Prison by Jeffrey Reiman; Paul Leighton Illustrates the issue of economic inequality within the American justice system. The best-selling text, The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Prison contends that the criminal justice system is biased against the poor from start to finish.  The authors argue that even before the process of arrest, trial, and sentencing, the system is biased against the poor in what it chooses to treat as crime. The authors show that numerous acts of the well-off--such as their refusal to make workplaces safe, refusal to curtail deadly pollution, promotion of unnecessary surgery, and prescriptions for unnecessary drugs--cause as much harm as the acts of the poor that are treated as crimes. However, the dangerous acts of the well-off are almost never treated as crimes, and when they are, they are almost never treated as severely as the crimes of the poor.  Not only does the criminal justice system fail to protect against the harmful acts of well-off people, it also fails to remedy the causes of crime, such as poverty. This results in a large population of poor criminals in our prisons and in our media. The authors contend that the idea of crime as a work of the poor serves the interests of the rich and powerful while conveying a misleading notion that the real threat to Americans comes from the bottom of society rather than the top. Learning Goals Upon completing this book, readers will be able to: Examine the criminal justice system through the lens of the poor. Understand that much of what goes on in the criminal justice system violates one's own sense of fairness. Morally evaluate the criminal justice system's failures. Identify the type of legislature that is biased against the poor.
Call Number: HV 9950 .R46 2013
ISBN: 9780205137725
Criminal Procedure for the Criminal Justice Professional by John N. Ferdico; Henry F. Fradella; Christopher D. Totten With CRIMINAL PROCEDURE FOR THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROFESSIONAL, Eleventh Edition, you'll have everything you need to develop a comprehensive understanding of the legal rights, duties, and liabilities of criminal justice professionals. This timely book presents a uniquely practical, real-life approach to criminal procedure, which makes it an ideal reference book as you begin your career. Using clear and concise statements of criminal procedure law and understandable explanations of the reasoning behind the law, authors John N. Ferdico, Henry F. Fradella, and Christopher Totten clarify potentially confusing and obscure legal matters. Additionally, they reduce the complexity of criminal procedure law into simple, straightforward guidelines and recommendations, illustrated with interesting examples of actual cases.
Call Number: KF 9619 .F47 2013
ISBN: 9781111835583
Research Methods for Criminology and Criminal Justice by Mark L. Dantzker; Ronald D. Hunter Research Methods for Criminology and Criminal Justice, Third Edition introduces students to the functions of criminal justice research including scientific theory, research language, and design. Ideal for the undergraduate or graduate level qualitative and quantitative methodology courses, this Third Edition is updated with new case studies, expanded discussions on quantitative vs. qualitative research, and special topics including ethics, confidentiality, and the need for objectivity. The text's clear and simple approach to social science research makes learning research methods easy, understandable, and applicable to the criminal justice topics students are most interested in.
Call Number: HV 6024.5 .D36 2012
ISBN: 9780763777326
Crime and Criminals by Christina Fisanick (Editor) Do prisoners have too many rights? Should older prisoners be released early? Are white-collar criminals given lighter sentences? Do tougher sentences deter crime? These and several other questions are debated and answered in this book. Readers benefit from more than one intelligent opinion on each topic. Essay sources include the Correctional Association of New York, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Education Fund, American Civil Liberties Union, and the Government Accountability Office.
Call Number: HV 6789 .C6813 2010
ISBN: 9780737743609
Master the Corrections Officer Exam by Peterson's Peterson's Master the Corrections Officer Exam (16th edition) is highly-acclaimed by many successful test-takers. See the excellent reviews of this intensive test prep guide to help write your own success story. The Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts that employment for Corrections Officers will grow by 16 percent over the next several years - much more rapidly than the average for all occupations - and that job opportunities will grow in the private sector as state and federal corrections agencies increasingly use private prisons. Peterson's Master the Corrections Officer Exam provides the most comprehensive review available for those interested in working in the prison system. This guide offers: six full-length practice tests with detailed answer explanations an extensive review of the officer screening process an overview of the typical officer training process all-new information on job requirements and expert advice on how to seek and apply for positions in the field Peterson's Master the Corrections Officer Exam is the "perfect resource to score high on the Corrections Officer exam!" Part 1. All about a career as a Corrections Officer including: The prison system Working Conditions Salary and promotion Physical test, psychological exam, drug tests, and written exam Part 2. Six Practice Tests in this guide, complete with Answer Keys and Explanations to help you score high. In the Appendices are tips and strategies to improve your score on the exam, including "Top Ten Ways to Raise Your Score." There is also a Chapter Summary to highlight the most important points. Being well-prepared is the best way to ace the exam and pursue your new career!
