Stacy L. Mallicoat & Christine L. Gardiner 
Criminal Justice Policy [EPUB ebook] 

Criminal Justice Policy provides a thematic overview of criminal justice policy and its relationship to the American criminal justice system. Scholars, practitioners, and politicians continually debate the value of these policies in their evaluations of the current system. As the nature of this subject involves a host of issues (including politics, public sentiment, research, and practice), the authors expertly highlight these concerns on criminal justice policy and address the implications for the overall system and society at large.



This text is organized into three parts: Foundations of criminal justice policy focuses on the role of politics, best practices, and street level bureaucracy in criminal justice policy. Criminal justice policy in action provides an analysis of fifteen different policy issues in criminal justice, such as immigration, drugs, mental health and capital punishment. Each section begins with a basic summary of the policy, accompanied by a brief synopsis of the framing issues. This brief, but informative summary, draws students’ attention to essential concepts and ideas, provides a roadmap for what they can expect to learn, and ensures continuity throughout the text. The text concludes with a discussion about the future directions of criminal justice policy.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über den Autor

Christine L. Gardiner is an assistant professor of Criminal Justice at California State University, Fullerton. She received her Ph D 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.