Community Justice
An Emerging Field
Published on 25. June 1998
Book
Paperback/Softback
396 pages
978-0-8476-9084-8 (ISBN)
Description
Community justice is a phenomenon of growing interest among academics, policy makers, and criminal justice practitioners. The term reflects the increasing collaboration between criminal justice agencies and communities in the joint pursuit of public safety and a less tangible, but no less significant, pursuit of justice for victims, offenders, and all community members affected by crime. In this book, several leading scholars examine the central concerns of this emerging field. Subjects discussed include the role of community organizations in crime prevention; the structural and cultural issues underlying the concentration of race, poverty, and crime; community policing; and community prosecution and sanctioning.
Reviews / Votes
Makes a significant contribution to the more broad-based communitarian enterprise. -- D. Ryfe * Sociological Abstracts *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Lanham, MD
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 154 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
608 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8476-9084-8 (9780847690848)
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Community Justice
An Emerging Field
E-Book
06/1998
1st Edition
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
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Persons
David R. Karp is assistant professor of sociology at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, New York. He was previously a research scientist at the George Washington University Institute for Communitarian Policy Studies. He has published most recently in Crime & Delinquency, The Responsive Community, and Human Relations and has recently completed with Todd Clear a report to the National Institute of Justice on community justice.
Content
Chapter 1 Preface Part 2 Introduction Chapter 3 The Community Justice Movement Part 4 Community Action Chapter 5 Community Organizations and Crime Chapter 6 The Takoma Orange Hats: Fighting Crime and Building Community in Washington, D.C. Chapter 7 Building Community Capacity to Prevent Violence Through Coalitions and Partnerships Chapter 8 Race and Class Chapter 9 Toward a Theory of Race Chapter 10 Crime and the Racial Fears of White Americans Part 11 Community Policing Chapter 12 A Tale of Two Targets: Limitations of Community Anticrime Actions Chapter 13 "Angels in Marble": Problems in Stimulating Community Involvement in Community Policing Chapter 14 Civil Liberties and Aggressive Enforcement: Balancing the Rights of Individuals and Society in the Drug War Chapter 15 Disorder and the Court Part 16 Community Prosecution and Sanctioning Chapter 17 Community Prosecution: Portland's Experience Chapter 18 The "Community" in Community Justice: Issues Part 19 Conclusion Chapter 20 Community Justice in a Communitarian Perspective Chapter 21 Index