Sources
Notable Selections in Crime, Criminology, and Criminal Justice
McGraw-Hill Publishing Co.
Published on 1. September 2000
Book
Paperback/Softback
400 pages
978-0-07-238880-0 (ISBN)
Description
This work includes over 40 selections of enduring intellectual value - book excerpts, research studies, and classic articles, that have shaped the study of criminology and our contemporary understanding of it. "Sources" provides the opportunity for readers to encounter many of the greatest thinkers in criminology at first hand. The book includes carefully edited selections from the most distinguished observers on crime and criminology, past and present. Dushkin Online is a student Web site designed to support "Sources" titles.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 233 mm
Width: 185 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
635 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-07-238880-0 (9780072388800)
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Content
Part 1. The Social Requirement for Control CHAPTER 1. Law and Social Order 1.1. Herbert L. Packer, from The Limits of the Criminal Sanction 1.2. David E. Barlow, Melissa Hickman Barlow, and Theodore G. Chiricos, from "Long Economic Cycles and the Criminal Justice System in the U.S.", Crime, Law and Social Change 1.3. Richard Delgado, from "Words That Wound: A Tort Action for Racial Insults, Epithets, and Name-Calling", Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review Part 2. Law and Criminality CHAPTER 2. The Historical-Contextual Nature of Crime 2.1. Donald E. Green, from "The Contextual Nature of American Indian Criminality", American Indian Culture and Research Journal 2.2. Robert Staples, from "White Racism, Black Crime, and American Justice: An Application of the Colonial Model to Explain Crime and Race", Phylon 2.3. Victor E. Kappeler, Mark Blumberg, and Gary W. Potter, from The Mythology of Crime and Criminal Justice, 2d ed. CHAPTER 3. Criminal Law 3.1. Dorothy E. Roberts, from "Unshackling Black Motherhood", Michigan Law Review 3.2. Michael W. Lynch, from "Enforcing 'Statutory Rape'?" The Public Interest 3.3. Darnell F. Hawkins, from "Beyond Anomalies: Rethinking the Conflict Perspective on Race and Criminal Punishment", Social Forces CHAPTER 4. Law and Criminality 4.1. Donna M. Bishop and Charles E. Frazier, from "Race Effects in Juvenile Justice Decision-Making: Findings of a Statewide Analysis", The Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology 4.2. Coramae Richey Mann, from "Minority and Female: A Criminal Justice Double Bind", Social Justice Part 3. The Criminal Justice Process CHAPTER 5. Police and Lawlessness 5.1. Michael Huspek, Roberto Martinez, and Leticia Jimenez, from "Violations of Human and Civil Rights on the U.S.-Mexico Border, 1995 to 1997: A Report", Social Justice 5.2. David E. Barlow and Melissa Hickman Barlow, from "Cultural Diversity Training in Criminal Justice: A Progressive or Conservative Reform?" Social Justice CHAPTER 6. Courts and Partiality 6.1. Paul Butler, from "Racially Based Jury Nullification: Black Power in the Criminal Justice System", Yale Law Journal 6.2. Ronald Stidham and Robert A. Carp, from "Indian Rights and Law Before the Federal District Courts", The Social Science Journal CHAPTER 7. Sentencing Disparity 7.1. Marvin D. Free, Jr., from "The Impact of Federal Sentencing Reforms on African Americans", Journal of Black Studies 7.2. Ed A. Munoz, David A. Lopez, and Eric Stewart, from "Misdemeanor Sentencing Decision: The Cumulative Disadvantage Effect of 'Gringo Justice,'" Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences CHAPTER 8. Correctional Inequality 8.1. Amy E. Laderberg, from "The 'Dirty Little Secret': Why Class Actions Have Emerged as the Only Viable Option for Women Inmates Attempting to Satisfy the Subjective Prong of the Eighth Amendment in Suits for Custodial Sexual Abuse", William and Mary Law Review 8.2. Joan Petersilia, from "Justice for All? Offenders With Mental Retardation and the California Corrections System", The Prison Journal CHAPTER 9. The Death Penalty 9.1. Jon Sorensen and Donald H. Wallace, from "Prosecutorial Discretion in Seeking Death: An Analysis of Racial Disparity in the Pretrial Stages of Case Processing in a Midwestern County", Justice Quarterly 9.2. Margaret Vandiver, adapted and updated from "'An Apology Does Not Assist the Accused': Foreign Nationals and the Death Penalty in the United States", The Justice Professional 9.3. Alan Berlow, from "The Wrong Man", The Atlantic Monthly