Crime and Justice: Learning through Cases

Description

Crime and Justice offers a comprehensive introduction to the U.S criminal justice system through fifteen historical and contemporary case studies. The third edition has been revised and streamlined throughout, featuring new material on race, the war on drugs, police violence, “stand your ground” laws and gun laws, and more. Each chapter opens with an engaging case study followed by an explanatory chapter that teaches core concepts, key terms, and critical issues. The cases serve multiple learning objectives: illustrating concepts applied in real life; exploring sociological issues of race, class, gender, and power; and teaching students the law and processes of the justice system. Crime and Justice is excellent for any course that introduces students to the criminal justice system. A complimentary Instructor’s Manual and Test Bank are available, as well as an open-access Companion Website for students that includes interactive flashcards, links to online video and media, and other learning material. Visit http://textbooks.rowman.com/boyes-watson3e or email [email protected] for more information. Learning through Cases The Structure of the Casebook The Text New to the Third Edition An Overview of the Chapters A Word about Case Selection Additional Learning Resources Exploring Crime and Justice Crime, Law, and Justice Learning Objectives What Is Crime? What Is Justice? The Values of Crime Control versus Due Process 2 The Justice Process Learning Objectives Discretion in the Five Stages in the Justice Process Models of the Criminal Justice System The Dilemma of Discretion Politics and Crime: The Issue of Expressive Justice 3 The Struggle for Justice Learning Objectives The Structure of the Criminal Justice System Constitution as Sleeping Beauty And Justice for All? Legacy of Racial Injustice for African Americans The Legacy of Gender Injustice The Unequal Status of Women The Under-Enforcement of Male Violence against Women Women in the Criminal Justice System Masculinity, Crime, and Justice Intersectionality: The Impact of Race, Class, and Gender 4 Understanding the Crime Picture Learning Objectives The Crime Picture Understanding the Symbolic Picture of Crime 5 Principles of the Criminal Law Learning Objectives The Material Elements of Crime Principles of Defense Guns and Violence Is Racism “Reasonable”? 6 Understanding Victims in the Criminal Justice System Learning Objectives The Decline of the Victim in the Justice Process The Field of Victimology Secondary Victimization by the Criminal Justice System Understanding the Psychological Trauma of Crime An Alternative Vision of Justice: Restorative Justice Policing in a Democratic Society 7 Police and the Law Learning Objectives References The Structure of U.S. Law Enforcement Policing and the Law Debating the Issue of Racial Profiling 8 Policing in the Twenty-First Century Learning Objectives Origins of Policing Twentieth-Century Policing in the United States Understanding Police Misconduct War Model of Policing ReThinking the Mission of the Police 9 The Impact of 9/11 on Civil Liberties and Law Enforcement Learning Objectives The Crime of Terrorism The Role of Law Enforcement in the War on Terror Debating the “War” on Terror Courts and ­American Justice The Structure of the American Judiciary Learning Objectives 10 Structure of the Courts The Federal Court System 11 Trials, Juries, and Judgment Learning Objectives The Institution of the Jury 12 The Workings of the Court Learning Objectives Courtroom Work Group Plea Bargaining and Justice Punishment and Social Inequality 13 The Justice of Sentencing Learning Objectives Five Goals of Sentencing Range of Modern Sentences Deciding Death: The Issue of Capital Punishment Rethinking the War on Drugs and Drug Laws Collateral Consequences of Incarceration Putting Incarceration in a Social, Political, and Racial Context Inside the Prison World Learning Objectives 14 Origins of the Prison: Enlightenment and Reform Prison Subculture: Importation versus Deprivation Prisoners’ Rights Movement Contemporary Prison Issues What about Rehabilitation? 15 Community and Corrections Learning Objectives Probation and Parole History of Community Corrections Restorative/Community Justice Movement Rethinking the Role of the Community Looking toward the Future