Criminal justice law Books

Book SynopsisThis collection presents a unique and diverse range of contributions on challenges faced by criminal justice in England and Wales in the wake of the Covid-19 global pandemic.The book brings together leading experts to examine the impact of the pandemic on policing and criminal procedure, prisons, and the post-conviction stage of the system. The work further explores the lessons that may be learned and explores the relevance of these lessons for the wider criminal justice system. The reader will gain substantial insight into contemporary challenges in these areas, through original analysis and argument. The experience of England and Wales during the pandemic will also be of interest to the wider international community who will have encountered many of the issues raised in this collection.The book will be essential reading for researchers, academics, and policymakers involved in criminal justice.Table of Contents1 Introduction 2 Policing Domestic Abuse: No ‘Freedom Day’ for Victims of Coercive and Controlling Behaviour 3 Covid-19—An Unprecedented and Novel Predicament or the Ultimate Metaphor for Contemporary Policing? 4 Legal Advice at Police Stations and the Long-Term Implications of the Covid-19 Pandemic 5 A Child’s Journey through Police Custody and Their Legal Rights 6 Tipping the Scales of Justice: Covid-19 and Detention without Trial 7 The ‘Covid Fine’ and Fair Trial Rights 8 Covid-19 and Technologically Enhanced Trials under the Police, Crime, Sentencing, and Courts Act 2022: Have Remote Jury Trials Shifted from Criminal Justice Fiction to Virtual Reality? 9 Covid-19 and the Jury Trial 10 Contextualising the Impact of the Covid-19 Lockdown on Ethnic Minority Prisoners 11 ‘Expectations vs Reality’: How Can the Levels of Self-Harm during the Covid-19 Prison Lockdown Inform Future Policy and Practice? 12 Learning from the Covid-19 Pandemic: Probation’s Role in Providing Health-Related Support 13 The Impact of Covid-19 on Circles of Support and Accountability: Process, Impact, and Legacy

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Book SynopsisThis edited volume addresses the broader aspects of the political and social landscape, human rights violations, accountability and advocacy efforts, and humanitarian challenges faced by the Rohingya from Myanmar. The work brings together different voices of legal, policy, and international affairs experts to construct a framework which addresses the complex and nuanced issues comprising the Rohingya crisis. Although there is recognition that international legal mechanisms are moving forward more quickly than anticipated, these processes do not constitute standalone sustainable solutions. Myanmar's myriad political, social cohesion, development and security challenges are likely to persist even as justice and accountability processes move forward. Thus, this book project is premised on the consensus that the international community should complement international justice mechanisms by looking toward creative and multi-faceted approaches in addition to justice and accountabiliTable of ContentsIntroduction: The Complex Rohingya Humanitarian Crisis Manzoor Hasan, Syed Mansoob Murshed and Priya Pillai Theme 1: The Rohingya Crisis and Myanmar’s Social and Political Landscape 1. Political-Legal Considerations of the Rohingya Refugee Situation: Seeking Accountability, Relief and Solutions Brian Gorlick 2. The double burden of lives in camps: Stateless Rohingya communities in Bangladesh and their multiple displacements Sadaf Noor E Islam and Nayanika Mookherjee Theme 2: Justice and Accountability 3. A Tale of Two International Law Principles: Ensuring Justice and Accountability for the Rohingya Quazi Omar Foysal 4. Who speaks for the Rohingya? Ideals and Realities of Intervention before the World Court Brian McGarry 5. Racialised Denationalisation as Apartheid Michelle Foster and Jade Roberts 6. Identifying ‘Other Argentinas’: Variables in Considering Universal Jurisdiction Forum States Jennifer Keene-McCann and Aakash Chandran 7. A "Patchwork Quilt" of Fact-finding and International Accountability in Myanmar Priya Pillai Theme 3: Toward Sustainable Solutions: Multi-faceted Engagements for Concrete Action 8. Are you real, seriously? Ethical dilemmas of an online role play on the Rohingya crisis Helen Hintjens, Md. Mizanur Rahman and Ron Linser 9. NGO roles in achieving Transitional Justice for crimes against the Rohingya Tonny Raymond Kirabira and Emma Palmer 10. Re-envisioning the Responsibility to Protect for the Rohingya Context Ahmed Shafquat Hassan

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Book SynopsisThis book examines how the European Court of Human Rights approaches the matter of evidence, and how its judgments affect domestic law. The case law of the Court has affected many areas of law in Europe. One of these areas is the law of evidence, and especially criminal evidence. This work examines the key defence rights that may touch upon evidence, such as the right to adduce evidence, the right to disclosure, the privilege against self-incrimination and access to a lawyer, entrapment, and the right to cross-examine prosecution witnesses. It explains the relevant assessment criteria used by the Court and introduces a simple framework for understanding the various assessment models developed by the Court, including the Perna test, the Ibrahim criteria, and the sole or decisive rule. The book provides a comprehensive overview on the relevant case law, and will be a valuable asset for students and researchers, as well as practitioners, such as judges, prosecutors, and lawyers, working iTrade Review'This book focuses on the most important cases and makes the content of Article 6 of the Convention on Human Rights accessible to best serve readers’ everyday practical legal needs. The book includes cases that establish principles and develop or clarify the Court’s existing case law. The cases are summarised in such a manner that the readers’ attention is drawn to the essential points, allowing them to focus on the jurisprudential significance of a particular case. Logical content and a dense use of titles and summaries at the end of the chapters help the reader to quickly find the relevant case law for any practical need, providing an easy-to-use, complete and up-to-date reference book.'Päivi Hirvelä, Doctor of Laws, Supreme Court Justice and former Judge of the European Court of Human Rights in respect of Finland (2007-2015)Table of ContentsPreface and acknowledgements, Table of cases, Table of abbreviations, 1. Introduction, 2. The right to a fair trial, 3. Rules of evidence, 4 Basic evidentiary rights, 5. The privilege against self-incrimination, 6. The prohibition of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment, 7. The prohibition of entrapment, 8. Other improperly obtained evidence, 9. The right to cross-examine prosecution witnesses, 10. Conclusion, Bibliography, Index

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Book SynopsisDoes a more academic type of police education produce new police officers that are reluctant to patrol the streets? What is the impact of gender diversity and political orientation on a police students' career aspirations and attitudes to policing? These are some of the questions addressed by this longitudinal project, following police students in seven European countries. The unique data material makes it possible to explore a wide range of topics relevant to the future development of policing, police education and police science more generally. Part I presents an overview of the different goals and models of police education in the seven participating countries. Part II describes what type of student is attracted to police education, taking into consideration educational background, political orientation and career aspirations. Part III shows the social impact of police education by examining students' orientations towards emerging competence areas; students'Trade ReviewThe international and comparative research on police education and training described in this book offers fundamental empirical insights regarding an aspect of vital concern in police studies. Researchers and policy makers alike will find in this volume a wealth of information and detail that will provide insights into career entry and early professional socialization into the police organization in seven European countries. Original research of this kind practically demonstrates the important contribution of independent academic research on the public understanding of police institutions.James Sheptycki, Professor of Criminology, York University, CanadaThe book answers important questions about how to recruit and train police, and ways to nurture healthy perspectives among officers and launch successful careers in law enforcement. Sweeping across seven regions of the northern hemisphere, the research behind these findings and recommendations promises to be applicable to a broad variety of policing traditions. There is nothing else like it.Wesley G. Skogan, Professor of Political Science, Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University, USAThis book is an eye-opener for all those engaged in policing. The authors address the broader issues related to police recruitment, education and its academisation. Debunking widespread myths, they add essential nuances to its complexity and offer a research agenda for the future. Marleen Easton, Professor Governing & Policing Security, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Ghent UniversityHow can we ‘make’ police officers? What we need is a consistent democratic approach from recruitment to further education. But how can we neither produce Dirty Harrys nor Legalists? How can we implement the right philosophy of policing into police students? This study by a European group of police scholars provides us with substantial data and interpretation. A must read for police educators all over Europe.Thomas Feltes, Senior professor in Criminology and Police Science, Ruhr-University Bochum, GermanyTable of Contents1. A longitudinal and comparative European study of Recruitment, Education and Careers in the Police (RECPOL): what this project contributes to the development of police science, Tore Bjørgo and Marie-Louise Damen, 2. Police education in seven European countries in the framework of their police Systems, Kjersti Hove and Lola Vallès. 3. Diversity and academisation: who does police education attract?, Rasmus Juul Møberg, 4. Iceland as a microcosm of the effects of educational reform on police students’ social background, Guðmundur Oddsson, Andrew Paul Hill, Ólafur Örn Bragason, Þóroddur Bjarnason and Kjartan Ólafsson, 5. Mirroring society: how politically representative are police students in Europe?, Gunnar Thomassen, 6 . Understanding learning preferences and career expectations of Norwegian police students from a comparative perspective, Pål Winnæss, Marie-Louise Damen and Gunnar Thomassen, 7. Police students’ values of enduring and emerging competence areas in police education, Staffan Karp, Kirsi Kohlström, Oscar Rantatalo and Mojgan Padyab, 8. Horizontal and Vertical career preferences for male and female police recruits, Rasmus Juul Møberg and Marie-Louise Damen, 9. Cynicism and (dis)trust in the police: Self-selection or evolving attitudes?, Gunnar Thomassen and Jon Strype, 10. Producing legalists or Dirty Harrys? Police education and field training, Silje Bringsrud Fekjær and Otto Petersson 11. Selecting and shaping police students in Europe: main findings and discussion, Marie-Louise Damen and Tore Bjørgo

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Book SynopsisThis book provides an essential and critical overview of the most significant issues concerning the domestication of international criminal law, in particular with regard to the implementation of the ICC Statute. It discusses the most recent proposals for reform of the German Code of Crimes under International Law, the Völkerstrafgesetzbuch, 20 years after its entering into force and introduces the project for an Italian code of international crimes drafted by the Committee of experts established in 2022 by the Ministry of Justice.Following the adoption of the ICC Statute, many States, including Germany with the Völkerstrafgesetzbuch, introduced specific legislation to incorporate international criminal law into their domestic legal systems and a considerable number of them have been investigating and prosecuting war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide, and even aggression ever since. Twenty-five years later, however, the process is not completed as other countries, likTable of ContentsForeword (Marta Cartabia, Former Minister of Justice)Preface (Rosario Aitala, Judge International Criminal Court)1. Obligations, Options and Obstacles: Implementing the Rome Statute Revisited (Chantal Meloni and Florian Jeßberger)2. Italian Perspectives on the Domestic Implementation of International Criminal Law 2.1. The Domestic Codification of International Crimes: the Private Initiative "Cariplo Project" (Fausto Pocar)2.2. Previous Italian Legislative Drafts (Marco Pedrazzi) 2.3. Implementation of Substantive Rules of International Criminal Law in Italy: between International Obligations and Constitutional Law Principles (Alessandra Annoni) 2.4. International Criminal Law Implementation and Constitutional Law (Francesco Viganò) 2.5. The Way Forward: an Overview on the Draft "Palazzo-Pocar" of 2022 (Nicola Selvaggi)3. The Adoption of Domestic Laws on International Criminal Justice: the German Code of Crimes Against International Law (Völkerstrafgesetzbuch) and the Global Perspective 3.1. Domestic and International Criminal Justice: Challenges Ahead (Andreas Zimmermann and John Schabedoth)3.2. Between International Solidarity and ‘No Safe Haven’: the German Völkerstrafgesetzbuch 20 Years On (Boris Burghardt) 3.3. Shortcomings and Proposals for Reform of the Völkerstrafgesetzbuch (Leonie Steinl) 3.4. Domesticating the ICC Statute: a Global Perspective (Antonio Coco) 3.5. Other Examples of Domestic Implementation of the ICC Statute (Kalika Metha) 4. Defining International Crimes in the Domestic Legislation4.1. How to Implement Crimes Against Humanity and Genocide in the Italian System (Maria Crippa) 4.2. The Italian Legislation on War Crimes: Obligations to Implement and Principle of Legality (Giulio Bartolini and Marco Longobardo)4.3. Prosecuting Crimes Against Humanity and Genocide as Ordinary Offences: What Consequences? (Luigi Prosperi)4.4. Domesticating the Sidelined Crime of Aggression (Annegret Hartig)5. Individual Criminal Responsibility, Sanctions and Sentencing in the Domestic Legislation 5.1. How to Domesticate the Modes of Liability for International Crimes in the Italian System (Chantal Meloni) 5.2. The Implementation of International Criminal Law in Germany: the Approach to Modes of Liability (Volker Nerlich) 5.3. Sanctions and Sentencing for International Crimes in Domestic Legal Systems (Epik Aziz) 5.4. Applying the ‘International’ Rationales of Sanctioning into the Domestic Criminal System (Alice Riccardi) 6. Immunities, Jurisdiction and Prosecutorial Discretion6.1. Prosecuting International Crimes Before Domestic Courts and the Question of Immunities (Chiara Ragni) 6.2. The Rejection of Immunities for International Crimes: a Solution for the Survival of the International Criminal Justice Project? (Valeria Vegh Weis) 6.3. Justice of the Powerful: Abusing Prosecutorial Discretion in the Punishment of International Crimes? (Triestino Mariniello) Annex:The Italian Ministry of Justice Proposal for a Code of International Crimes of 2022 ("Palazzo-Pocar Draft") (EN)Index