Call Number: HV9470 .M39 2010
ISBN: 9780768928877
State Trooper Exam : 2nd updated ed. by LearningExpress Staff This completely updated second edition of State Trooper Exam provides fast, focused test preparation through instructional chapters and targeted practice on the most commonly tested topics: reading comprehension, writing, information ordering, mathematics, directional orientation, memory, visualization, problem solving, reasoning, judgment, and sensitivity. In addition, this guide offers a detailed, realistic study plan as well as informative chapters on the challenging oral appraisal exam, physical exam, medical exam, and psychological exam. State Trooper Exam 2e includes: Six full length (100-question) practice exams, based on the official state trooper exam Must-have tips for conquering test anxiety and boosting confidence Complete information that covers the application process and what to expect on the exam that guarantees a passing score Completely updated and revised second edition For many folks interested in becoming State Troopers or entering other professional fields that have state examinations, they are unable to perform to the best of their abilities not because the do not retain information, but because they know not how to manage time before the test. State Trooper Exam provides future test takers with the material they need to practice and perfect their skills. This book helps test takers understand that practice is a necessary part of everyday if people are to approach the exam with excellence and confidence.
Call Number: HV 8143 .S73 2010
ISBN: 9781576857359

Books at New Rochelle Campus Library

Careers in Criminal Justice and Criminology by Ronald G. Burns This book provides a thorough and directed focus on successfully identifying, obtaining, and succeeding in a career in criminal justice or criminology. With empirically based, research-focused information on how students can prepare for and ultimately join the criminal justice or criminology workforce, it covers the positions available in criminal justice and criminology, how to get a job in the field, and what can be expected upon obtaining employment. The book contextualizes career opportunities within criminal justice and criminology, providing information about the nature of the work and how various positions fit within the criminal justice system as a whole. Part 1 provides an overview of the book, an examination of the history of careers, and coverage of job opportunities and the nature of working in criminal justice and criminology. Part 2 addresses preparation for entering the field, including coverage of internships and overall professional development. Part 3 of the book addresses careers in the primary components of the criminal justice system, juvenile justice, and other areas. An epilogue addresses promotion issues, and a series of helpful appendices provide practical tools for working toward a career in criminal justice or criminology. This book is suitable for any reader considering employment in criminal justice or criminology, and ideal for instructors who supervise and guide students as they gain practical experience and move toward careers.
Call Number: HV 7419 .B877 2023
ISBN: 9781032412931
Police Officer Exam, Eleventh Edition by Donald Schroeder; Frank Lombardo Rated "Best of the Best" in Police Exam Prep Books by Best Reviews, September 2018 This updated manual presents information, practice tests, and strategies for the different question types, including a brand new question type that will be used by police departments throughout the country. It includes: Four full-length practice exams with all questions answered and explained Two official exams given by a large metropolitan police department Streamlining of chapters to more closely reflect the latest question types currently in use General strategies for dealing with multiple-choice questions and specific strategies for taking computer-based multiple-choice tests, as well as for taking the traditional paper/pencil multiple-choice exam All important time management strategies Includes new question type, plus strategies for answering these questions An additional diagnostic exam presents questions like those that have appeared on recent entry-level exams used by police departments across the country. Also included are test-taking tips for all question types, suggested rules for effective study, and a detailed description of a police officer's duties. Updated chapters take into account the recent trend by police departments to rely on oral interviews and computerized testing when selecting police officers.  
Call Number: HV 8143 .L66 2023 (REF!)
ISBN: 9781506287591
Rethinking Incarceration : Advocating for justice that restores by Dominique DuBois Gilliard IVP Readers' Choice Award Outreach Magazine Resource of the Year The United States has more people locked up in jails, prisons, and detention centers than any other country in the history of the world. Mass incarceration has become a lucrative industry, and the criminal justice system is plagued with bias and unjust practices. And the church has unwittingly contributed to the problem. Dominique Gilliard explores the history and foundation of mass incarceration, examining Christianity's role in its evolution and expansion. He then shows how Christians can pursue justice that restores and reconciles, offering creative solutions and highlighting innovative interventions. The church has the power to help transform our criminal justice system. Discover how you can participate in the restorative justice needed to bring authentic rehabilitation, lasting transformation, and healthy reintegration to this broken system.
