
Critical Issues in Crime and Justice
Albert Roberts(Author)
Albert R. Roberts(Editor)
SAGE Publications Inc (Publisher)
2nd Edition
Book
Hardback
450 pages
978-0-7619-2685-6 (ISBN)
Description
"Critical Issues in Crime and Justice is one of the most timely and informative textbooks I've seen. It provides an excellent overview of the most current challenges facing the criminal justice system today. I highly recommend it."
-- Joseph Caruso, Hudson Valley Community College
"This is the most significant criminal justice book of original works published in the current decade. It provides valuable information on policies, practices, and model programs in order to reduce the skyrocketing number of violent offenders and victims. It is the only book that includes the latest information on how to effectively intervene and remedy the violent crime problem."
-- Eric W. Hickey, California State University, Fresno
"Critical Issues in Crime and Justice is a fascinating blueprint for the criminal justice system of the future, an invaluable reference tool for progressive police executives, and an excellent teaching platform for all levels of criminal justice education."
-- Deputy Police Chief Thomas W. Finn, MPA, Director of Public Safety, East Brunswick, New Jersey
"Dr. Roberts has compiled an invaluable resource that can be used in a multitude of courses in undergraduate and graduate programs. The essays address significant, critical and timely issues in criminal justice, and as such, the book is a must-read for criminal justice practitioners, students, and anyone with an interest in criminal justice."
-- Dr. Laura J. Moriarty, Virginia Commonwealth University
"Dr. Albert R. Roberts is one of America's leading authorities on criminology and criminal justice, and the Second Edition of his Critical Issues in Crime and Justice is most welcome. The Second Edition provides extremely important and timely information on a host of issues that are relevant to students in criminal justice, social work, criminology, political science, law, and related fields. This book is an excellent text and will be extremely popular with scholars, practitioners, and students."
-- John E.B. Myers, University of the Pacific
In an effort to respond to public fears of violence, terrorism, murder, and other victimizations, the components of the criminal justice system are constantly in flux. Since the 1994 publication of the first edition of Critical Issues in Crime and Justice, there have been many dramatic changes in the trends, policies, processes, and programs in the criminal justice system.
Critical Issues in Crime and Justice, Second Edition provides a comprehensive examination of current developments and controversies confronting the American criminal justice system. An overview of contemporary criminal justice trends provides the context for interpreting the critical issues raised throughout this engaging volume. Editor Albert R. Roberts and a prominent group of scholars and criminal justice professionals examine both the successes and failures of modern law enforcement, juvenile justice, the courts, and correctional systems.
This Second Edition has been extensively revised to include:
A review of current crime statistics
The growth of juvenile gangs and youth homicide
International perspectives on terrorism and counterterrorism
New data and perspectives on domestic violence
An examination of 21st-century homicide investigations
Significant issues in capital punishment
Innovations in probation and rehabilitation
Critical Issues in Crime and Justice, Second Edition includes summaries of the latest government reports, legislation, legal remedies, research findings, program evaluations, journal review articles, and meta-analyses. This expanded edition contains numerous unique chapters on cutting-edge issues and topics. Chapter authors provide policy and mod
-- Joseph Caruso, Hudson Valley Community College
"This is the most significant criminal justice book of original works published in the current decade. It provides valuable information on policies, practices, and model programs in order to reduce the skyrocketing number of violent offenders and victims. It is the only book that includes the latest information on how to effectively intervene and remedy the violent crime problem."
-- Eric W. Hickey, California State University, Fresno
"Critical Issues in Crime and Justice is a fascinating blueprint for the criminal justice system of the future, an invaluable reference tool for progressive police executives, and an excellent teaching platform for all levels of criminal justice education."
-- Deputy Police Chief Thomas W. Finn, MPA, Director of Public Safety, East Brunswick, New Jersey
"Dr. Roberts has compiled an invaluable resource that can be used in a multitude of courses in undergraduate and graduate programs. The essays address significant, critical and timely issues in criminal justice, and as such, the book is a must-read for criminal justice practitioners, students, and anyone with an interest in criminal justice."
-- Dr. Laura J. Moriarty, Virginia Commonwealth University
"Dr. Albert R. Roberts is one of America's leading authorities on criminology and criminal justice, and the Second Edition of his Critical Issues in Crime and Justice is most welcome. The Second Edition provides extremely important and timely information on a host of issues that are relevant to students in criminal justice, social work, criminology, political science, law, and related fields. This book is an excellent text and will be extremely popular with scholars, practitioners, and students."
-- John E.B. Myers, University of the Pacific
In an effort to respond to public fears of violence, terrorism, murder, and other victimizations, the components of the criminal justice system are constantly in flux. Since the 1994 publication of the first edition of Critical Issues in Crime and Justice, there have been many dramatic changes in the trends, policies, processes, and programs in the criminal justice system.
Critical Issues in Crime and Justice, Second Edition provides a comprehensive examination of current developments and controversies confronting the American criminal justice system. An overview of contemporary criminal justice trends provides the context for interpreting the critical issues raised throughout this engaging volume. Editor Albert R. Roberts and a prominent group of scholars and criminal justice professionals examine both the successes and failures of modern law enforcement, juvenile justice, the courts, and correctional systems.