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Book SynopsisJustice, Crime, and Ethics, a leading textbook in criminal justice programs, examines ethical dilemmas pertaining to the administration of criminal justice and professional activities in the field. This 11th edition continues to deliver a broad scope of topics, focusing on law enforcement, legal practice, sentencing, corrections, research, crime control policy, and philosophical issues. The bookâs robust coverage encompasses contentious issues such as capital punishment, prison corruption, and the use of deception in police interrogation.The 11th edition includes new material on the impact of social media on crime myths and political misconduct. Law enforcement issues including the George Floyd case and responding to domestic as well as foreign terrorism, including the January 6th insurrection in Washington, DC, are examined. The potential ethical implications of Roe v. Wade being overturned by the Supreme Court are also explored. Emerging issues in corporatTable of ContentsA Note about the Eleventh Edition Section 1 Introduction Chapter 1 Ethics, Crime, and Justice: An Introductory Note to Students Michael C. BraswellChapter 2 Utilitarian, Deontological, and Virtue Ethics Michael DeValve and Jeffrey GoldChapter 3 Justice, Ethics, and Peacemaking Michael C. Braswell, Michael DeValve, and Lana A. McDowellExercise 3.1 Your Personal Philosophy Case Study 3.1 To Help or Not to Help? Exercise 3.2 The Ethics of Drug Control Policy Section II Ethical Issues in Policing Chapter 4 Learning Police Ethics: Sources, Content, and Implications Steven J. Ellwanger and Doris M. HallChapter 5 Using Ethical Dilemmas in Training Police Joycelyn M. Pollock, Glen A. Ishoy and Howard E. WilliamsChapter 6 Deception in Police Interrogations: Ethical Issues and Dilemmas Steven J. EllwangerChapter 7 Police Ethics, Legal Proselytism, and the Social Order: Paving the Path to Misconduct Victor E. Kappeler, Gary W. Potter and Edward GreenSection III Ethics and the Courts Chapter 8 Whatever Happened to Atticus Finch? Lawyers as Legal Advocates and Moral Agents Joycelyn M. PollockCase study 8.1 Statutory Rapist Chapter 9 Prosecutors and Ethics: What Should We Expect? Richard R. E. KaniaCase study 9.1 It’s a Rat Race, and the Best Rat Wins Chapter 10 Balancing the Harms: The Ethics of Sentencing and Punishment Laurie A. Gould and Daniel J. LytleChapter 11 To Die or Not to Die: Morality, Ethics, and the Death Penalty John T. Whitehead, Kyle A. Burgason and Michael C. BraswellCase study 11.1 Politics or Ethics? A Governor’s Prerogative Section IV Ethical Issues in Corrections Chapter 12 Ethical Issues in Probation, Parole, and Community Corrections John T. Whitehead and Vanessa WoodwardChapter 13 Restorative Justice and Ethics: Real-World Applications Lana A. McDowell, Michael C. Braswell, and Bradley D. EdwardsChapter 14 Prison Corruption Bernard J. McCarthyChapter 15 Ethics and Prison: Selected Issues John T. Whitehead, Bradley D. Edwards, and Hayden GriffinCase study 15.1 Who’s Running the Prison? Section V Ethical Issues in Crime Control Policy and Research Chapter 16 Crime and Justice Myths Egan Green and Michael BushExercise 16.1 How Television Affects Our Perceptions of Crime Chapter 17 Juvenile Justice: Creating a More Ethical System for Youth Kimberly D. Dodson and John T. WhiteheadChapter 18 Corporate Misconduct and Ethics Bradley D. Edwards and Michael C. BraswellChapter 19 Ethics and Criminal Justice Research Belinda R. McCarthy, Bernard J. McCarthy, and Jennifer A. PealerChapter 20 Ethical Issues in Confronting Terrorism Bernard J. McCarthySection VI Ethics and the Future Chapter 21 Criminal Justice: An Ethic for the Future Michael C. Braswell, Kyle A. Burgason, and Robert C. England

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Book SynopsisLegal Guide for Police: Constitutional Issues, 12th Edition, is a valuable tool for criminal justice students and law enforcement professionals, bringing them up-to-date with developments in the law of arrest, search and seizure, police authority to detain, questioning suspects and pretrial identification procedures, police power and its limitations, and civil liability of police officers and agencies. Including specific case examples, this revised edition provides the most current information for students and law enforcement professionals needing to develop an up-to-date understanding of the law.Authors Walker and Hemmens have included introductory and summary chapters to aid readers in understanding the context, importance, and applicability of the case law. All chapters have been updated to reflect U.S. Supreme Court decisions up to and including the 2021 term of court. Important cases added to this edition include: Caniglia v. Strom (2021) (warrantless seaTrade Review"Walker and Hemmens do a brilliant job of writing about complex cases and law so that the average reader and layman can comprehend the text. Even as a 13 year veteran, I gained valuable knowledge from the dozens of examples provided so that I could be better prepared on the street when making split second decisions; this is especially the case when covering search and seizure law. Overall, I would consider this one of the best books on the topic of constitutional law and its application to law enforcement that I have read. I highly recommend it."Marcus Downey, Sergeant, Alexandria Police DepartmentTable of ContentsPrefaceCHAPTER 1. Introduction§ 1.1 Criminal Procedure § 1.2 Sources of Criminal Procedure Law § 1.3 Judicial Functions § 1.4 The Supreme Court and the Police § 1.5 Packer’s Models of the Criminal Justice System § 1.6 Summary CHAPTER 2. Results of Failure to Comply with Constitutional Mandates § 2.1 The Exclusionary Rule § 2.2 Extension of the Exclusionary Rule to All Courts: Mapp v. Ohio § 2.3 Application and Modification of the Exclusionary Rule § 2.4 Civil Liabilities § 2.5 Civil Rights Actions § 2.6 Liability of Supervisors, Administrators, and Agencies § 2.7 Admissibility of Evidence § 2.8 Summary CHAPTER 3. Police Power and Limitations § 3.1 Police Power, Authority, and Responsibility § 3.2 Limits on Police Authority § 3.3 Bill of Rights § 3.4 Due Process of Law § 3.5 Effects of Broadening the Scope of the Fourteenth Amendment Due Process Clause § 3.6 Protection of Rights via State Constitutions and Laws § 3.7 Summary CHAPTER 4. Police Authority to Detain § 4.1 General Considerations § 4.2 Consensual Encounters § 4.3 Terry v. Ohio Stop-and-Frisk Rationale§ 4.4 Application to Off-Street Situations § 4.5 Application to Detention of Motorists § 4.6 Detention of Luggage § 4.7 Duration of the Detention § 4.8 Detention to Check Driver’s License and Registration § 4.9 Detention at Police Roadblocks § 4.10 Summary CHAPTER 5. Law of Arrest § 5.1 General Considerations § 5.2 Statutory Authority to Arrest § 5.3 Definition and Elements of Arrest § 5.4 Arrest under the Authority of an Arrest Warrant § 5.5 Arrest without a Warrant § 5.6 Post-Arrest Probable Cause Determination § 5.7 Use of Force in Making an Arrest § 5.8 The Citation and Summons in Law Enforcement § 5.9 Arrest after Fresh Pursuit § 5.10 Summary CHAPTER 6. Search and Seizure with a Warrant § 6.1 General Considerations § 6.2 Constitutional Provisions § 6.3 Seizure with a Valid Search Warrant—General § 6.4 The Warrant Must Be Issued on Probable Cause § 6.5 A Proper Official Must Issue the Warrant § 6.6 The Warrant Must Be Supported by Oath or Affirmation § 6.7 The Place to Be Searched and the Things to Be Seized Must Be Particularly Described § 6.8 Execution of the Search Warrant § 6.9 Search of a Person on the Premises § 6.10 Return of the Warrant § 6.11 Summary CHAPTER 7. Search and Seizure without a Warrant § 7.1 General Considerations § 7.2 Search Incident to a Lawful Arrest § 7.3 Search with a Valid Waiver (Consent Searches) § 7.4 Exigent Circumstances Exception to the Warrant Requirement § 7.5 Plain View Searches § 7.6 Search of Premises Not Protected by the Fourth Amendment (Open Fields) § 7.7 Search by a Private Individual § 7.8 Standing to Challenge the Search § 7.9 Stop-and-Frisk § 7.10 Airport Searches § 7.11 Search of Pervasively Regulated Businesses § 7.12 Summary CHAPTER 8. Specialized Searches without a Warrant: Vehicles, Dogs, and Technology § 8.1 General Considerations § 8.2 Search of Movable Vehicles and Objects § 8.3 Searches Related to Driving While Intoxicated Cases § 8.4 Search after Lawful Impoundment (Inventory Searches) § 8.5 Use of Dogs in Searches § 8.6 6 Electronic Searches and Seizure of Verbal Evidence via Recorders or Microphones § 8.7 Other Searches Using Technology § 8.8 Cell Phones and Computers § 8.9 Summary CHAPTER 9. Questioning Suspects § 9.1 General Considerations § 9.2 The Free and Voluntary Rule § 9.3 Warning and Waiver Requirements (Miranda Rule) § 9.4 Exclusion Related to the Fourth Amendment § 9.5 Right to Counsel § 9.6 The Delay in Arraignment Rule § 9.7 Exceptions to Right to Counsel and Self-Incrimination § 9.8 Admissibility of a Second Confession After an Inadmissible First Confession § 9.9 Summary CHAPTER 10. Pretrial Identification Procedures § 10.1 General Considerations § 10.2 Fingerprinting and Photographing Suspects § 10.3 Lineup—Self-Incrimination Challenge § 10.4 Lineup—Right to Counsel Challenge § 10.5 Lineup—Due Process Challenge § 10.6 Pretrial Photographic Identification § 10.7 Dental Examination § 10.8 Voice Exemplars § 10.9 Footprint Comparisons and Other Body Examinations § 10.10 Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) Tests § 10.11 Summary CHAPTER 11. Police Law in Practice § 11.1 General Considerations § 11.2 The Consequences of Not Complying with the Law § 11.3 Detention and Arrest § 11.4 Searches and Seizures § 11.5 Questioning Suspects § 11.6 Pretrial Identification § 11.7 When You Are On Your Own Appendix The Bill of Rights (First Ten Amendments to the Constitution) and the Fourteenth Amendment Table of Cases Index

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Book SynopsisThis book offers a solution-focused and strengths-based guide to becoming an effective Prison Officer. Written and developed by a collection of ex-prisoners who are all now professionals, practitioners, and educators in the criminal justice field, the book draws on lived experience and the diverse literature on prisons and penal policy to explore good and bad examples of professional practice. The book is informed by the belief that those with direct experiences of custody and incarceration offer a vital perspective on the efficacy of penal practice. While these voices are often accessed through research, it is rare they are seeking to lead the conversation. This book seeks to reset this balance. Drawing on themes such as discretion, respect, relationships, and legitimacy, it offers recommendations for best practices in developing a rehabilitative culture in prison. This book will be of interest to practitioners, researchers, and educators alike. It is essential readinTrade Review‘This is a powerful, original, and deeply moving account of the best kinds of work that prison officers can do and the life-changing impacts of that work. It is written collaboratively, and with passion and insight, by a ‘redemption community’ – professional wounded healers – who have lived experience of adult and children’s prisons. It is such a positive and inspiring contribution - every prison officer should read it.’Alison Liebling, Institute of Criminology, Cambridge‘This highly engaging and original collection provides crucial insight into the various ways that prison officers can shape the experience of imprisonment through forms of relational investment. Conveying tumultuous backgrounds and complex interior lives, it illuminates how seemingly minor acts of humanity and inhumanity, or dismissiveness and support, can change a prisoner’s orientation to his or her sentence and set the course for a different future’Ben Crewe, Professor of Penology and Criminal Justice and Deputy Director of the Prisons Research Centre'This book’s simple proposition is that any attempt to improve prisons must involve careful listening to the voices of people that live or have lived inside them. More specifically: If you want to know how the everyday exercise of penal power can avoid harm and maybe even do some good, then you *must* listen to people who have been on its receiving end. For as long as prisons persist, I hope those who work in or study prisons, and who make penal policy, will read this book. It is jam-packed full of such hard-earned wisdom and compassion. It is deeply thoughtful and powerfully affecting, constructive and challenging, critical and practical. Please read it — and ponder the human potential that we might release if we could radically rethink our approaches to punishment.’Fergus McNeill, Professor of Criminology & Social Work at the University of Glasgow ‘This book is innovative and very informative. As a former Prison Officer, myself, it was sadly often the case that we did not see the successes that can happen. The accounts in this book are inspirational from the authors showing that indeed many prisoners go on to change their lives and undeniably payback tenfold to a system that needs careful consideration and change. In this respect it provides a sense of hope that is sadly often lacking within our prison systems. It was heart-warming to read the gratitude in these pages and that on occasions Prison Officers do get it right in the realms of undertaking an often difficult and thankless task. This book does not raise security concerns, it is not ex-prisoners telling Prison Officers how to do their job properly, moreover it is an honest and open account of the power that positivistic relationships can have to help overcome adversity if small adjustments are made. In my opinion it is a must read for any Prison Officer and indeed anyone who wants to explore the complex power of relationships taking place within the carceral space.’ Russell Woodfield, Lecturer in Forensic Psychology and CriminologyTable of Contents1.Introduction to the Team and Project Andi Brierley 2.The Legitimacy of Trust Andi Brierley 3.More Than a Number! Kevin Neary 4.Flexibility: Negotiation and Discretion Max Dennehy 5.I Have Never met a Child that Healed in a Cell Kierra Myles 6.From Adversity to University Daniel Whyte 7.We’re only Human Devon Ferns 8.Relationships are the Agents of Change James Docherty 9.Time for Change Andi Brierley

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Book SynopsisThis book provides research and analysis on an understudied topic: the LBGTQ+ community as victims and offenders. Most publications focus on LBGTQ+ history and the community''s movement towards equality and acceptance in society and in law. A focus on how the criminal justice system victimizes and marginalizes LBGTQ+ persons is needed. Consequently, this work includes chapters on members of the LBGTQ+ community who work in the criminal justice system, forced sexual orientation efforts, transgender legal concerns, LBGTQ+ persons who are arrested and imprisoned, and online dating hate crimes. International scholars provide their individual stories about being gay, bisexual or lesbian and working as a police or correctional officer. Other international contributors explain their research on crime and how the law and criminal justice community does not provide LBGTQ+ persons with protection or support as offenders or victims. This book will of interest to researchers and advanced studenTable of ContentsIntroduction: The LBGTQ+ Community and Criminal Justice 1. Confronting Oppression: Reframing Need and Advancing Responsivity for LGBTQ+ Youth and Young Adults 2. Hate Hurts: Exploring the Impact of Online Hate on LGBTQ+ Young People 3. Gay Dating Platforms, Crimes, and Harms in India: New Directions for Research and Theory 4. “Missing and Missed”: Failures of the Bruce McArthur Investigation and the Ongoing Victimization of Toronto’s Rainbow Streets 5. Workplace Experiences of Lesbian and Bisexual Female Police Officers in the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary 6. Surviving the Landings: An Autoethnographic Account of Being a Gay Female Prison Officer (in an Adult Male Prison in England) 7. From Victimization to Incarceration: Transgender Women in Costa Rica 8. Litigation on Gender Confirmation Surgery and Hormonal Therapy among Trans Women Prisoners: Views from the U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeals 9. No Such Thing as Acceptable Sexual Orientation Change Efforts: An International Human Rights Analysis 10. Exploring How Gender and Sex Are Measured in Criminology and Victimology: Are We Measuring What We Say We Are Measuring? 11. Comparing the Gay and Trans Panic Defenses