Call Number: BR 115.J8 G55 2018
ISBN: 9780830845293
Start Here : a roadmap to reducing mass incarceration by Greg Berman; Julian Adler We are living at the beginning of the end of mass incarceration in America. Notwithstanding the posturing at the federal level, states have begun to take real steps to keep their citizens out of prisons. And yet the two million teenagers who report that they've used an illegal drug in the last month still remain at risk of arrest, and many will face the trauma of being cuffed and fingerprinted. The good news is that it's easy to change their lives for the better, right now: we just need to change our policies. This is but one example of the pragmatic case that Greg Berman and Julian Adler build in Start Here, which moves from abstract critique of the justice system to concrete action. Berman and Adler present three overarching, revolutionary ideas, each supported with a litany of practical solutions and battle-tested programs that could be implemented nationwide: to engage the public in preventing crime, to treat all defendants with dignity and respect, and to link people to effect
Call Number: KF 9730 .B47 2018
ISBN: 9781620972236
Police State : How America's cops get away with murder by Gerry Spence
Call Number: HV 8141 .S64 2015
ISBN: 9781250106537
Criminal Procedure, 2015 Case and Statutory Supplement by Erwin Chemerinsky; Laurie L. Levenson Criminal Procedure: 2015 Case and Statutory Supplement
Call Number: KF 9630 .C578 2015
ISBN: 9781454859376
Crime Prisons and Jails by Melissa J. Doak
Call Number: KF 9619 .F47 2013
ISBN: 9781414433813
Criminal Procedure II : From bail to jail by Richard G. Singer An EandE for the second semester criminal procedure course, covering all the post-arrest or ""bail to jail"" topics. Features: Time-tested examples-and-explanations pedagogy helps students master material. Clear and engaging writing style makes complex topics accessible to students. Comprehensive coverage makes this a complete student study aid for the Criminal Procedure II course. Effectively compares approaches taken by various jurisdictions. Sentencing chapter includes a detailed discussion of Apprendi, Blakely, and Booker. Professor Singer was counsel in Apprendi. Well-known author. Only book to discuss victims' rights. Highlights of the third edition will include: Continued focus, begun in the second edition, of non-criminal trial remedies for prosecutorial misconduct, particularly in light of the Duke LaCrosse case, and the Supreme Court s decision in Van de Kamp and the dismissal, as moot, of Pottawattamie County, which raised the question of prosecutorial civil liability for deliberate use of perjured testimony. The Court s treatment of ABA standards, especially those relating to effective assistance of counsel, in light of Van Hook. Examination of the impact of Booker, Gall, and other decisions such as O'Brien on not only federal guidelines, but on state sentencing systems as well. Emphasis on the continuing struggle with rules of discovery, both as a constitutional matter, and as a matter of court rules, both federal and state. The Court's apparent expansion of the right to counsel, in Rothgery and other cases, and the belief, among commentators, that Rothgery will, in the near future, be expanded to reach appointed counsel. The Court's willingness, as seen in Padilla v. Kentucky, to impose on counsel, but not on judges, the duty to provide defendants prior to entry of a guilty plea of important information on collateral matters.
Call Number: KF 9619.3 .S56 2013 (NR)
ISBN: 9780735599581
Criminal Procedure I by Robert M. Bloom; Mark S. Brodin A favorite among successful students, and often recommended by professors, the unique Examples & Explanations series gives you extremely clear introductions to concepts followed by realistic examples that mirror those presented in the classroom thr
Call Number: KF 9630 .B578 2013
ISBN: 9781454815464
Do the Crime, Do the Time : Juvenile criminals and adult justice in the American court system / by G. Larry Mays; Rick Ruddell This book provides a fresh look at the way the United States is choosing to deal with some of the serious or persistent youth offenders: by transferring juvenile offenders to adult courts.For more than 20 years now, the attitude in some jurisdictions has been "if you're old enough to do the crime, you're old enough to do the time." After two decades of applying this increasingly punitive mindset to juvenile offenders, it is possible to see the actual consequences of transferring more and younger offenders to adult courts.In Do the Crime, Do the Time: Juvenile Criminals and Adult Justice in the American Court System, the authors apply their decades of experience, both in the practical world and from unique research perspectives, to shed light on the influence of public opinion and the political forces that shape juvenile justice policy in the United States. The book provides a fresh look at the way the United States is choosing to deal with some of the serious or persistent juvenile offenders, utilizing real-life examples and cases to draw connections between transfer policies and individual outcomes.
