Many "radical" texts on criminal justice and criminology argue that the operations of criminal justice and the definition of criminality are essentially political. These texts are, however, largely ideological and entirely theoretical. In contrast, The Politics of Criminal Justice shows exactly how politics in its everyday sense affects the workings of criminal justice and the generation of criminal definitions. From interest groups to Presidents, this book provides the practical, down-to-earth account of the relationship between political science and criminal justice

A Primer in the Politics of Criminal Justice

Marion, Nancy E.

History

Criminal Justice Pr

What are the problems faced by police who work in Indian country? Barker's study, based on extensive interviews and reviews of published material by police departments in Indian country, offers a rare glimpse into the ways in which Indian territories are policed, especially their organization, and the way police officers think about their work.

Policing in Indian Country

Politics & Social Sciences

Barker, Michael L.

Social Sciences

Organized Crime in America: Concepts and Controversies (Issues in Crime and Justice)

Intermediate punishments are those sanctions that exist somewhere between incarceration and probation on the continuum of criminal penalties.  The intermediate punishments discussed in this book include intensive community supervision, home confinement, and electronic surveillance.  Intensive supervision and home confinement may be used as a joint or independent sanctions; electronic surveillance is a method of enforcing curfews or extended periods of home confinement.  Many intensive supervision programs are the direct response to prison overcrowding.  Other intensive supervision programs resulted from the growing use of risk and needs classification schemes with probationers.  They share several important features.  First, they are community-based penalties.  The offender remains in the community, usually living at the same residence and maintaining existing employment and family ties.  Second they are designed to be humane not punitive.  Offenders must adhere to curfews, and accept intense monitoring of their activities at home and elsewhere.  Third, these sanctions are expected to protect the community from crime.  Fourth these sanctions are expected to cost less than institutions.

Intermediate Punishments: Intensive Supervision, Home Confinement, and Electronic Surveillance (Issues in Crime and Justice)

Criminal Justice, Restitution, and Reconciliation

Galaway, Burt

Book by Hunter, Ronald D., Dantzker, Mark L.

Crime and Criminality: Causes and Consequences

Hunter, Ronald D.

Dantzker, Mark L.

Twelve previously unpublished studies and reviews explore the impact of recent advances in crime mapping on crime prevention programs and criminological research. An introduction by editors David Weisburd and Tom McEwen traces the history of crime mapping and surveys the recent  innovations that have brought crime mapping to the center of trends in  crime prevention.      The section on "Mapping as a Crime Prevention Tool" begins with  Carolyn Rebecca Block's explication of the GeoArchive--a type of geographic information system--as a means of identifying problems and developing crime prevention strategies at the neighborhood level. Examples are drawn from  the experiences of the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority.  Faye S. Taxman and McEwen relate how police agencies have used geographic information systems to support interagency work groups on neighborhood  crime prevention. Marc Buslik and Michael Maltz describe how the Chicago  Police Department has reorganized its information system and changed its  policies on information sharing in support of community policing. Lorraine Green Mazerolle et al. identify the challenges facing police departments that seek to launch computerized crime mapping systems, with examples from  the Drug Market Analysis Program in Jersey City, NJ. Philip R. Canter  explores the uses and possibilities of geographic information systems by  police in Baltimore County (MD).      The section on "Crime Mapping in Research" starts with a study by George F. Rengert and William V. Pelfrey contrasting the safety perceptions of community service recruits to actual crime levels of central Philadelphia (PA) communities. The mapping of gangs and gang violence in Boston (MA) based on the knowledge of police officers and other local crime experts is discussed by David M. Kennedy et al. Patricia L. and Paul J.  Brantingham compare maps of violent crime in the cities of British Columbia (CAN) using 3 crime measures: counts, rates and crime lo

Crime Mapping and Crime Prevention (Crime Prevention Studies)

Criminal Law

Civil Remedies and Crime Prevention (Crime Prevention Studies)

Surveillance of Public Space: Cctv, Street Lighting and Crime Prevention (Crime Prevention Studies)

This concise but thorough textbook (formerly published by Prentice-Hall), bridges the gap between theory and the real world of crime and criminal justice. The emphasis is on clarity and brevity in explaining core theories and issues, while avoiding the distractions and padding found in many other textbooks. Chapter topics include: Crime as Phenomenon; Crime Typologies; Criminal Typologies; Introduction to Criminology; The Classical School of Criminology; The Neoclassical School; The Positive School; Criminology Today; Biological and Biosocial Theories of Crime Causation; Psychological and Psychosocial Theories; Social Structure Theories; Social Interaction Theories; Social Conflict Theories; Integrated Theories; Holistic Theories; Victimization Theories; Dealing with Lawbreakers; Dealing with Victims; and Dealing with the Law-abiding.

Crime And Criminality: Causes and Consequences

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