This Second Edition has been extensively revised to include:
A review of current crime statistics
The growth of juvenile gangs and youth homicide
International perspectives on terrorism and counterterrorism
New data and perspectives on domestic violence
An examination of 21st-century homicide investigations
Significant issues in capital punishment
Innovations in probation and rehabilitation
Critical Issues in Crime and Justice, Second Edition includes summaries of the latest government reports, legislation, legal remedies, research findings, program evaluations, journal review articles, and meta-analyses. This expanded edition contains numerous unique chapters on cutting-edge issues and topics. Chapter authors provide policy and mod
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Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Thousand Oaks
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 178 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-7619-2685-6 (9780761926856)
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Critical Issues in Crime and Justice
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Albert R. Roberts
Critical Issues in Crime and Justice
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03/1994
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Persons
D.S.W. from U. of Maryland. Chairman of Administration of Justice Department. Author or co-author of ten books, many in second or third editions, among them: Moraskin/Roberts: Visions for Change: Crime and Justice in the Twenty-First Century 2 ND (PH, 1998, 444 pp. $55.00), Roberts: Crisis Intervention Handbook: Assessment, Treatment, and Research 2/e (O.U.P., 2000), Roberts ed. Juvenile Justice: Policies, Programs, and Services 2/e (Wadsworth, 1998, 300 pp. $45.95) He has also published two other books with Sage: Crisis Intervention and Time-Limited Cognitive Treatment - pubd.1/95, sales to date of 2,585/$61,662 (2,290 paper/$50,497) Helping Crime Victims: Research, Policy and Practice pubd 6/90, sales to date of 3,031/$57,325 (2,425 paper/$40,943)
Content
PART ONE: OVERVIEW OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE / Albert R Roberts Crime in America: Critical Issues, Trends, Costs, Policies and Legal Remedies / Donald J Sears Case Exemplar on Criminal Justice Processing: Illegal Possession of Weapons, Domestic Violence and Murder / PART TWO: UNDERSTANDING CRIME AND CRIMINALS / Mary Jackson The Emergence of Youth Gangs: Policies, Programs and Community Responses / James Fox and Jack Levin Serial Rapists and Mass Murderers / Karel Kurst-Swanger and Margaret Ryniker Religion-Related Crime Documentation of Murder, Fraud and Sexual Abuse / Lori Koester Scott The Sex Offender: Prevalence, Trends, Model Programs and Costs / PART THREE: LAW ENFORCEMENT CRITICAL ISSUES / Richard H Ward and Sean Hill The Terrorism Phenomenon: A World Engaged / Vincent E Henry COMPSTAT: The Emerging Model of Police Management / Joseph F Ryan Community Policing and the Impact of the COPS Federal Grants: A Potential Tool in the Local War on Terrorism / Mark Blumberg and Betsy Wright Kreisel Police Use of Excessive Force: Exploring Various Control Mechanisms / Lisa Frisch Justice Response to Woman Battering: Evolution of Change / Gina Pisano-Robertiello Victim Perceptions of the Utility of Domestic Violence Arrests and Temporary Restraining Orders: A Qualitative Study / Norman Cetuk Homocide Investigations, Trends and Forensic Evidence in the 21st Century / PART FOUR: JUVENILE JUSTICE CRITICAL ISSUES / Albert R Roberts An Overview of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention: Cases, Trends, Policy Shifts and Intervention Strategies / Kathleen M Heide Youth Homocide: A Critical Review of the Literature and Blueprint for Action / Daniel P Mears Sentencing Guidelines and the Transformation of Juvenile Justice in the 21st Century / Scott K Okamoto and Meda Chesney-Lind What Do We Do with Girls? The Dimensions and Responses to Female Juvenile Delinquency / Gaylene S Armstrong, Doris Layton MacKenzie and David B Wilson Optimizing Adjudication Decisions Based on a National Evaluation of Juvenile Boot Camps / PART FIVE: CRIMINAL COURT-RELATED CRITICAL ISSUES / Cassia C Spohn Sentencing Options and the Sentencing Process / Beau Breslin and David R Karp Debating Death: Critical Issues in Capital Punishment / Michael Jacobson and Charles Lindner Critical Probation Failures and Promising Innovations / Timothy P Cadigan PACTS: Probation and Pretrial Services Automated Case Tracking-Electronic Case Management System / Hung-En Sung Rehabilitating Felony Drug Offenders through Job Development: A Look into a Prosecutor-Led Diversion Program / PART SIX: CORRECTIONAL SYSTEMS AND ALTERNATIVES / Michael Welch, Lisa Weber and Walter Edwards 'All the News That's Fit to Print': A Content Analysis of the Correctional Debate in the New York Times / Mary Bosworth Prison Programs in the US: Preparing Inmates for Release / Katherine van Wormer and Laura J Praglin Restorative Justice Programs to Meet Female Offender Needs: Innovation and Advocacy / Joan Petersilia When Prisoners Return to Communities: Political, Economic and Social Consequences