Call Number: KF 9794 .M393 2012
ISBN: 9780313392429
The Collapse of American Criminal Justice by William J. Stuntz The rule of law has vanished in Americaâe(tm)s criminal justice system. Prosecutors now decide whom to punish and how severely. Almost no one accused of a crime will ever face a jury. Inconsistent policing, rampant plea bargaining, overcrowded courtrooms, and ever more draconian sentencing have produced a gigantic prison population, with black citizens the primary defendants and victims of crime. In this passionately argued book, the leading criminal law scholar of his generation looks to history for the roots of these problemsâe"and for their solutions. The Collapse of American Criminal Justice takes us deep into the dramatic history of American crimeâe"bar fights in nineteenth-century Chicago, New Orleans bordellos, Prohibition, and decades of murderous lynching. Digging into these crimes and the strategies that attempted to control them, Stuntz reveals the costs of abandoning local democratic control. The system has become more centralized, with state legislators and federal judges given increasing power. The liberal Warren Supreme Courtâe(tm)s emphasis on procedures, not equity, joined hands with conservative insistence on severe punishment to create a system that is both harsh and ineffective. What would get us out of this Kafkaesque world? More trials with local juries; laws that accurately define what prosecutors seek to punish; and an equal protection guarantee like the one that died in the 1870s, to make prosecution and punishment less discriminatory. Above all, Stuntz eloquently argues, Americans need to remember again that criminal punishment is a necessary but terrible tool, to use effectively, and sparingly.
Call Number: HV 7432 .S78 2011
ISBN: 9780674051751
Writing and Communicating for Criminal Justice by Wadsworth Offering a practical introduction to academic, professional, and research writing in criminal justice, this proven text uses articles on writing skills, a basic grammar review, and a survey of on-the-job verbal communication to equip you with skills that will serve you well now and throughout your career.
Call Number: HV7936.C79 W75 2007
ISBN: 9780495000419

E-books

The Fourth Amendment : Original Understandings and Modern Policing / by Michael J. Z. Mannheimer Police are required to obey the law. While that seems obvious, courts have lost track of that requirement due to misinterpreting the two constitutional provisions governing police conduct: the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments. The Fourth Amendment forbids "unreasonable searches and seizures" and is the source of most constitutional constraints on policing. Although that provision technically applies only to the federal government, the Fourteenth Amendment, ratified in the wake of the Civil War, has been deemed to apply the Fourth Amendment to the States. This book contends that the courts' misinterpretation of these provisions has led them to hold federal and state law enforcement mistakenly to the same constitutional standards. The Fourth Amendment was originally understood as a federalism, or "states' rights," provision that, in effect, required federal agents to adhere to state law when searching or seizing. Thus, applying the same constraint to the States is impossible. Instead, the Fourteenth Amendment was originally understood in part as requiring that state officials (1) adhere to state law, (2) not discriminate, and (3) not be granted excessive discretion by legislators. These principles should guide judicial review of modern policing. Instead, constitutional constraints on policing are too strict and too forgiving at the same time. In this book, Michael J.Z. Mannheimer calls for a reimagination of what modern policing could look like based on the original understandings of the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments.
