Crime and Criminal Justice (eBook)

Concepts and Controversies

Stacy L. Mallicoat, Denise Paquette Boots (Autoren)

eBook Download: EPUB

2023 | 3., Third Edition
1384 Seiten
Sage Publications, Inc (Verlag)
9781071835036 (ISBN)

Inhalt

Part I: Foundations Of Criminal Justice
Chapter 1: Crime and Criminal Justice
Brief History of the American Criminal Justice System
The Components and Processes of the Criminal Justice System
Discretion and Ethics in the Criminal Justice System
Models of Criminal Justice
The Influence of the Media on the Criminal Justice System and Perceptions of Crime
Chapter 2: Concepts of Law and Justice
The Rise and Fall of Purdue Pharma
Criminal Versus Civil Law
Origins of the Law
Types of Criminal Law
Criminal Defenses
Chapter 3: Defining and Measuring Crime
Defining Criminal Behavior
Data on Reported Crimes
Data on Victimization
Crimes Reported on College Campuses: The Clery Act
Self-Reported Offending Datasets
Chapter 4: Explanations of Criminal Behavior
What Is a Theory of Crime?
Classical and Positivist Theories of Crime
Biological and Psychological Theories of Crime
Sociological Theories of Crime
Contemporary Theories of Crime
Chapter 5: Victims and the Criminal Justice System
Theories of Victimization
History of Victims’ Rights
Victims in the Criminal Justice System
Chapter 6: Criminal Justice Policy
What Is Policy?
Who Develops Criminal Justice Policy?
The Goals of Criminal Justice Policies
Politics and Criminal Justice Policy
Research and Criminal Justice Policies
Part II: Policing
Chapter 7: Policing Organizations and Practices
A Brief History of Policing
Types of Police Organizations
The Importance of a Diverse Police Force
What Do the Police Do?
Strategies and Tactics of Policing
Chapter 8: Issues in Policing
Policing and the Law
Ethical Dilemmas and Corruption
Racial Profiling
Use of Force
Police Legitimacy
Police Occupational Stress
Part III: Courts
Chapter 9: Courts and Crime
Criminal Versus Civil Courts
Jurisdiction and the Courts System
Structure of the Courts
Courtroom Participants and Their Duties
Stages of a Criminal Court Case
Chapter 10: Punishment and Sentencing
Correctional Philosophies
Sentencing Typologies
Capital Punishment
Part IV: Corrections
Chapter 11: Prisons and Jails
History of Jails and Prisons
Jails
Types of Prisons
Prison Security Levels
Inmate Classification
Issues in Incarceration
Legal Rights of Incarcerated Persons
Chapter 12: Community Corrections
Pretrial Release Programs
Diversion
Probation
Intermediate Sanctions
Parole
Issues in Reentry
Part V: Special Topics in Criminal Justice
Chapter 13: Juvenile Justice
History of the Juvenile Justice System
Structure of the Juvenile Court
Juvenile Justice Process
Juvenile Waiver
Juvenile Confinement, Supervision, and Rehabilitation
Demographics of Juvenile Justice-Involved Individuals
Chapter 14: Transnational Criminal Justice
Transnational Crime
Terrorism
Homeland Security
Border Control
Transnational Criminal Enterprises

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 11.12.2023
• Verlagsort: Thousand Oaks
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften
• Schlagworte: Crime and criminal justice • criminal justice • Criminal Justice policy • Denise Paquette Boots • Introduction to Criminal Justice • Stacy L. Mallicoat
• ISBN-13: 9781071835036 / 9781071835036