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Book SynopsisApologies from Death Row explores the notion of remorse, apologies, and forgiveness within the context of capital punishment in the United States, through the final words of offenders on death row, and the covictimsâ responses to them in their statements to the press after witnessing the execution. The book demonstrates that there is evidence that some offenders on death row are truly remorseful and that some of the family members of their victims could benefit from this remorse, but that this is unlikely in the current system of capital punishment. Drawing from the fields of criminology, psychology, and sociology, the book begins with a theoretically informed introduction to the concepts of remorse and forgiveness, followed by an exploration of apology and forgiveness specifically in the context of capital punishment. It discusses how some initiatives within the criminal justice system, such as apology laws and restorative justice programmes, are being used to make it easier for offenders to apologize to their victims. Offenders on death row are considered, addressing why they might or might not apologize, and whether they are even capable of showing true remorse. The book then considers the family members of their victims (covictims), addressing whether they benefit from hearing the offender express remorse and witnessing the execution, and whether forgiveness is possible in this context. Evidence to support the arguments presented in the book come from the offendersâ final words and the covictimsâ responses to them in their statements to the press. The book dispels two common myths about the death penalty. First, it shows that offenders on death row are not simply monsters who are incapable of understanding the severity of their crimes. Second, it provides evidence that, despite the popular belief that the death penalty is necessary in order to provide closure for the victimsâ family members, it may actually have the opposite effect. The family membersâ statements to the press after witnessing the execution contain more negative themes like anger and disappointment than positive themes like closure and peace. The book concludes with a discussion of the implications this has for systems of justice in general, and how a better understanding of the emotional state of offenders can help both victims and offenders. Apologies from Death Row will be of great interest to students and scholars of Criminology, Psychology, and Sociology.

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Book SynopsisBringing together perspectives from academics, practitioners, campaigners, and activists, this book explores the victimology of disability hate crime (DHC).For the first time, this book brings together recent academic thought, the stance of those working for the United Nations to further the rights of disabled people, and a helpful toolkit on how to advance the status of the disabled victim of hate crime. Campaigners, support workers, and legal scholars present a tangential approach to  revealing the plight of disabled victims and their associates. The book will reveal the expertise required to understand experiences of victimisation and how to help reconstruct the lives of those affected by this type of violence. Never before has a book produced such a nuanced and multidisciplinary approach to discussing disability hate crime.This volume will be useful not only for those academically interested in how disability hate crime is perpetrated but also for schol

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Book SynopsisPolice citizen encounters do not occur in a vacuum. Police systems globally have similarities and/or differences which remain largely understudied and therefore underexplained. Comparative policing is a new frontier for policing research as it aims at integrating the institutional and/or macro determinants of police strategy and provides important insights into the context in which such strategies emerge. This volume shows how lessons and insights emerge from a comparative approach to policing research in various regions of the world. It demonstrates the explanatory power of cross-national studies, with a particular focus on politics, policies, and for what concerns the nature of police work and the legitimacy of policing.The book presents comparative studies from different geographical locations such as Latin and Central America, Africa, India, and Europe, and offers insights on: Police worker politics in India and Brazil Police, non-state security actors,Table of ContentsForeword Preface—Why study policing comparatively? Introduction—Cross-national research: A new frontier for police studies 1. Police worker politics in India, Brazil, and beyond 2. Police, non-state actors, and political legitimacy in Central America 3. Trust in the police and the militarization of law enforcement in Latin America 4. Institutions, political attitudes or personal values? A multilevel investigation into the origins of police legitimacy in Europe 5. How national contexts matter: A Study of police-adolescent encounters in France and Germany 6. Legitimacy and cooperation with the police: Examining empirical relationships using data from Africa 7. The inevitable fallibility of policing

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Book SynopsisOne of the most elusive pursuits in the study of organized crime is developing a definition, description, or conceptual model that captures its complexity, diversity, and ever-changing nature. This book takes a comprehensive approach to unraveling the intricacies and variations of organized crime, providing a detailed account of its many attributes. Based on a review of the theoretical literature, the author has created a holistic typology essential to understanding organized crime. The typology comprises 28 attributes divided into five thematic categories: associational (the relationship among the offenders that leads to some discernible structure), commercial (revenue-generating crimes), operational (support functions and expenditures), institutional (factors that sustain a criminal association and activities over time), and cultural/behavioral (the norms, values, and codes of organized crime and how they affect the actions of offenders). These categories are not simply used to classify the different attributes; each one represents a structural pillar of an organized criminal association. As a meta-analytical framework, the typology is the first to incorporate the foremost ways in which organized crime has been conceptualized in the literature: as an association of offenders, the crimes perpetrated, how organized crimes are carried out, and as a form of underworld governance. The book also adapts the static typology into a flexible and testable conceptual model that recognizes the many variations among organized criminal associations, and which can be used to determine when a group of offenders constitutes organized crime. Besides their theoretical and empirical purposes, the typology and conceptual model have been constructed as applied frameworks for informing strategic enforcement (setting priorities), tactical enforcement (targeting and denigrating the structural pillars of an organized criminal association), and policy purposes (as a basis for a comprehensive multi-sectoral control plan).This book is invaluable for students and scholars studying organized crime as well as criminal justice professionals looking for guidance on enforcement strategies and public policies.

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Book SynopsisThis edited collection provides the reader with a comprehensive knowledge of automated decision-making, artificial intelligence (AI), and algorithms, and how they can be used in criminal proceedings. Focusing on the experience in Central and Eastern European countries, the book offers a clear overview of the advantages and disadvantages of new technologies in criminal law. After a primer on how AI can be used in law enforcement to enhance operational effectiveness and improve public safety, chapters offer a comprehensive look at the current status of the use of new technologies in the criminal law of the Central and Eastern European countries. When appropriate, contributors formulate concrete postulates for the change of the current legal regulations as well as offer advice on how to use such technologies to oneâs advantage or how to defend against their abuse by public authorities. Navigating the intersection of technology and criminal justice, this book is invaluable for anyone with an interest in whether and how computers will shape the fate of criminal suspects and the operation of criminal justice systems. It is essential reading for scholars and students of comparative criminal justice, criminology, sociology, politics, and socio-legal studies.

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Book SynopsisBased upon an extensive empirical study of a democratic therapeutic community (DTC) for women serving long and medium sentences, this book explores the opportunities it provided for reparative and restorative rehabilitation. In so doing it identifies some of the interconnected ways in which these ambitions are undermined by pervasive, yet often tacit, assumptions that underly penal policies and practices. Drawing on a wealth of data gathered from a study spanning a period of 18 years at the only DTC for women prisoners in the UK, the book highlights how feminist criminology has revealed an invidious history of womenâs treatment in prison, demonstrating how reformist and rehabilitative interventions have reproduced and exacerbated existing states of inequality and oppression. Consequently, the question explored in this book is whether a proportionate sentence that imposes a loss of liberty is inevitably destined to this fate, or whether it can be constructed in ways that are progressive and transformative. By identifying and understanding some of the interconnected ways in which progressive efforts have typically been undermined, it opens a debate about the insinuation of certain, often unspoken, assumptions that underly penal policies and practices and the need for their deconstruction. It opens an axiomatic debate about how women imprisoned for serious offences, might have that loss of liberty interpreted to facilitate a restorative, reparative and reintegrative process of rehabilitation, informed by principles of social justice.Therapeutic Community for Women Prisoners: Re-imagining Rehabilitation and the Loss of Liberty will be of great interest to students and scholars of criminology, feminist studies, public policy, and human rights. It will also be of value to policy-makers and practitioners in womenâs prisons, and psychologists and psychiatrists interested in therapeutic communities.

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Book SynopsisProviding a current view that prompts students to read and analyze, Contemporary Criminal Law, Sixth Edition combines the concepts taught in undergraduate criminal law courses with thought-provoking cases and engaging learning tools.Table of ContentsChapter 1 The Nature, Purpose, and Function of Criminal Law Chapter 2 Constitutional Limitations Chapter 3 Punishment and Sentencing Chapter 4 Actus Reus Chapter 5 Mens Rea, Concurrence, Causation Chapter 6 Parties to Crime and Vicarious Liability Chapter 7 Attempt, Conspiracy, and Solicitation Chapter 8 Justifications Chapter 9 Excuses Chapter 10 Homicide Chapter 11 Criminal Sexual Conduct, Assault and Battery, Kidnapping, and False Imprisonment Chapter 12 Burglary, Trespass, Arson, and Mischief Chapter 13 Crimes Against Property Chapter 14 White-Collar Crime Chapter 15 Crimes Against Public Order and Morality Chapter 16 Crimes Against the State

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsSECTION I • THE PURPOSE AND STRUCTURE OF AMERICAN COURTS Chapter 1 • Introduction: Law and the Judicial Function Chapter 2 • Sources of Law Chapter 3 • Types of Law Chapter 4 • Court Organization and Structure SECTION II • COURTROOM ACTORS AND THE COURTROOM WORKGROUP Chapter 5 • Prosecutors Chapter 6 • Defense Attorneys Chapter 7 • Judges Chapter 8 • Criminal Defendants and Crime Victims Chapter 9 • The Jury SECTION III • COURT PROCESSES Chapter 10 • Pretrial Procedures Chapter 11 • The Criminal Trial Chapter 12 • Sentencing Chapter 13 • The Appellate Process Chapter 14 • Specialized Courts

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Book SynopsisThe responsibility of any state is to protect its citizens. But if a state, either through omission or commission, fails to investigate and prosecute crime then what remedies do citizens have? Verónica Michel investigates procedural rights in Chile, Guatemala, and Mexico that allow citizens to call for the appointment of a private prosecutor to initiate criminal investigations. This right diminishes the monopoly of the state over criminal prosecutions and thus offers citizens a way of insisting on state accountability. This book provides the first full-length empirical study of how the victims'' right to private prosecution can impact access to justice in Latin America, and shows how institutional and legal arrangements interact to shape the politics of criminal justice. By examining homicide cases in detail, Michel highlights how everyday legal struggles can help build the rule of law from below.Table of ContentsIntroduction: private prosecution, access to justice, and rule of law; 1. Private prosecution as an accountability tool; 2. Private prosecution as a victim's right in Latin America; 3. David and Goliath: private prosecution in Guatemala; 4. Against oblivion: private prosecution in Chile; 5. Discovering the power of rights: private prosecution in Mexico; Conclusions: prosecutorial accountability and rule of law from below.

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Book SynopsisThis volume of the series was designed to provide a comprehensive primer on the existing best practices and emerging developments in the study and design research on crime and criminology.Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors vii Introduction 1 Beth M. Huebner and Timothy S. Bynum Part I Measurement of Criminal Typologies 7 1 Violent Crime 9 Nicholas Corsaro 2 Cybercrime 29 Thomas J. Holt 3 Juvenile Crime and Bullying 49 Sean P. Varano and Joseph M. McKenna 4 Rape and Other Sexual Offending Behaviors 69 Wesley G. Jennings and Bryanna Hahn Fox 5 White]Collar and Corporate Crime 92 Michael L. Benson, Jay Kennedy, and Matthew Logan 6 Human Trafficking 111 Amy Farrell and Katherine Bright 7 Challenges in Measuring and Understanding Hate Crime 131 Jack McDevitt and Janice A. Iwama Part II Offenders, Offending, and Victimization 157 8 Gangs and Gang Crime 159 Chris Melde 9 Gendered Pathways to Crime 181 Julie Yingling 10 Mental Health and Physical Studies 202 Daryl G. Kroner and Maranda Quillen 11 Rehabilitation and Treatment Programming 223 Faye S. Taxman and Brandy L. Blasko 12 Measuring Victimization: Issues and New Directions 249 Leah E. Daigle, Jamie A. Snyder, and Bonnie S. Fisher Part III Criminal Justice Organizations and Outcomes 277 13 Community Policing and Police Interventions 279 Michael J. Kyle and Joseph A. Schafer 14 Measurement Issues in Criminal Case Processing and Court Decision Making Research 303 Brian D. Johnson and Christina D. Stewart 15 Sentencing Outcomes and Disparity 328 Jared M. Ellison and Pauline K. Brennan 16 Correctional Interventions and Outcomes 351 Eric Grommon and Jason Rydberg 17 How Theory Guides Measurement: Public Attitudes toward Crime and Policing 377 Jonathan Jackson and Jouni Kuha 18 Measuring the Cost of Crime 416 Matt DeLisi 19 School Crime and Safety 434 Thomas Mowen, John Brent, and Aaron Kupchik 20 Traffic Stops, Race, and Measurement 452 Kyle Mclean and Jeff Rojek Part IV Specialized Measurement Techniques 473 21 Self]Reported Crime and Delinquency 475 Scott Menard, Lisa C. Bowman]Bowen, and Yi Fen Lu 22 Crime and the Life Course 496 Lee Ann Slocum 23 Conducting Qualitative Interviews in Prison: Challenges and Lessons Learned 517 Kristin Carbone]Lopez 24 Spatial Analysis of Crime 535 Steven M. Radil 25 Network Analysis 555 Owen Gallupe Index 576

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Book SynopsisKaren Harrison is Professor of Law and Penal Justice, University of Lincoln, UK. Karen has been teaching criminology and penology in Law Schools for almost 20 years. Her specialist areas of research expertise are dangerous and sexual offences and offenders.Trade ReviewKaren Harrison presents a lucid and distinctive account of the major debates in penology. The book illustrates the diversity of disposals society imposes on those who offend. However, by drawing on best practice in the UK and elsewhere, readers are reminded that there are alternatives and that these may prove more effective and more humane. Students reading this work will come away informed and challenged. * Gavin Dingwall, De Montfort University, UK *This book is an important text for those studying punishment. Looking at penology beyond imprisonment alone, the content of this book appropriately deals with penal theory and practice within the wider context of the criminal justice system as a whole. A welcome contribution is the writer’s encouragement of readers to think and question for themselves throughout, providing a very useful source for educators and students. * Helen Nichols, University of Lincoln, UK *Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. Punishment and the Foundations of Penal Theory 3. Rethinking Penal Theory 4. Sentencing 5. Out-of-Court Disposals and Fines 6. Community Penalties 7. Prisons and the Use of Imprisonment 8. The Prison Experience 9. Release, Recall and Reintegration 10. Dangerous Offenders 11. Children and Young People 12. Social Inequalities in Custody.

