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This collection of readings is a one-of-a-kind—examining current policies, practices and issues impacting the field of criminal justice today. Leaving no stone unturned, contributing authors (all leaders in the field) explore a wide range of topics such as gangs, gender and race, war on drugs, terrorism, crime victims, correctional issues and computer-based technologies. Linking the past, present, and future of criminal justice, the authors discuss the issues currently impacting the system, the challenges that lie ahead, and their visions for how these issues will be handled in the next century.
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Comprising 26 chapters, this textbook covers major areas of recent and forthcoming change in the American criminal justice system. These include policy matters, the behavior of police, courts, and corrections, the role of technology, and continued controversies surrounding race and gender. Specific chapters discuss the war on drugs, the treatment of victims, gangs, obscenity, public perceptions of crime, police responses to domestic violence, community policing, the death penalty, international law, the Bill of Rights, environmental crime, prison privatization, jail reform, sentencing, and affirmative action. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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