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ISBN: 9780472056330
Publication Date: 2023
Adolescence, Discrimination, and the Law / by Roger J. R. Levesque Explores the shifts and the research used to support civil rights claims of discrimination, particularly relating to minority youths' rights to equal treatment In the wake of the civil rights movement, the legal system dramatically changed its response to discrimination based on race, gender, and other characteristics. It is now showing signs of yet another dramatic shift, as it moves from considering difference to focusing on neutrality. Rather than seeking to counter subjugation through special protections for groups that have been historically (and currently) disadvantaged, the Court now adopts a "colorblind" approach. Equality now means treating everyone the same way. This book explores these shifts and the research used to support civil rights claims, particularly relating to minority youths' rights to equal treatment. It integrates developmental theory with work on legal equality and discrimination, showing both how the legal system can benefit from new research on development and how the legal system itself can work to address invidious discrimination given its significant influence on adolescents--especially those who are racial minorities--at a key stage in their developmental life. Adolescents, Discrimination, and the Law articulates the need to address discrimination by recognizing and enlisting the law's inculcative powers in multiple sites subject to legal regulation, ranging from families, schools, health and justice systems to religious and community groups. The legal system may champion ideals of neutrality in the goals it sets itself for treating individuals, but it cannot remain neutral in the values it supports and imparts. This volume shows that despite the shift to a focus on neutrality, the Court can and should effectively foster values supporting equality, especially among youth.
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ISBN: 9781479815586
Publication Date: 2015
Policing Methamphetamine : Narcopolitics in Rural America / by William Garriott In its steady march across the United States, methamphetamine has become, to quote former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, "the most dangerous drug in America." As a result, there has been a concerted effort at the local level to root out the methamphetamine problem by identifying the people at its source--those known or suspected to be involved with methamphetamine. Government-sponsored anti-methamphetamine legislation has enhanced these local efforts, formally and informally encouraging rural residents to identify meth offenders in their communities. Policing Methamphetamine shows what happens in everyday life--and to everyday life--when methamphetamine becomes an object of collective concern. Drawing on interviews with users, police officers, judges, and parents and friends of addicts in one West Virginia town, William Garriott finds that this overriding effort to confront the problem changed the character of the community as well as the role of law in creating and maintaining social order. Ultimately, this work addresses the impact of methamphetamine and, more generally, the war on drugs, on everyday life in the United States.
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ISBN: 9780814732397
Publication Date: 2011
Crime and Punishment Around the World [4 Volumes] / by Graeme R. Newman (Editor) This comprehensive, detailed account explores crime and punishment throughout the world through the eyes of leading experts, local authors and scholars, and government officials.It is a subject as old as civil society, yet one that still fuels debate. Now the many and varied aspects of that subject are brought together in the four-volume Crime and Punishment around the World. This unprecedented work provides descriptions of crimes--and the justice systems that define and punish them--in more than 200 nations, principalities, and dependencies. Each chapter examines the historical, political, and cultural background, as well as the basic organization of the subject state's legal and criminal justice system. It also reports on the types and levels of crime, the processes leading to the finding of guilt, the rights of the accused, alternatives to going to trial, how suspects are prosecuted for their crimes, and the techniques and conditions of typical punishments employed. Comprising a study that is at once extraordinarily comprehensive and minutely detailed, the essays collected here showcase the variety and the universality of crime and punishment the world over.
Call Number: HV6025 .C7115 2010eb (Click Title for access)
ISBN: 9780313351341
Law Without Justice : Why criminal law doesn't give people what they deserve / by Paul H. Robinson; Michael T. Cahill If an innocent person is sent to prison or if a killer walks free, we are outraged. The legal system assures us, and we expect and demand, that it will seek to "do justice" in criminal cases. So why, for some cases, does the criminal law deliberately and routinely sacrifice justice? In this unflinching look at American criminal law, Paul Robinson and Michael Cahill demonstrate that cases with unjust outcomes are not always irregular or unpredictable. Rather, the criminal law sometimes chooses not to give defendants what they deserve: that is, unsatisfying results occur even when the system works as it is designed to work. The authors find that while some justice-sacrificing doctrines serve their intended purpose, many others do not, or could be replaced by other, better rules that would serve the purpose without abandoning a just result. With a panoramic view of the overlapping and often competing goals that our legal institutions must balance on a daily basis, Law without Justice challenges us to restore justice to the criminal justice system.
Call Number: KF 9223 .R62 2006eb (Click Title for access)
ISBN: 9780198036319
Racial Prejudice, Juror Empathy, and Sentencing in Death Penalty Cases / by Bryan C. Edelman
Call Number: KF 9685 .E33 2006eb (Click Title for access)
ISBN: 9781593322151
Religion in Criminal Justice / by Monica K. Miller In a criminal court in Virginia, a lawyer asks potential jurors to reveal their religious preferences, what religion they were raised to follow, how often they attend religious services, and whether they are familiar with Islamic practices. While these questions might seem odd in most criminal cases, they are of utmost importance in the trial of Ali Al-Timimi, an American citizen accused of supporting terrorism.