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Book SynopsisThe Routledge Handbook of Corrections in the United States brings together original contributions from leading scholars in criminology and criminal justice that provide an in-depth, state-of-the-art look at the most important topics in corrections. The book discusses the foundations of corrections in the United States, philosophical issues that have guided historical movements in corrections, different types of punishment and supervision, trends in incarceration, issues affecting race, ethnicity, and special populations in corrections, and a variety of other emerging issues.This book scrutinizes innovative community programs as well as more traditional sanctions, and exposes the key issues and debates surrounding the correctional process in the United States. Among other important topics, selections address the inherent discrimination within the system, special issues surrounding certain populations, and the utilization of the death penalty as the ultimatTrade ReviewThis is a well-curated collection of essays for anyone interested in punishment, experts and non-experts alike, and it comes at an important time. As researchers, practitioners, and policymakers continue to question the current ways of "doing" punishment and to contemplate what must change, this book covers a gamut of pressing concerns that should inform our deliberations. This is a must-read volume for anyone interested in corrections theory, research, and policy, but with an eye on the big picture. --Joshua Cochran, University of CincinnatiThis volume has much to offer both corrections scholars and professionals in the field, especially those comimitted to evidence-based practices. Not only do the essays cover a wide range of important topics, but they are also written by established researchers and rising young stars. --Michael Reisig, Arizona State UniversityTable of ContentsPreface Author Biographies Section One: Correctional Philosophies 1. Deterrence and Imprisonment 2. Victim Rights and Retribution 3. Incapacitation and Sentencing 4. Rehabilitation and the Rehabilitative Ideal 5. Restorative Justice Section Two: Punishment and Correctional Sanctions in the United States 6. Banishment and Residency Restrictions in the United States 7. Economic Sanctions 8. Corporal Punishment 9. Capital Punishment in America 10. Jails in America 11. Prisons in the United States 12. Women’s Incarceration in the United States: Continuity and Change 13. Juvenile Corrections in the United States 14. A Brief History of Private Prisons in the United States Section Three: Community Corrections and Alternative Sanctions 15. Probation in the United States: A Historical and Modern Perspective 16. Parole Process and Practice 17. Community Supervision Officers: An Overview and Discussion of Contemporary Ideas 18. Halfway Houses/House Arrest 19. Day Reporting Centers/Work-Release Programs 20. Boot Camp Prisons in an Era of Evidence-Based Practices 21. Specialty Courts Section Four: Issues Affecting Corrections and Punishment 22. The War on Drugs and American Corrections 23. Mass Incarceration 24. Religion in Correctional Settings and Faith-Based Programming 25. Drug Treatment Trends and the Use of Criminal Justice to Address Substance Use Disorder 26. Law of Corrections 27. Evidence-Based or Evidence-Informed Practices: The Partially Clothed Emperor 28. Race/Ethnicity, Sentencing, and Corrections 29. Corrections and Mental Illness 30. Sex Offenders Section Five: Issues Affecting Incarceration 31. Correctional Facility Overcrowding 32. Inmate Code and Prison Culture 33. When Women are Captive: Women’s Prisons and Culture Within 34. Correctional Healthcare 35. Solitary Confinement and Supermax Custody 36. The Importance of Prison Visitation in the Era of Mass Incarceration 37. Prison Gangs 38. Prison Inmate Economy 39. Sexuality in Correctional Facilities 40. Examining the World of Correctional Officers Section Six: Effects of Corrections and Post-Sanction Issues 41. The Effect of Corrections on Communities and Families 42. Sex Offender Civil Commitment 43. Felon Disenfranchisement 44. Reentry in the U.S.: A Review 45. Offender Recidivism Index

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Book SynopsisCrime, Law and Justice in New Zealand examines the recent crime trends and the social, political, and legal changes in New Zealand from the end of the twentieth century to the present. Serving as the only New Zealandspecific criminal justice text, this book takes a direct look at what is unique about the country's criminal justice system and recent crime trends. Crime rates peaked in the early 1990s and have fallen since. Newbold considers why this happened through factors such as economy, ethnic composition, changing cultural trends, and legislative developments in policing and criminal justice. He unpacks various types of crime separatelyviolent crime, property crime, drug crime, gang crime, organised crime, etc.and examines each in terms of the various complex factors affecting it, using illustrative examples from recent high-profile cases. The cover photo for Crime, Law and Justice in New Zealand was taken by Jono Rotman.Trade ReviewMany New Zealanders have their own theories on crime, its causes, andsolutions, generally based on a limited understanding of the complexitiesof the topic. Greg Newbold's detailed research complements his innatepersonal knowledge of the criminal world, and provides the reader withmaterial which can only improve the quality of debate on this fascinatingsubject.Greg O'Connor, President, New Zealand Police AssociationTable of Contents1. Introduction2. Dishonesty 3. Gender4. Sex 5. Violence6. Youth and ethnicity7. Drugs8. Gangs and organised crime9. Corrections and crime control

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Book SynopsisVoices from Criminal Justice, Second Edition, gives students rich insights into what it is like to work within the system as a practitioner, as well as to experience criminal justice as outsidersas citizens, clients, jurors, probationers, or inmates. These qualitative and teachable articles cover all three components of the criminal justice system, ensuring students will be better informed about the realities of the day-to-day job of criminal justice professionals in law enforcement, courts, and corrections. At the same time, the juxtaposition of insider and outsider views allows students to look beyond the actual content of the articles and develop their own views about the functions and flaws of the criminal justice system on a broader societal level.Seven new articles have been added in this second edition, based on topical relevance, recent publication, and ability to stimulate discussions and critical thought. They range from examinations of job stress foTrade ReviewWhat better way to introduce today's students and tomorrow's criminal justice practitioners to the world of criminal justice administration than through a set of well-constructed ethnographic reports detailing the lived experiences of the participants in the process? This is a welcome addition to the field. — Malcom M. Feeley, Professor of Jurisprudence and Sociology, University of California at BerkeleyVoices represents a robust effort to understand the lived experience of criminal justice system participants. The ethnographic selections are engaging, readable, and expose students to the broad array of players. The book's unique insider/outsider perspective provides probing and incisive accounts of key issues facing the field today. — Bruce Jacobs, Professor of Criminology, University of Texas, DallasThe book brings various practitioners in the criminal justice system to life through ethnographic research. The collection puts a human face on the system and will draw students to the subject. It will also remind academics why they entered the field. — Ralph Weisheit, Distinguished Professor of Criminology, Illinois State UniversityTable of ContentsTABLE OF CONTENTSPrefaceAcknowledgementsIntroduction: Thinking and Reflecting on Criminal Justice IssuesHeith Copes and Mark PogrebinI. POLICEA. Practitioners Reinventing the Matron: The Continued Importance of Gendered Images and Division of Labor in Modern Policing Don L. Kurtz, Travis Linnemann and L. Susan Williams Kurtz, Linnemann, and Williams examine the historical role of the police matron and how the legacy continues to define women’s status in the current police and correctional workforce. A Qualitative Assessment of Stress Perceptions among Members of Homicide Unit Dean A. Dabney, Heith Copes, Richard Tewksbury and Shila R. Hawk-Tourtelot Dabney and his co-authors conducted an ethnographic study of homicide investigations in a large urban police department and focused on those occupational factors that cause job related stress. Racialized Policing: Officers’ Voices on Policing Latino and African American Neighborhoods Vera Sanchez, Claudio & Dennis Rosenbaum Vera Sanchez and Rosenbaum examine how police officers socially construct race within Latino and African American neighborhoods Vice Isn’t Nice: A Look at the Effects of Working Undercover Mark R. Pogrebin and Eric Poole Pogrebin and Poole explore the consequences of working undercover for police officers. They show that working undercover has a significant impact on how police interact with informants, criminals, other officers, and their families. Reflections of African American Women on their Careers in Urban Policing Mark R. Pogrebin, Mary Dodge, & Harold ChatmanPogrebin, Chatman, and Dodge analyze the social-organizational relationships and interactions that relegate African-American police women as outsiders within their own police department.B. Outsiders Procedural Justice and Order Maintenance Policing Jacinta Gau and Rod Brunson Gau and Brunson explore the tension between procedural justice and order maintenance policing as it affects the self-reported experiences with police by young inner-city minority youth. Urban Youth Encounters with Legitimately Oppressive Gang Enforcement Robert Duran Duran concentrates on the relationship between police and gangs in two cities where suspected gang members perceive being stopped by police as racial and ethnic profiling. Sense-making and secondary victimization Paul Stretesky, Tara O’Connor Shelley, Michael J. Hogan, and N. Prabha Unnithan Stretesky, Shelley, Hogan, and Unnithan examine the perceptions of the families of cold-case homicide victims to determine their interactions and relationship with law enforcement detectives assigned to their case. Victims’ Voices: Domestic Assault Victims’ Perceptions of Police Demeanor Joyce Stephens and Peter G. Sinden Stephens and Sinden present the voices of domestic assault victims by eliciting their perspectives about and experiences with the mandatory arrest policy and police demeanor. We Trust You, But Not That Much: Examining Police-Black Clergy Partnerships to Reduce Youth Violence Rod K. Brunson, Anthony Braga, David Hureau, and Kashea PegramBrunson and colleagues offer an understanding of the role police and black clergy play in formulation partnership in an attempt to improve community based crime prevention. II. JUDICIALA. Practitioners Representing the Underdog: The Righteous Development of Death Penalty Defense Attorneys Sarah Goodrum, Mark Pogrebin, and Matthew W. Greife Goodrum, Pogrebin and Greife explore the development and motivations of death penalty defense lawyers and the life experiences that lead them to this professional calling. How can you Prosecute those People? Paul ButlerButler, a former federal prosecutor discusses the debate about the ethics of defense work with that of prosecutor’s work and examines the problematic aspects of the prosecution role. 3. Calling Your Bluff: How Prosecutors and Defense Attorneys Adapt Plea Bargaining Strategies to Increased Formalization.Deidra BowenIn this article, Rowen focuses on new types of plea-bargaining models as compared to the more traditional models in the past.4. Examining the Death Penalty Insiders Perspective: Capital Bench and Bar Interviews Sherri DioGuardiDioGuardi examines experienced capital judicial participants (defense lawyers, prosecutors and judges) thoughts concerning the existence and use of the death penalty. 5. Maintaining the Myth of Individualized Justice: Probation Presentence Reports John RosecranceIn this article, Rosecrance argues that probation pre-sentence reports emphasize some offender characteristics more than others. He explains how a stereotyping process is used by officers who write these reports and how current offense and prior criminal history determine a pre-scripted sentencing recommendation.B. Outsiders Preparing to Testify: Rape Survivors Negotiating the Criminal Justice Process Amanda Konradi Konradi focuses on how victims of sexual assault prepare themselves for court appearances. She also discusses survivors’ views of the criminal justice process. Expecting an Ally and Getting a Prosecutor Sarah Goodrum Goodrum explores, through an interactionist perspective, the families of homicide victims’ experiences with prosecutors and the criminal court system. Female Recidivists Speak about their Experience in Drug Courts while Engaging in Appreciative Inquiry Michael Fischer, Brenda Geiger, and Mary Ellen Hughes Fischer, Geiger, and Hughes study woman drug-court program participants’ perceptions and evaluations of their current and past experiences while in the program. Jurors’ Views of Civil Lawyers: Implications for Courtroom Communication Valerie P. Hans and Krista Sweigert Hans and Sweigert’s focus on the decision-making process of jurors serving on civil court trials and their opinions of trial lawyers’ courtroom behavior and communication skills. Engaging with Criminal Prosecution: The Victim’s Perspective Melissa E. Dichter, Catherine Cerulli, Catherine L. Kothari, Francis K. Barg, and Karin V. RhodesThese authors examine the barriers women who are victims of intimate partner violence face when participating with the prosecution as the most important witness in the court in their case. III. CORRECTIONSA. Practitioners Accounts of Prison Work Stan Stojkovic In his field study of prison correctional officers and their working environments, Stojkovic explores the accounts provided by officers when discussing their relations with prisoners, administrators and their officer peers. Sense-making in Prison: Inmate Identity as a Working Understanding John Riley Riley’s study observes the ways correctional officers in a maximum security prison formulate, communicate, and justify a shared understanding of the identity of inmates under their supervision. Gender and Occupational Culture Conflict: A Study of Women Jail Officers Eric Poole and Mark R. Pogrebin Poole and Pogrebin offer a female perspective of sheriffs’ deputy corrections work in county jails. They discuss the various work-related issues that woman jailers face in their occupational role in a male dominated organization. Criers, Liars, and Manipulators: Probation Officers’ Views of Girls Emily Gaarder, Nancy Rodriguez & Marjorie S. Zatz In this study, the authors analyze the perceptions on female juveniles held by professionals involved in the juvenile court decision-making process. Construction of Meaning During Training for Probation and Parole John CrankCrank examines the ideological changes in the training environment of probation and parole officers when a more punitive model of treatment for offenders was instituted in a peace officer training program in one state.B. Outsiders Denial of Parole: An Inmate Perspective Mary West-Smith, Mark R. Pogrebin and Eric D. Poole West-Smith, Pogrebin, and Poole examine parole decision-making from the point of view of those inmates who have been denied an early release by the parole board. How Registered Sex Offenders View Registries Richard Tewksbury Tewksbury assess the perceptions of sex offender registrants regarding the value of having these registries as a method of deterring future sex offense and maintaining public safety. Keeping Families Together: The Importance of Maintaining Mother-Child Contact for Incarcerated Women Zoann K. Snyder Snyder’s research examines incarcerated mothers’ attempts at maintaining relationships with their children through a visitation program. Employment Isn’t Enough: Financial Obstacles Experienced by Ex-Prisoners During the Reentry Process Mark R. Pogrebin, Mary West-Smith, Alexandra Walker, and N. Prabha Unnithan Once released to the community ex-prisoners face monetary debts incurred prior to their incarceration together with their mandated fees required by parole, which place them in an untenable financial situation. Navigating the Job Search after Incarceration: The Experiences of Work-Release Participants Andrea CantoraCantora examines women who are residing in a community corrections facility and focused her observation on the difficulties they experience during their job search.

