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Critical Issues in Crime and Justice
Thought, Policy, and Practice
Third Edition
Edited by:
- Dan Okada - California State University, Sacramento, USA
- Mary Maguire - California State University Sacramento
- Alexa Sardina - California State University, Sacramento, USA
September 2018 | 488 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
Critical Issues in Crime and Justice: Thought, Policy, and Practice provides an incisive overview of issues and perspectives in criminal justice and criminology designed to expand upon key areas of study.
With contributed essays from leading scholars in the field, the Third Edition illustrates the breadth of research, policy, and practice implications in areas such as crime theory, law enforcement, jurisprudence, corrections, and criminal justice organization and management. New to this edition are chapters on wrongful convictions, human trafficking, and mental illness and criminal justice, three critical issues facing contemporary policing, courts, and corrections.
The coverage of concepts, insights, voices, and perspectives will challenge criminal justice and criminology students to synthesize what they have learned, question standard interpretations, and begin to create new directions and visions for their future careers as professionals in the field.
With contributed essays from leading scholars in the field, the Third Edition illustrates the breadth of research, policy, and practice implications in areas such as crime theory, law enforcement, jurisprudence, corrections, and criminal justice organization and management. New to this edition are chapters on wrongful convictions, human trafficking, and mental illness and criminal justice, three critical issues facing contemporary policing, courts, and corrections.
The coverage of concepts, insights, voices, and perspectives will challenge criminal justice and criminology students to synthesize what they have learned, question standard interpretations, and begin to create new directions and visions for their future careers as professionals in the field.
Preface for the Third Edition
Acknowledgments
Dan Okada
1. Introduction : Is It Possible to Prepare for a Criminal Justice Future?
PART I. ORIENTATION
Cyndi Banks
2. The Importance of Ethics in Criminal Justice
Peter B. Kraska
3. Unleashing the Power of Criminal Justice Theory
PART II. OFFENSES AND OFFENDERS
Leah E. Daigle
4. Victimology
David L. Parry
5. Juvenile Delinquency
Meda Chesney-Lind
6. Gender Matters: Trends in Girls’ Criminality
Helen Taylor-Greene
7. Race and Crime
Richelle S. Swan
8. Popular Culture, Media, and Crime
Stephen L. Muzzatti and Maggie Reid
9. Crime and Economics: Consumer Culture, Criminology, and the Politics of Exclusion
James C. Howell and Megan Qually Howell
10. Serious Gang Problems in the United States: What to Do?
Alexa Sardina
11. Sex Offender Policies: Good Intentions and Unintended Consequences
Casey Branchini
12. Issues in the Fight Against Human Exploitation: A Look at Labor and Sex Trafficking
C. Augustus Martin
13. Terrorism
Johnny Nhan
14. Critical Issues in Cybercrime
PART III. POLICING/LAW ENFORCEMENT
Dawn M. Irlbeck, Connie M. Koski, and John P. Crank
15. Police Theory: Major Perspectives
Gennaro F. Vito
16. A Vision of Contemporary Policing: Present Practices and Future Developments
Thomas Nolan
17. Police Organization and Administration
PART IV. COURTS/LAW/JURISPRUDENCE
Janice Ahmad
18. Public Policy
Cassia Spohn
19. American Courts
Randall G. Shelden
20. The Juvenile Justice System
Jennie K. Singer and Chelsea M. Johnson
21. Why Are There So Many Mentally Ill in the Criminal Justice System?
Kim Schnurbush
22. Wrongful Convictions in the United States
PART V. CORRECTIONS
Anthony Walsh and Ilhong Yun
23. The Philosophical and Ideological Underpinnings of Corrections
Ming-Li Hsieh
24. Community Corrections: Rehabilitation, Reintegration, and Reentry
Lois Presser and Kyle Letteney
25. Restorative Justice in Theory
Alan Mobley
26. Garbage In, Garbage Out? Convict Criminology, the Convict Code, and Participatory Prison Reform
Index
About the Editors
About the Contributors
“Critical Issues in Crime and Justice makes the clear connection between theory, policy, and practice that is often lacking in other text books. This book is a solid work to prepare students for employment in the criminal justice system, regardless of their individual career goals.”
Fort Hays State University
“The text covers a range of areas related to policing, the courts, and corrections.”
Fort Hays State University
“If you would like a book that covers all major areas of the criminal justice system, this is it. Easy to read, easy to digest, solid research, data, and literature without watering down the theories, concepts, and ideologies. It is the most comprehensive, easily readable, and solid text (research and literature-wise) on the market!”
Bethany College
I have used this book in 3 iterations of the course since updating the course in the winter. I like the varied perspectives. Some of my students (undergrad) find it difficult to read.
Criminal Justice, Peirce College
August 20, 2020
Great book for an upper level course
Counseling & Psychology, Carlow University
September 23, 2019
