Stacy L. Mallicoat, Christine L. Gardiner

Criminal Justice Policy

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Produktbeschreibung

Containing original chapters written by experts and scholars in the field, this text will highlight the current debates about criminal justice policy and discuss the implications for the system and society at large.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: SAGE Publications Inc
• Seitenzahl: 448
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. November 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 191mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 764g
• ISBN-13: 9781452242248
• ISBN-10: 1452242240
• Artikelnr.: 39532611

Autorenporträt

Stacy L. Mallicoat is a professor of criminal justice and Director of the University Honors program at California State University, Fullerton. She earned her BA in legal studies and sociology from Pacific Lutheran University and her PhD from the University of Colorado, Boulder, in sociology. She is the author of several Sage textbooks, including Crime and Criminal Justice: Concepts and Controversies, Women and Crime: Core Concepts, and Criminal Justice Policy. Her work also appears in a number of peer--reviewed journals and edited volumes. She is an active member of the American Society of Criminology, the Western Society of Criminology, and the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. Christine L. Gardiner is an assistant professor of Criminal Justice at California State University, Fullerton. She received her PhD in Criminology, Law and Society from the University of California, Irvine. Dr. Gardiner was awarded a prestigious National Institute of Justice Dissertation Fellowship to support her research on the effects of Proposition 36 on Orange County practitioners. Her areas of expertise include crime policy, policing, and juvenile delinquency. Her research has been published in Criminal Justice Policy Review and Journal of Drug Issues . Prior to her work at Cal State Fullerton, Dr. Gardiner worked as a police explorer, dispatcher, crime analyst, and intern-probation officer.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface - Stacy L. Mallicoat and Christine L. Gardiner
Section I. Foundations for Criminal Justice Policy
Chapter 1. The Politics of Crime and the Policy Making Process - Stacy L.
Mallicoat
Chapter 2. The Influence of Research & Evidence-based Practices on Criminal
Justice Policy - Christine L. Gardiner
Chapter 3. Street-Level Bureaucracy. From Policy to Practice - Shelly
Arsneault
Section II. Criminal Justice Policy in Action
Chapter 4. Policing Places of Crime and Disorder - William Sousa
Chapter 5. Homeland Security. A New Criminal Justice Mandate - Larry K.
Gaines
Chapter 6. Immigration and Crime - Nicole Palasz and Katherine Fennelly
Chapter 7. Mandatory Arrest and Intimate Partner Violence - Alesha Durfee
Chapter 8. From "Just Say No!" to "Well, Maybe" - The War on Drugs &
Sensible Alternatives - Clayton J. Mosher and Scott Akins
Chapter 9. Controlling the Sexual Offender - Chrysanthi Leon and Ashley
Kilmer
Chapter 10. Public Policy and White-Collar and Corporate Crime - Henry N.
Pontell and Gilbert Geis
Chapter 11. America's "War on Gangs". Response to a Real Threat or a Moral
Panic? - John Hagedorn and Meda Chesney Lind
Chapter 12. The Waiver of Juvenile Offenders to Adult Court - Aaron Kupchik
and Megan Gosse
Chapter 13. Criminal Justice Responses to the Mentally Ill - Henry F.
Fradella and Rebecca Smith-Casey
Chapter 14. Gender Responsive Practices - Barbara Koons-Witt and Courtney
Crittenden
hapter 15. Restorative Justice - Donna Decker Morris
Chapter 16. Three Strikes and Habitual Criminal Laws - Elsa Chen
Chapter 17. The Supermax. Issues and Challenges - Brett Garland, H. Daniel
Butler and Benjamin Steiner
Chapter 18. Capital Punishment - Robert M. Bohm
Chapter 19. Reentry and Rehabilitation. Generating Successful Outcomes
During Challenging Times - Faith E. Lutze and Roger Schaefer
Section III. Future Directions
Chapter 20. Emerging Issues in Criminal Justice Policy - Christie L.
Gardiner and Stacy L. Mallicoat