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Book SynopsisThis book provides a comparative analysis of the process of breach across ten different European jurisdictions by identifying and elaborating a number of key analytical themes through which the different systems can be compared and evaluated. It is informed by and hopes to advance the research activities of the COST Action IS1106 on Offender Supervision in Europe, particularly the Action's work on developing new comparative methodologies to examine the process of decision-making involved in the breaching of offenders for non-compliance. This volume consists of country chapters and thematic chapters. Analyses are based on exhaustive reviews of the literature available in each jurisdiction as well as the results of an empirical pilot study to provide a unique and valuable insight into current practice as well as enhancing our understanding of the contingencies and vagaries of the processes of breach as they exist in both civil and common law European jurisdictions. The keyTrade Review"This remarkable volume provides the first sustained attempt to explore decision-making about compliance and enforcement in comparative context. Given the crucial role that these issues play in driving – or restraining – the expansion of penal control, the work could hardly be more timely or more important. By helping us explore how these issues are differently constructed, understood and addressed in a wide range of different jurisdictions, this book provides a valuable resource for scholars and reformers alike."- Fergus McNeill, Professor of Criminology and Social Work, University of Glasgow, UK"The process of breach in community supervision is by far the most important criminological issue that you never read about. Done correctly, the breach process can imbue supervision with legitimacy, done incorrectly it can become a backdoor into mass incarceration. Boone and Maguire’s unique and invaluable collection of studies demonstrates the vast variety in between with a one-of-a-kind survey across Europe. An essential contribution to knowledge in criminology."- Shadd Maruna, Professor of Criminology, University of Manchester, UK, and author of Making Good: How Ex-Convicts Reform and Rebuild Their Lives"Breach proceedings are part of the hidden ‘backdoor’ side of sentencing, too long ignored by academics. This book adds considerably to the literature by acknowledging the difficulties of analysis, the theoretical complexity and the terminological challenges of European comparisons. Qualitative, thematic and collaborative, this book provides an invaluable guide to those who seek to make sense of enforcement decisions, but also to those who come later - future researchers will find this an exciting and reliable foundation on which to build future work."- Professor Nicola Padfield, University of Cambridge, UK"While researchers world-wide have rightly focused attention on the more visible legal and cultural practices driving imprisonment, the increasingly significant role of the enforcement of offender supervision has gone almost unnoticed. In fact, as this volume demonstrates, the study of ‘breach processes’ unearths urgent normative and empirical questions, which will occupy researchers for generations to come. With contributions from some of Europe’s leading scholars, this volume is set to become landmark in the normative and empirical study of practices which have, perhaps for too long, operated under the radar." - Professor Cyrus Tata, FRSA, Strathclyde University, UKTable of ContentsPART A. 1. Introduction: Comparing breach processes: Aims, concepts, methodology and figures, Miranda M. Boone and Niamh Maguire, 2. Fairness issues in the breach process: European perspectives, Christine Morgenstern, Consuelo Murillos and Luisa Ravagnani, 3. Parties, roles and responsibilities, Ester Blay, Miranda M. Boone and Ineke Pruin, 4. Discretion and professionalism in a breach context, Kristel Beyens and Anders Persson, 5. Legitimacy, fairness and justice in breach processes: Comparative perspectives, Anthea Hucklesby, Niamh Maguire, Maria Anagnostaki and Jose Cid, 6. Conclusion: Understanding breach processes: Major themes, insights and questions for the future, Niamh Maguire and Miranda M. Boone, PART B. 7. Breach of work penalties and conditional release in Belgium, Kristel Beyens and Veerle Scheirs, 8. Non-compliance and the breach process in England and Wales, Anthea Hucklesby, 9. Revocation and recall in Germany: Legal structures and first insights into decision-making processes, Ineke Pruin, 10. Breach processes and community punishment in Greece, Maria Anagnostaki, 11. Non-compliance and breach processes in the context of community service orders and early release: The Republic of Ireland, Niamh Maguire, 12. Breach Process in the Context of Alternative Measures in Italy, Luisa Ravagnani, Alessandra Zaniboni, Nicoletta Policek, 13. Breach of community punishment in Lithuania, Alfredas Laurinavičius and Laura Ustinavičiūtė, 14. Revocation and recall in the Netherlands, Miranda M. Boone and Maaike M. Beckmann, 15. Breach procedure, revocation and recall in Spain, Ester Blay, Jose Cid and Consuelo Murillo, 16. Breach Processes in Sweden, Anders Persson

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Book SynopsisA broad and comprehensive guide to the study of criminology and criminal justice at undergraduate level, this book is essential reading for new students. Assuming no prior knowledge, it offers an essential overview to key themes and issues, brings together theory with practice, and provides useful hints and suggestions for developing the skills required to see you on your way throughout your degree. Features of the book include: A detailed discussion of the study of criminology and criminal justice in Higher Education, An overview of theories of crime and deviance, A discussion as to why and how we punish offenders, An exploration of the criminal justice system in England and Wales, A guide to criminological research and the methods and concepts involved, Examples of original sources in criminology, including key websites, Tips and advice on skills Trade Review"Peter Joyce has produced an excellent transition text for those either commencing or intending to study criminology at degree level that maintains academic integrity yet is accessible. Furthermore, Joyce helps to alleviate some of the concerns students may have regarding studying at university by exploring key skills that will be developed during their studies." - Stuart Agnew, Associate Professor in the School of Law and Social Sciences, University of Suffolk "This new edition of Criminology and Criminal Justice: A Study Guide is essential reading for all undergraduate students studying within the social science field. It is to be recommended to all students as the invaluable source which will see them throughout their studies. The text successfully informs students of a theoretical understanding to crime and deviancy while also providing practical guidance to undertaking criminological research. I will be highly recommending this book." - Dr Sarah Dubberley, Senior Lecturer and Programme Leader for Criminology and Criminal Justice, Wrexham Glyndwr University "This is a key resource for undergraduate students who are new to studying criminology. It covers core areas of the curriculum in an accessible and informative way. Students can get to grips with the terminology of the discipline, test their knowledge and skills with practice examples, and learn interesting facts and theories about crime, punishment and research!" - Dr Nicola Roberts, Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Programme Leader BSc (Hons) Criminology, University of Sunderland Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. The causes and prevention of crime and deviancy 2. Why and how offenders are punished 3. The criminal justice process – an overview 4. How to conduct criminological research 5. Criminology sources 6. The presentation of written work 7. Studying criminology in higher education 8. Taking it further exercises Key terms in criminology and criminal justice policy Index

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Book SynopsisThis book makes a unique contribution to the internationalisation of criminological knowledge about gender and desistance through a qualitative cross-national exploration of the female route out of crime in Sweden and England. By situating the female desistance journey in diverse penal cultures, the study addresses two major gaps in the literature: the neglect of critical explorations of gender in desistance-related processes, and the lack of internationally comparative perspectives on the lived experience of desistance.Grounded in a feminist methodology underpinned by a critical humanist perspective this book draws on 24 life-story narrative interviews with female desisters across Sweden and England. The discussion covers departure points, qualitative experiences of criminal justice, as well as barriers and ladders' in the female route out. While some cross-national symmetry is detected, particularly in the areas of victimisation and issues around short custodial sentencesTrade Review"Linnéa Österman's book makes an important contribution to the international literature on desistance. Not only does it focus on women’s experiences of desistance but, more significantly, by comparing the experiences of female desisters in England and Sweden, it highlights the role of broader penal cultures – characterised as ‘Anglophone Excess’ and ‘Nordic Exceptionalism’ – in shaping barriers to desistance and routes out of crime."– Gill McIvor, Professor of Criminology and Co-Director of the SCCJR, University of Stirling, UKTable of Contents1. Introducing penal cultures and female desistance 2. Gender, penality and desistance in cross-national contexts 3. Researching women’s journey towards desistance in diverse cultures and contexts 4. Mapping the female offender’s journey: Points of departure 5. Penological landscapes and female perspectives: ‘Nordic Exceptionalism’ and ‘Anglophone Excess’ 6. The female route out: Barriers, ‘ladders’ and the role of relationality 7. The female route out: Employment, inclusion and participation 8. Concluding thoughts on penal cultures and female desistance Appendix

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Book SynopsisThe criminal justice process is dependent on accurate documentation. Criminal justice professionals can spend 5075 percent of their time writing administrative and research reports. The information provided in these reports is crucial to the functioning of our system of justice. Report Writing for Criminal Justice Professionals, Sixth Edition, provides practical guidancewith specific writing samples and guidelinesfor providing strong reports. Most law enforcement, security, corrections, and probation and parole officers have not had adequate training in how to provide well-written, accurate, brief, and complete reports. Report Writing for Criminal Justice Professionals covers everything officers need to learnfrom basic English grammar to the difficult but often-ignored problem of creating documentation that will hold up in court. This new edition includes updates to reference materials and citations, as well as further supporting examples and new procedures in digital Table of ContentsAcknowledgments. Introduction. SECTION 1: THE NATURE OF REPORT WRITING. 1 . The Why and How of Report Writing 2. Starting to Write 3. The Face Page 4. The Narrative—The Continuation Page and Follow-Up Report 5. Habits that Make for Speedy Writing 6. Other Types of Writing 7. Reading and Correcting Reports SECTION 2: THE MECHANICS OF REPORT WRITING 8. Simplified Study of Grammar 9. Avoiding Errors in Sentence Structure 10. Making Punctuation Work 11. Breaking the Spelling Jinx 12. Using or Abusing Words 13. Abbreviating and Capitalizing SECTION 3: THE MODERNIZATION OF REPORT WRITING 14. Innovations in Criminal Justice Report Writing. Appendix A: Model Reports. Appendix B: Examples of Agency Instructions for Completing Report Forms. Appendix C: Selected Readings. References. Index.

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Book SynopsisOver the past few years, opposition to the privatisation in public services in the United Kingdom and elsewhere has grown, especially in areas related to criminal justice. Privatisation has existed within the British criminal justice system at least since the early 1990s, but the privatisation of the Probation Service in 2014 was a significant landmark in this process and signalled a larger programme of privatisation to come.Criminal Justice and Privatisation works to examine the impact of privatisation on the criminal justice system, and to explore the potential effects of privatising other areas including the police and the security industry. By including chapters from practitioners and academics alike, the book offers an expansive overview of the criminal justice system, as well as observations of the effect of privatisation at ground level. By also exploring the way the private companies are paid, how they operate and what private companies do, this book offTable of Contents1.Privatisation in Criminal Justice. An Overview 2.Probation for Profit: Neoliberalism Magical Thinking and Evidence Refusal 3.Electronic Monitoring, Neoliberalism and the Shaping of Community Sanctions 4.Who Needs Experts? The Commercialisation of the Probation Ideal 5.The Gift Relationship: What We Lose When Rehabilitation is Privatised 6.Through the Gate 7.The Role of Payment by Results in Privatising the Probation Service 8.Privatisation of Policing; Objective Reform, Ideological Revolution or Subjective Revenge and Retribution? 9.Private Security and the Privatisation of Criminal Justice 10.Privatisation Marketisation and the Penal Voluntary Sector 11.Contracts, compliance care and control. The experience of privatisation in one probation trust.Contracts compliance care and control: the experience of privatisation in one probation trust.Contracts, Compliance Care and Control: The Experience of Privatisation in One Probation Trust. 12.Does it Work? Does it Pay? 13.Legitimacy in Probation and the Impact of Transforming Rehabilitation 14.What Does Privatisation Mean for Probation Supervision? 15.Privatisation of Criminal Justice in Eastern Europe 16.Privatisation of Criminal Justice in Australia. 17.Correctional Privatisation in the United States.