Call Number: KF8924 .M55 2006eb (Click Title for Access)
ISBN: 9781593322212
The Torture Debate in America / by Karen J. Greenberg Widely acclaimed as a publishing milestone, The Torture Papers (Cambridge, 2005) constitutes the definitive book of public record detailing the Bush Administration's policies on torture and political prisoners. In the process of assembling the documents, memoranda, and reports that comprise the material in The Torture Papers, a vital question arose: What was the rationale behind the Bush Administration's decision to condone the use of coercive techniques in the interrogation of detainees suspected of terrorist connections? The use of these techniques at Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo has sparked an intense debate in America. The Torture Debate in America captures the arguments on torture that have been put forth by legislators, human rights activists, and others. It raises the key moral, legal, and historical questions that have led to current considerations on the use of torture. Divided into three sections, the contributions cover all sides of the debate, from absolute prohibition of torture to its use as a viable option in the War on Terror.
Call Number: JC599.U5 T665 2006eb (Click Title for Access)
ISBN: 9780511140907
School Violence, the Media, and Criminal Justice Responses by Kimberly A. McCabe; Gregory M. Martin Writing in an accessible style, McCabe (sociology, Lynchburg College) and Martin (learning and human development, Lynchburg College) provide a basic foundation for the study of school violence, from the history of school violence in America to the effects of the media on school violence and the response of the criminal justice system. Discussion qu
Call Number: LB3013.32 .M33 2005eb (Click Title for access)
ISBN: 0820480932
Good Cop, Bad Cop : Racial profiling and competing views of justice in America / by Milton Heumann; Lance Cassak "Good Cop, Bad Cop looks at the rise of racial profiling, one of the most important and hotly debated topics in criminal justice, and traces its development from its origins in criminal profiling, through the use of profiles in drug trafficking prevention efforts in airports and on the U.S. highways, until it became synonymous with racial discrimination by law enforcement. The authors draw upon an extensive body of primary sources, social science literature, and court cases to examine how law enforcement, legislators, and the courts have handled racial profiling. They also review the debate over racial profiling, offering arguments made by its opponents and defenders before and after the events of September 11 and describe its development as both a legal and a cultural concept.
Call Number: HV 8141 .C37 2003eb (Click Title for access)
ISBN: 9780820472881
Crime, Gender, and Sexuality in Criminal Prosecutions by Louis A. Knafla (Editor) Knafla and his contributors explore the common problems and issues that emerge from the study of class and gender in criminal prosecutions, ranging from late medieval Europe to the early 20th century. The chapters demonstrate that conceptions of crime and criminal behavior are influenced decisively by the roles of class, gender, and later race as societies evolve in search of continuity and conformity.The seven chapters in this volume, together with a major book review essay and critical reviews of sixteen major works in the area, reinforce the series as a major forum for exploring new directions in criminal justice research as it relates to issues and problems of class, gender, and race in their historical, criminological, legal, and social aspects. The chapters explore common themes and issues that emerge from the study of class and gender through policing and criminal prosecutions in the local community to growing attempts of the new nation state to gain control of the prosecutorial system.Trevor Dean and Lee Beier examine prosecutorial energy in local communities of 15th and 16th century Europe, and see instruments of peace (agreement) and war (prosecution and conviction) as worthy institutions of social control. Andrea Knox studies the prosecution of Irish women, finding that they were prominent as perpetrators of crime as well as victims. Antony Simpson shows how sexual indiscretions developed the law of blackmail in the 18th century, influencing subtle changes in gender roles. David Englander's study of Henry Mayhew reinterprets the role of class in the criminal prosecutions of the 19th century, while Arvind Verma and Philippa Levine extend the roles of class and gender that had been developed in the criminal justice system into the imperial colonies of south-east and east Asia in the 19th and early 20th centuries. An important resource for scholars, students, and researchers involved with legal, political, social, and women's history, criminal justice studies, sociology and criminology, and criminal law.
Call Number: HV 7921 .C75 vol.17 (Click Title for access)
ISBN: 9780313016363