Making Sense of Criminal Justice - Policies and Practices

Informationen zum Autor G. Larry Mays is Regents Professor Emeritus of Criminal Justice at New Mexico State University. He served as a police officer in Knoxville! Tennessee for five years in the early 1970s! and he holds a Ph.D. in political science from the University of Tennessee. Dr. Mays taught at East Tennessee State University and Appalachian State University prior to coming to New Mexico State University in 1981. He has over 100 publications in referred journals! practitionerpublications! encyclopedia entries! and book chapters. This book is his twenty-first! including American Courts and the Judicial Process (Oxford University Press). He is also coauthor with L. Thomas Winfree! Jr. of Essentials of Corrections! fifth edition (Wiley Blackwell) and Juvenile Justice! thirdedition (Wolters Kluwer Publishing Co.). Additionally! he and Rick Ruddell are the coauthors of Do the Time! Do the Crime (Praeger Publishing Co.)Rick Ruddell served as Director of Operational Research with the Correctional Service of Canada and held faculty positions at Eastern Kentucky University and the California State University! Chico. A graduate of the Ph.D. program in Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Missouri - St. Louis! Dr. Ruddell's research has focused upon policing! juvenile justice! and corrections. His research has been disseminated in eight books and over 75 peer-reviewed articles! technical reports!book chapters! and articles for professional journals. Dr. Ruddell has also worked with the Saskatchewan Ministry of Justice (Corrections and Policing Division) and during his tenure with the province held a number of front-line! supervisory and managerial positions. Klappentext Addressing topics such as gun control! prison overcrowding! and the death penalty! this book encourages students to think critically about criminal justice policy. Zusammenfassung Addressing topics such as gun control! prison overcrowding! and the death penalty! this book encourages students to think critically about criminal justice policy. Each chapter confronts a timely and contentious issue in the field. The text maintains an awareness of the effect of race and gender on interactions with the criminal justice system! and includes chapters that discuss race and gender directly. In each chapter! the authors consider the ways in which theexamined issue impacts the criminal justice system! politics! and policymaking. The authors have organized the book around the three main elements of the criminal justice system (police! courts! and corrections)! and the issues they feature are relevant to both informed citizens and future criminaljustice professionals. TABLE OF CONTENTS ; PREFACE ; ABOUT THE AUTHORS ; INTRODUCTION ; SECTION I ; CRIMINAL JUSTICE POLICY ; CHAPTER 1 ; THE POLITICS AND POLICY DICHOTOMY ; INTRODUCTION ; THE ROLE OF POLITICS IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE ; SOURCES OF LAW AND POLICY ; POLITICS AND LEGISLATIVE PROCESSES AND FUNCTIONS ; POLICYMAKING AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE ; CONCLUSIONS ; KEY TERMS ; CRITICAL REVIEW QUESTIONS ; WRITING ASSIGNMENTS ; RECOMMENDED READINGS ; CHAPTER 2 ; CRIME CONTROL VERSUS DUE PROCESS ; INTRODUCTION ; THE CRIME CONTROL MODEL ; THE DUE PROCESS MODEL ; THE PRACTICAL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE MODELS ; CRIME CONTROL MODEL POLICIES ; DUE PROCESS MODEL POLICIES ; CONCLUSIONS ; KEY TERMS ; CRITICAL REVIEW QUESTIONS ; WRITING ASSIGNMENTS ; RECOMMENDED READINGS ; SECTION II ; LAW ENFORCEMENT ISSUES ; CHAPTER 3 ; THE SEARCH FOR A GUIDING PHILOSOPHY OF POLICING ; INTRODUCTION ; VARIATION IN THE POLICE ; STAGES OF POLICE DEVELOPMENT ; THE POLITICAL ERA (1820S-1940S) ; REFORM TRANSITION (LATE 1800S-EARLY 1900S) ; THE PROFESSIONAL ERA (1940-1970) ; DAYS OF PROTEST - ANOTHER TRANSITION (MID-1960S-MID-1970S) ; THE COMMUNITY POLICING ERA (1970-2010) ; COMMUNITY POLICING ; SEARCH FOR A NEW GUIDING PHILOSOPHY FOR POLICING (2010 TO PRESENT) ; CONCLUSIONS ; ...

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• Authors: G. Larry Mays, G. Larry/ Ruddell Mays, Rick Ruddell
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.01.2014
• EAN: 9780199314133
• ISBN: 978-0-19-931413-3
• No. of pages: 384
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 25 mm
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology