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Looking at the U.S. Supreme Court under John Roberts, which assertively places itself into the nation's most controversial issues, Christopher E. Smith, Michael A. McCall, and Madhavi M. McCall analyze criminal justice-related decisions and the policy implications that stem from them, including the curtailing of rights and the limiting of the legislature to define crimes.
About the author
Christopher E. Smith, professor of criminal justice at Michigan State University, is the author, coauthor, or editor of twenty-four books, including
John Paul Stevens: Defender of Rights in Criminal Justice,
The Supreme Court and the Development of Law: Through the Prism of Prisoners' Rights, and
Constitutional Rights: Myths and Realities. He has published more than 120 scholarly articles.
Michael A. McCall, associate professor of sociology at San Diego State University, is coeditor of
The Rehnquist Court and Criminal Justice. He has published more than twenty book chapters and journal articles, including in such outlets as the
American Journal of Criminal Justice and
Pace Law Review.
Madhavi M. McCall is a professor of political science and associate vice president for curriculum, assessment, and accreditation at San Diego State University. She is coauthor of
Law and Criminal Justice: Emerging Issues in the Twenty-First Century and has published more than thirty articles in such journals as
Judicature and
Social Science Journal.