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Book SynopsisIntroducing the fundamentals of ethical theory, Ethics in Criminal Justice: In Search of the Truth, Seventh Edition, exposes the reader to the ways and means of making moral judgments by exploring the teachings of the great philosophers, sources of criminal justice ethics, and ethical issues in the criminal justice system. It is presented from two perspectives: a thematic perspective that addresses ethical principles common to all components of the discipline, and an area-specific perspective that addresses the state of ethics in criminal justice in the fields of policing, corrections, and probation and parole. The seventh edition features discussion of current critical issues in criminal justice: accusations of racism, police shootings, stop and frisk policy, marijuana laws, mass incarceration, life sentences, prison privatization, the swift and certain deterrence model of probation, excessive probation fees, and the Good Lives Model in corrections. The seventh editTrade ReviewDr. Souryal…strikes a good balance between presenting the groundwork of general ethics and leading students to an understanding of how to discern, think about, and apply principles of practical rationality in criminal justice professions.Scott A. Hunt, Professor, School of Justice Studies, College of Justice & Safety, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KYThis text works really well to expand the discussion of ethics in the criminal justice field and how we can bring ethical behavior into a profession that needs that supportive base in order to be effective in the current societal climate.Roger Bonner, Criminology Program Director, University of Saint Mary , Leavenworth, KSTable of Contents1. Acquainting Yourself with Ethics: A Tour of the Ethics Hall of Fame; 2. Familiarizing Yourself with Ethics: Nature, Definitions, and Categories; 3. Understanding Criminal Justice Ethics: Sources and Sanctions; 4. Meeting the Masters: Ethical Theories, Concepts, and Issues; 5. The Ambivalent Reality: Major Unethical Themes in Criminal Justice Management; 6. Lying and Deception in Criminal Justice; 7. Racial Prejudice and Racial Discrimination; 8. Egoism and the Abuse of Authority; 9. Misguided Loyalties: To Whom, to What, at What Price?; 10. Ethics of Criminal Justice Today: What Is Being Done and What Can Be Done?; 11. Ethics and Police; 12. Ethics and Corrections (Prisons); 13. Ethics of the Courts, Probation, and Parole; 14. The Truth Revealed: Enlightenment and Practical Civility Minimize Criminality

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Book SynopsisIntroducing the fundamentals of ethical theory, Ethics in Criminal Justice: In Search of the Truth, Seventh Edition, exposes the reader to the ways and means of making moral judgments by exploring the teachings of the great philosophers, sources of criminal justice ethics, and ethical issues in the criminal justice system. It is presented from two perspectives: a thematic perspective that addresses ethical principles common to all components of the discipline, and an area-specific perspective that addresses the state of ethics in criminal justice in the fields of policing, corrections, and probation and parole. The seventh edition features discussion of current critical issues in criminal justice: accusations of racism, police shootings, stop and frisk policy, marijuana laws, mass incarceration, life sentences, prison privatization, the swift and certain deterrence model of probation, excessive probation fees, and the Good Lives Model in corrections. The seventh editTrade ReviewDr. Souryal…strikes a good balance between presenting the groundwork of general ethics and leading students to an understanding of how to discern, think about, and apply principles of practical rationality in criminal justice professions.Scott A. Hunt, Professor, School of Justice Studies, College of Justice & Safety, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KYThis text works really well to expand the discussion of ethics in the criminal justice field and how we can bring ethical behavior into a profession that needs that supportive base in order to be effective in the current societal climate.Roger Bonner, Criminology Program Director, University of Saint Mary , Leavenworth, KSTable of Contents1. Acquainting Yourself with Ethics: A Tour of the Ethics Hall of Fame; 2. Familiarizing Yourself with Ethics: Nature, Definitions, and Categories; 3. Understanding Criminal Justice Ethics: Sources and Sanctions; 4. Meeting the Masters: Ethical Theories, Concepts, and Issues; 5. The Ambivalent Reality: Major Unethical Themes in Criminal Justice Management; 6. Lying and Deception in Criminal Justice; 7. Racial Prejudice and Racial Discrimination; 8. Egoism and the Abuse of Authority; 9. Misguided Loyalties: To Whom, to What, at What Price?; 10. Ethics of Criminal Justice Today: What Is Being Done and What Can Be Done?; 11. Ethics and Police; 12. Ethics and Corrections (Prisons); 13. Ethics of the Courts, Probation, and Parole; 14. The Truth Revealed: Enlightenment and Practical Civility Minimize Criminality

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Book SynopsisIntroduction to Criminal Justice, Ninth Edition, offers a student-friendly description of the criminal justice processâoutlining the decisions, practices, people, and issues involved. It provides a solid introduction to the mechanisms of the criminal justice system, with balanced coverage of the issues presented by each facet of the process, including a thorough review of practices and controversies in law enforcement, the criminal courts, and corrections.In this revision, Edwards gives fresh sources of data, with over 600 citations of new research results. New sections include immigration policy, disparities in the justice system, Compstat and problem-oriented policing, victim services in the courts, and developments in drug policy. This edition also has expanded coverage of police use of force. Each chapter now includes a text box on a policy dilemma like cash bail or stop-and-frisk policies.Appropriate for all U.S. Criminal Justice programs, this text offers great value for students and instructors.Trade ReviewIntroduction to Criminal Justice can be used at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. The reason I first adopted the book was that it was not "encyclopedic" but covered major issues and the cost was reasonable. Gennaro Vito, University of LouisvilleThe text provides a sound overall introduction and discussion of the multiple topics that must be covered in the course in a relatively short period of time. It presents a variety of sub-topics, usually in a logical learning sequence for students. Craig Wiggin, University of Southern New HampshireIn the Ninth Edition of Introduction to Criminal Justice, Brad Edwards continues to build on the student accessible tradition of this excellent textbook. Comprehensive, balanced, and affordable, Introduction to Criminal Justice explores not only the process and systemic features of criminal justice, it also engages students in such contemporary justice issues as immigration policy and police use of force. The inclusion of a "policy dilemma" feature for each chapter will encourage students to better understand how policy is often the bridge between theory and practice.Michael Braswell, PhD, Professor EmeritusTable of ContentsPreface 1. Criminal Justice Perspectives2. The Justice Process 3. Crime and Control 4. Counting Crimes and Criminals 5. Police and Policing 6. Law Enforcement in the Criminal Justice System 7. The Criminal Courts 8. People and Problems in the Courts 9. Sentencing: The Goalsand Process of Punishment 10. Incarceration 11. Problems and Issues in Incarceration 12. Probation, Parole, and Community Corrections 13. Issues in Community Supervision 14. The Juvenile Justice System 15. Discharge and Developments GlossaryIndex

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Book SynopsisGun rights and control are well-trodden subjects, with prior work supporting the right of citizens to own firearms, discussing the failure of gun control efforts, or warning about or exhorting citizen gun ownership, among other things. Although social media in their many forms have only come to dominate modern U.S. life during the past decade, there has been little academic exploration of gun owner communities on the Internet and social media. How do gun owners use social media? How do they meet other gun owners online? What do they talk about as relates to guns? With a massive and well-organized collection of support material, Guns on the Internet faces these questions with an unbiased approach that seeks a foundation for mutual understanding. Also available as an audiobook. Trade Review"This book makes a strikingly original contribution to the growing, inter-disciplinary, field of firearm/gun studies, providing fascinating insights into the ‘pro-gun’ and ‘anti-gun’ mindsets whilst also showing how theses might be systematically researched on websites and social media. The book also takes up the vital question of public safety and 1st Amendment freedoms as they relate to online ‘gun talk’." – Peter Squires, University of Brighton, UK"Given the ubiquity of social media and the roles it plays in fostering community and spreading ideas, it’s surprising that there is no detailed study of gun culture online. Guns on the Internet takes important steps to fill that gap. Particularly timely, as YouTube moves to censor gun videos, is its even-handed consideration of free speech." – A.J. Somerset, author, Arms: The Culture and Credo of the Gun (2015, Biblioasis, Windsor, Ontario)"Hassett-Walker’s Guns on the Internet presents a valuable description and analysis of gun subculture online; moreover, the book draws our attention to the importance of human connection and communication. Although the issue of guns in the United States is broad, the Internet and its evolution are essential considerations in any social, political, and legal discourse on guns." – Danika DeCarlo-Slobodnik, University of Ottawa, Book Review for The Canadian Criminal Justice Association (https://www.ccja-acjp.ca)Table of Contents1. Introduction Part I. The Tour: Guns, the Internet and Social Media 2. How Gun Owners Use Social Media and the Internet 3. Gun Owner Communities on the Internet 4. Politicians and Lobbyists Online Talking Guns 5. Women in Online Gun Subculture Part II. First Amendment Protections for Gun-Related Online Content: Balancing the Right to Free Speech with the Need for Public Safety 6. The First Amendment and the Internet 7. Should YouTube Gun-Related Videos be Protected under the First Amendment’s Free Speech Provisions? 8. Purchasing and Talking Firearms Online Part III. Finding Common Ground? 9. Finding Common Ground?

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Book SynopsisCriminology has focused mainly on problems of crime and violence in the large population centres of the Global North to the exclusion of the global countryside, peripheries and antipodes. Southern criminology is an innovative new approach that seeks to correct this bias.This book turns the origin stories of criminology, which simply assumed a global universality, on their head. It draws on a range of case studies to illustrate this point: tracing criminology's long fascination with dangerous masculinities back to Lombroso's theory of atavism, itself based on an orientalist interpretation of men of colour from the Global South; uncovering criminology's colonial legacy, perhaps best exemplified by the over-representation of Indigenous peoples in settler societies drawn into the criminal justice system; analysing the ways in which the sociology of punishment literature has also been based on Northern theories, which assume that forms of penalty roll out from the Global North to Trade Review"A thought provoking book! Written by the leaders of Southern Criminology, it is a most important contribution that addresses the issue of North-South imbalance in the production of criminological knowledge. The book powerfully challenges the assumed universality of dominant criminology theories and explains how contemporary criminology knowledge has been highly limited by Western experiences."- Professor Jianhong Liu, Department of Sociology, University of Macau"Southern Criminology takes the reader on a journey of critical imagination to offer a future landscape for the discipline of criminology. This journey is challenging and profound. The authors chart a route from the discipline's past to the promise of a dawn for its future that anyone willing to travel with them will find intellectually valuable and hugely rewarding. Take a risk. Take this journey. You will not be disappointed."- Professor Sandra Walklate, Eleanor Rathbone Chair of Sociology, University of Liverpool and Editor in Chief of the British Journal of Criminology"For most of its existence, criminology has been moulded by the intellectual perspectives and ideological reflexes of the global North—a region that contains only a fraction of the world’s population and only a fraction of its experience of violence and social harm. Southern Criminology promises to be a foundational document in a growing movement to bring the rest of the world into the centre of criminological dialogue and action."- Professor Elliott Currie, Department of Criminology, Law and Society, University of California Irvine"This book is an inspiring project of retrieval of wisdom bubbling up from marginality and domination in global structures of social relations. The ideas retrieved bridge global divides rather than essentialize ‘North’ or ‘South’. Dialogue across diverse divides helps build new intercultural and interscalar understandings in a pathbreaking volume."- Professor John Braithwaite, RegNet, ANU"This book presents a convincing argument about the need to develop a Southern Criminology to overcome the monopolization of criminology by the Northern part of the world. It leaves us well informed on important issues, especially on the richness and pertinence of incorporating Southern perspectives into the Global understanding of crime and violence. Far from trying to discredit the knowledge produced by Northern Criminology, this book proves a simple fact: that we can learn from each other, and that knowledge can travel from Global South to North, South to South, East to West and vice versa."- Professor Elena Azaola, Mexican Criminologist, del Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social, CIESASTable of Contents1. Southern criminology and cognitive justice, 2. Violence, gender, and the Global South, 3. Rethinking race and crime from the Global South, 4. Southern penalities, 5. Environmental injustice and the Global South, 6. Southernising criminology: a journey

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Book SynopsisWhat is intelligence-led policing? Who came up with the idea? Where did it come from? How does it relate to other policing paradigms? What distinguishes an intelligence-led approach to crime reduction? How is it designed to have an impact on crime? Does it prevent crime? These are just a few of the questions that this book seeks to answer.This revised and updated second edition includes new case studies and viewpoints, a revised crime funnel based on new data, and a new chapter examining the expanding role of technology and big data in intelligence-led policing. Most importantly, the author builds upon an updated definition of intelligence-led policing as it has evolved into a framework capable of encompassing more operational police activity than simply organized crime and recidivist offenders.Topics covered in this book include:â The origins and aims of intelligence-led policingâ A comparison of intelligence-led policing with other conceptual models of Trade Review"Jerry Ratcliffe has updated and reinvigorated his comprehensive analysis of ’intelligence-led policing’ – a primary innovation in contemporary policing. Ratcliffe is a thoroughly accessible writer and this new edition will be core reading for policing scholars, students and practitioners around the world."Professor Karen Bullock, University of Surrey, UK"Jerry Ratcliffe has captured the cutting edge evolution of Intelligence-Led Policing demonstrating its analytic and quantitative applications to an operational environment. The book is a comprehensive resource on ILP for decision-makers and researchers alike."Professor David L. Carter, Michigan State University, USA"This updated edition of ILP builds on Jerry Ratcliffe’s original work – which has informed a generation of police leaders, operational practitioners and students. This latest version revisits what ILP ‘is’, and includes a range of new material, including important observations around technology, smarter policing and future opportunities. This outstanding book sets the benchmark for all those with an interest in understanding how ILP really works."R. Mark Evans OBE, Deputy Chief Executive: Strategy, New Zealand Police and Visiting Professor, University College London, UK"This new edition of Intelligence-Led Policing is a welcome update that is not only academically thorough and well researched, but is also written for the practitioner. It is full of practical insights for modern policing practice and should be essential reading for today’s thinking police officer."Renée J. Mitchell J.D., Sergeant, Sacramento Police Department, USA"Ratcliffe’s book is a must read for police and policing scholars around the world. This new, second edition carefully unpacks the key principles of intelligence-led policing, considers the digital explosion and rapid changes in high speed data mining techniques, and makes the case why police across the globe need to adopt intelligence-led policing as an organizational process approach to crime reduction, disruption and prevention. Bringing together the rigor of science and policing craft insights, Ratcliffe’s book Intelligence-Led Policing offers a genuine pathway for effectively managing risky people and places and dealing with both routine and complex, transnational crime problems in a rapidly changing world."Lorraine Mazerolle, Professor of Criminology, University of Queensland, Australia"This important and clearly written book will be essential reading for police officers and police researchers across the globe. Professor Ratcliffe writes with the benefit of experience as a police officer, close familiarity with intelligence-led policing in many different jurisdictions, and a comprehensive knowledge of the relevant literature."Professor Nick Tilley, Jill Dando Institute of Crime Science, UCL, UKTable of Contents1. Introduction2. Origins of intelligence-led policing3. The magnitude of the crime challenge4. Defining intelligence-led policing 5. Police decision-making 6. Interpreting the criminal environment7. Influencing decision-makers8. Having an impact on crime9. Technology and ILP10. Evaluating intelligence-led policing 11. Challenges for the future

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Book SynopsisThis second edition of the Handbook of Victims and Victimology presents a comprehensively revised and updated set of essays, bringing together internationally recognised scholars and practitioners to offer substantial research informed overviews within their specialist fields of investigation. This handbook is divided into five parts, with each part addressing a different theme within victimology: Part I offers a scene-setting exploration of new developments in the field, enduring issues that remain relatively unchanged and the gaps and traps within the contemporary victimological agenda Part II examines of the complex dimensions to victim experiences as structured by gender, age, ethnicity, sexuality and intersectionality Part III reflects on the problems and possibilities of formulating policy responses in the light of the changing appreciation of the nature and extent of victimhood Part IV focused on the vTrade Review"This anthology is essential reading for anyone seeking a contemporary critical understanding of victimology. Edited by one of the world's leading experts in the field, the Handbook covers a broad range of important topics and it is directly relevant to policy and practice." - Walter S. DeKeseredy, Anna Deane Carlson Endowed Chair of Social Sciences, Director of the Research Center on Violence, and Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, West Virginia University, USA "This broad-ranging volume is a significant contribution to victimological scholarship, building on the success of the first edition to extend its reach and scope and raising fundamental questions about how we view and treat victims of crime, and other social harms as an international community. It is a must read for scholars, students and policy makers interested in all aspects of society’s response to harm and risk." - Matthew Hall, Professor of Law & Criminal Justice, Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, Lincoln Law School, University of Lincoln, UK "The Handbook of Victims and Victimology is a collection of essays that offer comprehensive, comparative and critical analyses of complex dimensions of victim experiences as structured by gender, age, ethnicity, sexuality and intersectionality. Looking back into history, together with reflecting on contemporary victimisation and victim policy developments, the new edition offers a fresh and inspiring look at both old and new victimological issues and challenges. Moreover, it offers a valuable and much needed vision of the future of victimological theory and practice, which is well-structured and shaped in the form of an agenda for a (critical) victimology." - Vesna Nikolić-Ristanović, Director of the Victimology Society of Serbia and Professor at the Faculty for Special Education and Rehabilitation, University of Belgrade, Serbia "A few decades ago Victimology was described unflatteringly as a ‘hotchpotch’ of ideas, concepts and theories. Contrary, this second edition of the widely respected Handbook confirms that Victimology is now a unifying social science. Sandra Walklate and an array of authors stimulate thinking about victims of conventional and non-conventional crime, criminal victimisation, consequences of victimisation and responses (individual and collective) to crime and victimisation. The thorough and comprehensive analysis features debate on the role of the victim in modern criminal justice and on emerging issues and policy on victims’ rights and victim assistance. It focuses on the plight of vulnerable and disenfranchised victims of domestic and transnational crimes. Further, it draws attention to current developments in law, policy and procedure. The Handbook is ideal to challenge undergraduate and post-graduate students with fresh research and new concepts. It is also an excellent resource for researchers, lecturers, criminal justice practitioners, victims’ rights advocates and victim assistance workers, as well as informative for law and policy makers. In fact, it is an engaging read for anyone with an interest in criminal victimisation." - Michael O’Connell APM, Commissioner for Victims’ Rights, South Australia "Researchers, policy-makers, social service practitioners, instructors, and engaged students surely will find specific chapters in this handbook to be valuable resources for reference purposes. The numerous contributors share their insights about the suffering as well as the steps toward recovery of a wide variety of crime victims in a great many different societies. Taken collectively, the broad scope of these readings provides useful coverage of emerging concerns, enduring issues, theoretical matters, opposing views, policy alternatives, and proposed solutions to practical problems." - Andrew Karmen, Professor of Sociology, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY, USA Table of ContentsIntroduction and Overview (Sandra Walklate) Part I: Perspectives on Victims and Victimisation Introduction to Part I (Sandra Walklate) 1. A Question of History (Barry Godfrey) 2. Theoretical Perspectives on Victimisation (Paul Rock) 3. The social epidemiology of crime victimization: The paradox of prevention (Tim Hope) 4. The Impact of Crime: Victimisation, Harm and Resilience (Simon Green and Anthony Pemberton) Part II: Victims, Victimology and ‘Difference’ Introduction to Part II (Sandra Walklate) 5. Feminist Voices, Gender and Victimisation (Pamela Davies) 6. Child Victims of Human Rights Violation (Elizabeth Stanley) 7. Victims of Hate Crime (Neil Chakraborti) 8. Sexuality and victimisation (Leslie J Moran) 9. Intersectionality and Victimisation (Patrina Duhaney) Part III: Policy Directions and Service Delivery Introduction to Part III (Sandra Walklate) 10. Interventions and services for victims of crime (Joanna Shapland) 11. The victim in court (Samantha Fairclough and Imogen Jones) 12. Restorative Justice and Victims of Crime: Directions and developments (Meredith Rossner) 13. Theorising victimisation through the individual and collective reparations programs for Indian Residential School abuse (Konstantin Petroukhov) Part IV: Comparative Perspectives Introduction to Part IV (Sandra Walklate) 14. A glass half full, or half empty? On the implementation of the EU’s Victims Directive regarding police reception and specialized support (Jan Van Dijk and Marc Groenhuijsen) 15. Victims support in policy and legal process in Australia: Still an ambivalent and contested space (Tracey Booth and Kerry Carrington) 16. Looking into Asia: Managing crime through victim policy? (Susyan Jou and Bill Hebenton) Part V: Other Visions of Victims and Victimology Introduction to Part V (Sandra Walklate) 17. Crime as a Social Relation of Power: Reframing the ‘Ideal Victim’ of Corporate Crimes (David Whyte) 18. We Are All Complicit: Victimization and Crimes of the Powerful (Dawn L. Rothe and David Kauzlarich) 19. Cultural Victimology Revisited: Synergies of Risk, Fear and Resilience (Gabe Mythen and Will McGowan) Conclusion: Developing an agenda for a (critical) victimology (Sandra Walklate)

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Book SynopsisRace, Ethnicity, Crime, and Justice: An International Dilemma, Second Edition, takes a unique comparative approach to the exploration of race- and ethnicity-related justice issues in five countries around the world.Using the colonial model as a theoretical lens, Owusu-Bempah and Gabbidon analyse data from Great Britain, the United States, Canada, Australia, and South Africa. These international case studies help students contextualize race and justice issues within and across nations. Concise historical framing illuminates today's racial dynamics in these diverse justice systems, and accessible theory grounds the comparison of crime and justice data from the early 21st century with current statistics. A new concluding chapter revisits the question of where these nations fit in the global context of state and non-state actors and of ethnic and racial justice issues.This new edition is suitable for use as a core or supplemental text for advanceTable of Contents Preface Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Great Britain Chapter 3: United States Chapter 4: Canada Chapter 5: Australia Chapter 6: South Africa Chapter 7: Conclusion Index

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Book SynopsisCrime, Justice and Society in Scotland is an edited collection of chapters from leading experts that builds and expands upon the success of the 2010 publication Criminal Justice in Scotland to offer a comprehensive and critical overview of Scottish criminal justice and its relation to wider social inequalities and social justice. This new volume considers criminal justice in the context of the Scottish politics and the recent referendum on independence and it includes a discussion of the complex relationships between criminal justice and devolution, nationalism and nation building. There are new chapters on research and policy, sectarianism, gangs, victims and justice, organised crime and crimes of the powerful in Scotland, as well as chapters reflecting on the use of electronic monitoring, desistance and practice, and major changes in the structure of Scottish policing. Comprehensive and topical, this book is essential reading for academics and studentTrade Review‘The different parts of the United Kingdom have increasingly divergent criminal justice systems. Consequently, this first full-scale treatment of crime and justice in contemporary Scotland comes at a hugely important time. This volume is ambitious in intent, broad in scope, and critical in approach. It should be welcomed with open arms and will undoubtedly be required reading for anyone interested not just in Scotland, but in the complex territory of crime and justice in Europe.’ - Tim Newburn, Professor of Criminology and Social Policy, London School of Economics, UK‘This edited collection is both an accessible and comprehensive overview of current debates and issues in crime and justice in Scottish society, as well as an intellectually challenging polemic on the present and future prospects for social justice in this society. It will be a "must go-to" book for students in criminology and the social sciences more generally.’ - Gordon Hughes, Chair in Criminology, School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University, UK‘Crime, Justice and Society in Scotland provides the reader with an illuminating and timely contribution to our understanding of criminal justice politics and policymaking in contemporary Scottish society. This perceptive collection of essays not only challenges notions about the "distinctiveness" of Scottish criminal justice in the post-devolution era, but also reflects significantly on wider structural issues concerning social inequality, power and social justice.’ - Jacqueline Tombs, Professor of Criminology and Social Justice and Director of the Institute for Society and Social Justice Research, Glasgow Caledonian University, UKTable of ContentsPart 1: Thinking about and researching crime and criminal justice in Scotland: introduction and social context 1. Introduction, Hazel Croall, Gerry Mooney and Mary Munro 2. Scotland’s political and policy landscape: devolution, social and criminal justice, Gill Scott and Gerry Mooney 3. Research, knowledge and criminal justice policy: the Scottish experience, Katrina Morrison and Richard Sparks 4. Crime and Inequalities in Scotland, Hazel Croall and Gerry Mooney Part 2: Issues in Crime and Justice 5. Youth Gangs in Scotland, Ross Deuchar 6. Interpersonal violence in Scotland: an agenda for prevention, Damien J. Williams and John Carnochan 7. Sectarianism, Criminalisation and the civilising process in Scotland, Alex Law 8. Organised Crime in Scotland and the Criminal Justice Response, Ben Cavanagh, Niall Hamilton-Smith and Simon Mackenzie 9. Crimes of the Powerful in Scotland, Hazel Croall Part 3: Aspects of Criminal Justice process and practice 10. Victims’ policy in Scotland, Mary Munro 11. Policing Scotland post reform: towards a shifting ‘culture of control’ and a new politics of policing?, Nicholas R. Fyfe 12. The Strategic Failure of Electronic Monitoring (EM) in Scotland, Mike Nellis 13. Desistance and Criminal Justice in Scotland, Fergus McNeill Part 4: Looking ahead 14. Crime, justice and society in Scotland: reflections and future prospects, Mary Munro, Gerry Mooney and Hazel Croall.

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Book SynopsisModern law seems to be designed to keep emotions at bay. The Sentimental Court argues the exact opposite: that the law is not designed to cast out affective dynamics, but to create them. Drawing on extensive ethnographic fieldwork - both during the trial of former Lord''s Resistance Army commander Dominic Ongwen at the International Criminal Court''s headquarters in The Netherlands and in rural northern Uganda at the scenes of violence - this book is an in-depth investigation of the affective life of legalized transitional justice interventions in Africa. Jonas Bens argues that the law purposefully creates, mobilizes, shapes, and transforms atmospheres and sentiments, and further discusses how we should think about the future of law and justice in our colonial present by focusing on the politics of atmosphere and sentiment in which they are entangled.Trade Review'This book constitutes a major work in the study of legal anthropology and, at the same time, a key contribution to current debates in the interrelated fields of affective politics and the anthropological study of emotions … Bens offers an original and innovative approach that reverses common assumptions, and it reforms and transforms our possibilities of thinking about law and legal processes differently, in a promising and productive manner – as emotionally charged, affectively framed, and contested. This is a thoroughly worked, wide-ranging, and impressive piece of scholarship that weaves together ethnography, legal theory, and a condensed re-reading of the history of legal anthropology, while navigating with deep knowledge and brilliant lucidity the current and recent debates in related fields.' Kai Kresse, S-Professor and Vice Director of the Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient (ZMO), Freie Universität Berlin'In The Sentimental Court, Jonas Bens shines an entirely new light on the ICC and its trials. He shows how aspects of trials that have felt awkward or out of place, strategies of transitional justice at odds with the law's supposed dispassion, and even our feelings as researchers, witnesses, or spectators – all of these are, in fact, fundamental to the workings of international criminal justice. A revelatory book.' Adam Branch, Professor in International Politics and the Director of the Centre of African Studies, University of Cambridge'The Sentimental Court is a thoughtful deliberation on the emotional dimensions of international criminal justice, with special emphasis on Northern Uganda and the trial of Dominic Ongwen. Affect, while officially abjured in the adjudication of international crimes, is at the heart of the legal endeavor. By paying close attention to sentiment, Jonas Bens provides crucial insights into why transitional justice succeeds or fails.' Richard Ashby Wilson, Associate Dean of Research, University of Connecticut School of Law'In The Sentimental Court, Jonas Bens offers a brilliantly eloquent detailing of the affective life of international criminal justice through this innovative ethnography about the Court and its connections to other sites of justice making. From a person entering the ICC and clearing the security check, to the examination of the constructed narratives of the prosecutor, the victim's representative, and the feelings that such encounters conjure, he offers a deterritorialized mapping of the International Criminal Court's Dominic Ongwen case to show the way that justice atmospheres are sentimentalized in mass-atrocity violence contexts. Not only is the ethnography a wonderful must-read, but it offers precious insights into the wildly complex and unfinished results of the postcolonial condition. With passionate insights about the complexities of justice, Bens clarifies the affective spaces and the fierce stronghold of transnational globalized legal processes in the contemporary period.' Kamari Maxine Clarke, Distinguished Professor of Transnational Justice and Sociolegal Studies at the University of TorontoTable of ContentsIntroduction: Affect, emotion and the law; Part I. Atmospheres: 1. Courtroom atmospheres: The courtroom of the ICC as an affective arrangement; 2. Transitional justice atmospheres: The ICC's outreach work in northern Uganda; Part II. Sentiments: 3. The sentiment of plausibility: Affective framing and the production of legal truth; 4. The sentiment of objectivity: Arranging objects and subjects in the ICC courtroom; 5. The sentiment of justice: Navigating normative pluralism in northern Uganda; Part III. Politics: 6. The politics of atmosphere and sentiment: International criminal justice in Africa and competing indignation regimes; 7. We have never been rational: The emotions of liberal legalism and the affective politics of modernity; Epilogue: Affect and colonialism; Bibliography; Index.

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Book SynopsisDiscover the challenge of pursuing justice in our society and learn about the role we as individuals play in the criminal justice system. This classic best seller examines criminal justice across several disciplines, presenting elements from criminology, sociology, law, history, psychology, and political science. Broad coverage of the facts, an interesting writing style, and compelling examples of current events make THE AMERICAN SYSTEM OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE, now in its 16th Edition, one of the best and most popular texts on the criminal justice system available.Table of ContentsPart I: CRIME AND THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. 1. Crime and Justice in America. 2. Victimization and Criminal Behavior. 3. The Criminal Justice System. 4. Criminal Justice and the Rule of Law. Part II: POLICE. 5. Police. 6. Police Officers and Law Enforcement Operations. 7. Policing: Contemporary Issues and Challenges. 8. Police and Constitutional Law. Part III: COURTS. 9. Courts and Pretrial Processes. 10. Prosecution and Defense. 11. Determination of Guilt: Plea Bargaining and Trials. 12. Punishment and Sentencing. Part IV: CORRECTIONS. 13. Corrections. 14. Community Corrections: Probation and Intermediate Sanctions. 15. Incarceration and Prison Society. 16. Reentry Into the Community. Part V: THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM. 17. Juvenile Justice.

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Book SynopsisTHE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERSHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA NON-FICTION DAGGER''Thomas Grant has brought together Hutchinson''s greatest legal hits, producing a fascinating episodic cultural history of post-war Britain that chronicles the end of deference and secrecy, and the advent of a more permissive society . . . Grant brings out the essence of each case, and Hutchinson''s role, with clarity and wit'' Ben Macintyre, The Times''An excellent book . . . Grant recounts these trials in limpid prose which clarifies obscurities. A delicious flavouring of cool irony, which is so much more effective than hot indignation, covers his treatment of the small mindedness and cheapness behind some prosecutions'' Richard Davenport-Hines, GuardianBorn in 1915 into the fringes of the Bloomsbury Group, Jeremy Hutchinson went on to become the greatest criminal barrister of the 1960s, ''70s and ''80s. The cases of that periTrade ReviewThroughout a long career, [Jeremy Hutchinson's] brilliant and stylish advocacy achieved success in cases that looked unwinnable -- Helena KennedyJeremy was not just a good lawyer; he was fearless in standing up to judges. He was a most formidable advocate of the 1960s and '70s and he had a marvellous sense of mischief -- Geoffrey RobertsonHutchinson provides the memories and Grant puts pen to paper. The result is a multifaceted object: a celebration of a brilliant career, an explanation of the legal process and a social and cultural history of the second half of the 20th century . . . Jeremy Hutchinson's Case Histories is, above all, a romance * Daily Telegraph *A fine reminder of the great democratic values enshrined in our legal system . . . Grant has cleverly produced what amounts to a cultural history of Britain in the rapidly changing post-war years . . . a greatly entertaining read which celebrates a barrister who stood up and argued with clarity and passion for various freedoms that we now take for granted * Daily Express *A fascinating look at Britain's post-war social, political and cultural history * Bookseller *[Jeremy Hutchinson] is my hero because of what he stands for today, as he continues to speak out against what he fears to be the loss of independent representation of those not merely down on their luck but down in the gutter. He is the living symbol of all that independent criminal advocacy means for justice and the rule of law * Guardian *Jeremy Hutchinson's Case Histories . . . makes a compelling read, and is a real contribution to the history of twentieth-century English mentalities. It is also a first-rate lesson in simple humanity . . . The pungency, intelligence and humour of [Thomas] Grant and his subject make this the most enlivening of case-books . . . [Jeremy Hutchinson] is abundant in the qualities of empathy, consideration and humour. He manages to be both charming and shatteringly truthful * Guardian *A fascinating episodic cultural history of postwar Britiain, that chronicles the end of the age of deference and secrecy, and the advent of a more permissive society . . . an impassioned defence of the criminal Bar itself . . . Grant brings out the essence of each case, and Hutchinson's role, with clarity and wit . . . a reminder of how many of the defining stories of modern times have been fought out through our courts, and changed by them * The Times *Given my automatic animus, you can imagine how confusing it was to be charmed into surrender by Thomas Grant's traversal of Hutchinson's long career as a QC * Observer *Jeremy Hutchinson's Case Histories reminds us of the celebrated, and infamous, cases in which Hutchinson appeared, the skills he deployed, and the importance of the criminal defence advocate to the rule of law. Reheated recollections of old cases rarely make for a tasty dish. But the ingredients of Hutchinson's casebook are exceptionally delicious, and Grant's recipe and presentation are irresistible . . . One of the merits of this entertaining collection of Jeremy Hutchinson's greatest hits is that the authentic sound of the great advocate can be heard again, loud and clear . . . Thomas Grant ensures that we understand Lord Hutchinson's achievements and the importance of the principles of criminal defence advocacy to a free society -- David Pannick QC * The Times *Author and QC Thomas Grant does a fine job . . . Hutchinson's priceless advocacy is every bit as powerful on the page and Grant brilliantly recaptures the tensions and drama of some of the most seminal Old Bailey criminal trials of the Sixties, Seventies and Eighties . . . It is hard to imagine a more interesting time for a criminal advocate to be working and this wonderful book is a celebration not just of the man but of the profession itself * Evening Standard *All these cases make thoroughly good reading, while vividly illuminating the morals and mores of that now distant period just a generation ago. But the sting in the tail of the book comes in the postscript by the centenarian Hutchinson himself . . . a powerful indictment of the wanton destruction by ignorant politicians of the whole edifice of British justice as he knew it * Financial Times *An attractive picture of a life honourably and enjoyably lived. Naturally, it supports the argument that we are a more civilised society today because of the battles which people like Hutchinson fought and won . . . So a happy century to Jeremy Hutchinson, who represented decency even when he defended indecency -- Charles Moore * Sunday Telegraph *His life reads like a history of the 20th century . . . A resounding postscript written by Jeremy Hutchinson himself shows that at the age of 100, he has lost none of his extraordinary power and authority * Daily Mail *Fascinating * Daily Mail *One of the most enjoyable books this summer is Jeremy Hutchinson's Case Histories, a biography by Thomas Grant of an extraordinary man * The Times *So began a career that would see Hutchinson, son of a renowned barrister, member of the artistic Bloomsbury set, prosecute and defend in some of the biggest criminal cases of the era, reshaping censorship and secrecy along the way, his life an extraordinary window into the 20th century * Brighton Argus *An excellent book charting some of Jeremy's more remarkable trials and his very eclectic clients, many of whom he cared for deeply * Daily Mail *Biographies of lawyers are very rare, but Hutchinson's career was so unusually varied that it makes a splendid subject for a book . . . [Grant's] book is clearly and elegantly written, turning Hutchinson's life into a satisfying moral history of 20th-century Britain * Literary Review *Jeremy Hutchinson's Case Histories encapsulates the fascinating untold stories behind the cases defining issues of homosexuality, espionage, class and deference that dominated post-war Britain and Hutchinson's own passion for penal reform * Telegraph *You could tell a brief social history of Britain through the career of Jeremy Hutchinson * The Times *[Jeremy Hutchinson's] life and trials are admirably captured in Thomas Grant's accessible book * The Times *Jeremy Hutchinson was the greatest criminal barrister of the 1960s, '70s and '80s. The cases of that period changed society for ever and Hutchinson's role in them was second to none. Here his most remarkable trials are examined, each one providing a fascinating look into Britain's post-war social, political and cultural history * Gransnet *A useful and highly entertaining potted history of a period when social deference and sexual prudery were on the way out. If one personal quality shines through this discreet and admiring book, it is Hutchinson's humanity and understanding of human frailty * TLS *At first glance, you might wonder how interesting a book about a lawyer can be. But once you open the pages of this one, you'll be instantly hooked . . . Totally terrific * Daily Mail *A brilliant and absorbing book about the life of a barrister. And what a life * Evening Standard *Thomas Grant has brought together Hutchinson's greatest legal hits, and in the process has produced a fascinating episodic cultural history of postwar Britain, chronicling the end of the age of deference and the advent of a more permissive society. More than that, this book is also an impassioned defence of the criminal Bar itself, and the bulwark of democracy enshrined in the principle that every person accused of crime is entitled to independent representation * The Times *Not just a celebration of a brilliant legal career but also a history of changing mores in Britain * Daily Telegraph *A likeable account of a life in the law * Sunday Times *Thomas Grant uses Hutchinson's cases to chart the seismic shift in British culture between 1960 and 1984, during which time the barrister appeared for the defence in landmark prosecutions such as Last Tango in Paris and The Romans in Britain. That we enjoy such broad artistic freedom today is partly thanks to Hutchinson, and this fascinating book reminds us why * Independent *A staunch defender of civil liberties, he defended Lady Chatterley's Lover, Christine Keeler and Howard Marks among many more and his life opens a lively window on to Britain during the second half of the 20th century * Daily Express *This book makes a compelling read, and is a real contribution to the history of 20th-century English mentalities. It is also a first-rate lesson in simple humanity * Guardian *

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Book SynopsisThis edited collection offers the first system-wide account of the impact of COVID-19 on crime and justice in England and Wales. Integrating first-hand narratives, it provides a critical discussion of the challenges faced by criminal justice agencies, together with policy and practice recommendations for future pandemic planning.Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction Part I: COVID-19 and the Criminal Justice System Chapter 2: Emergence and Maturity in Policing COVID-19 – Peter Kawalek, John Coxhead and Lisa Jackson Chapter 3: Reimagining the Open Court in the Time of Pandemic: Towards ‘Portal Justice’ and ‘Broadcast Justice’ – Sarah Moore Chapter 4: COVID-19 and Community Sanctions – Sam Ainslie, Andrew Fowler, Jake Phillips, Chalen Westaby Chapter 5: COVID-19 in Custody: Responding to Pandemics in Prisons in England and Wales – Christopher Kay Chapter 6: Youth Justice and COVID-19: Courts, Community and Custody – Kathy Hampson and Stephen Case Part II: Crime, Justice and COVID-19 – Critical Issues Chapter 7: Racism, Policing and the Pandemic – Scarlet Harris, Remi Joseph-Salisbury, Patrick Williams, Lisa White Chapter 8: Crisis Within a Crisis: Sex Workers, Emergency Response and Creative Service Provision – Rachel Fowler, Abbie Haines, Professor Teela Sanders Chapter 9: COVID-19 and Drug Trends – Mark Monaghan and Ian Hamilton Chapter 10: Professional Qualification in Probation and COVID-19 – Andrew Fowler, Laura Martin, Aileen Watson and Tom Brown Part III: The View From the Inside The View From the Inside Chapter 11. “The Box Project” – Hmp Parc Chapter 12. “Write Inside Sessions at Hmp Manchester” Chapter 13. Conclusion: The Lessons – Recovery and Pandemic Preparedness

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Book SynopsisThis concise and accessible guide offers a critical overview of the prison system in England and Wales for students and practitioners. The book guides the reader through prison life as experienced by different stakeholder groups and is packed with learning features such as case studies and key concepts.Table of Contents1. Orienting the Prison 2. The Birth of the Prison 3. Prison: The Modern Context 4. Doing Time: How Different Groups Experience Prison Differently 5. Prison Life 6. Theorising Punishment and the Pains of Imprisonment 7. Doing Prison Work 8. Leaving Prison, Resettling and Returning 9. Prison on an International Scale 10. What Next for Prisons?

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Book SynopsisThis concise and accessible guide offers a critical overview of the prison system in England and Wales for students and practitioners. The book guides the reader through prison life as experienced by different stakeholder groups and is packed with learning features such as case studies and key concepts.Table of Contents1. Orienting the Prison 2. The Birth of the Prison 3. Prison: The Modern Context 4. Doing Time: How Different Groups Experience Prison Differently 5. Prison Life 6. Theorising Punishment and the Pains of Imprisonment 7. Doing Prison Work 8. Leaving Prison, Resettling and Returning 9. Prison on an International Scale 10. What Next for Prisons?

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Book SynopsisProvides compelling and manageable solutions for how to reform the criminal justice system from the inside out A racial reckoning in the US criminal justice system was long overdue well before the highly publicized murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and many others in 2020. Progressive Prosecution argues that prosecutors, having helped build our failed system of mass incarceration, must now lead the charge to dismantle it. With contributions from practicing district attorneys as well as leading scholars in the fields of law and criminal justice, Taylor-Thompson and Thompson's volume offers an unapologetically ambitious vision for reform. The contributors draw from empirical evidence and years of combined research experience to argue that change must happen at the local level, with prosecutors choosing to adopt race-conscious approaches. These prosecutors must do the hard work themselves, actively focusing on the ways that race misshapes perceptions of criminality, influences diTrade Review"My approach as District Attorney has been to improve public safety and strengthen community trust by shrinking the footprint of the justice system and promoting fairness, racial equity, and humanity. Progressive Prosecution: Race and Reform in Criminal Justice provides a wide breadth of theoretical and practical advice to help replicate this vision, and identifies central elements that guide our movement, including juvenile justice, data-driven policies, and equal representation. It should be considered required reading not just for prosecutors, but for anyone who’s involved in or cares about the American legal system." -- Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez"Featuring an an all-star cast of expert contributors, Progressive Prosecution offers tremendous guidance to prosecutors who seek to make progressive reforms, both at the abstract level of vision and at the more concrete level of practical steps. This impressive volume will surely make a substantial contribution to the field." -- Carol Steiker, Henry J. Friendly Professor of Law, Harvard Law School"This important and timely work, expertly compiled by truly informed advocates, is rich with insight, innovation, and guidance. A must read for anyone interested in improving the fairness and reliability of the justice system." -- Bryan Stevenson, founder and Executive Director, Equal Justice Initiative"Progressive Prosecution: Race and Reform in Criminal Justiceacts as both a call to action and a practical guide, instructing prosecutors on what they need to do to bring about lasting and meaningful change." * Library Bookwatch *"In short, Race and Reform is brimming with ideas that could be, and in some locales already have been, incorporated into a substantive vision for prosecutorial reform." * Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books *"Contributors, which include practicing US district attorneys and scholars, draw from empirical evidence and years of experience to argue that change must happen at the local level; prosecutors need to adopt race-conscious approaches, actively focusing on the ways in which race misshapes perceptions of criminality, influences discretionary calls, affects jury selection, and induces a reliance on punitive responses." * Law & Social Inquiry *

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