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Book SynopsisDiscusses how and why legal and medical institutions continue to resist implementing reforms intended to provide more just and compassionate responses to victims of sexual violenceTrade Review"At last, a comprehensive and scholarly account of the antirape movement that should sound the alarm at how little law in action has changed, despite policy successes with rape law on the books. Corrigans searing analysis makes a major contribution to political science, sociology, law, and public policy. Following Patricia Yancey Martins organizational analysis of why rape policy reforms have so little effect on priorities, the treatment of victims, prosecutions, convictions, and public attitudes, Corrigan reveals how a social movement has lost its ability to advocate effectively. This must read for all who care about womens equality should sound the alarm to turn our attention to policy implementation and social movement mobilization." -- Sally J. Kenney,Tulane University"Corrigan convincingly argues that medical and legal professionals do not take rape seriously. . . . The strongest parts of the book are her assessments of the SANE programs, EC in the ER, and the sex offender registration and notification statutes. She quotes voluminously from her interviews . . . giving a richly textured picture of the implementation and impact of these recent initiatives. Her analysis of differences across states is particularly illuminating." -- Carrie N. Baker * Political Science Quarterly *"Corrigan's examination of the impact of rape law reform convincingly argues that such reform has often been weakened, modified, and co-opted, all in ways that dilute the impact promised by far-reaching, woman-centered policy. Drawing on deeply textured case studies, extensive interview data, and a clear reading of the laws in various US jurisdictions, Corrigan offers an analysis of legal implementation from the ground up." -- R. A. Cramer * Choice *"In an era when gender mainstreaming is hailed globally as the primary tactic to achieve gender equality, Rose Corrigan offers a cautionary tale. By focusing on rape law reform over four decades, she demonstrates how feminist policy objectives are systemically undercut by bureaucratic intransigence and standard operating procedures within gendered state institutions. From legislatures and law enforcement agencies to rape crisis centers, she traces the evisceration of feminist transformative efforts as the law is deployed with little concern for the well-being of those who have been raped. This vital contribution to feminist theory and practice should be read by all concerned with social change in the 21st century." -- Mary Hawkesworth,Professor of Political Science and Women’s and Gender Studies, Rutgers University"Professor Corrigan's book, Up Against a Wall: Rape Reform and the Failure of Success,is indispensable reading for anyone who cares about sexual violence and the failure of law reform to live up to the promise it once held for victims of sexual violence. It is also an invaluable tool for anyone concerned about the dynamics of law reform and legal consciousness. Using an empirical, qualitative study of Rape Crises Centers and counsellors in six diverse states as her framework, Corrigan engages in a multi-layered, nuanced examination of the history of rape law reform to demonstrate that reliance on the criminal justice system led to the loss of original feminist goals. She argues rape and sexual assault issues were abandoned by feminists who lost sight of the relationship of sexual assault to gender inequality as they moved on to other projects. She then turns to current issues that have produced perverse effects for victims. She challenges us to look for creative solutions outside the criminal law as well as within to problems she identifies and for a return to an emphasis on gender equality and real rights and protections for victims in this important book." -- Lynne Henderson,Professor Emerita, University of Nevada Las Vegas"This book, by socio-legal scholar Rose Corrigan, offers an insightful analysis of both lingering and new challenges to reforms in how rape and rape victims are defined and treated. . . . Corrigan did not miss a single key study on the issues. Furthermore, her narrative is written so that experts and non-experts alike can enjoy and learn from it. Her use of quotes from rape care worker interviews makes fascinating reading. . . . This book is an invaluable resource . . . Finally, the book offers an excellent example of the use of organizational and community informants as 'human periscopes' in order to gain purchase on rape work and politics in today's world. This approach is under-utilized in organizational and community studies and I hope Corrigan's use of it inspires others to adopt it as well." -- Patricia Yancey Martin,Professor of Sociology Emerita, Florida State University"This research is an eye opening tale of how social movements can be partially co-opted by the state. There is a lesson here not only for anti rape advocates and those concerned with gender equality, but for all of us concerned with civil rights more generally." -- Frederika E. Schmitt * Sex Roles *""Rose Corrigan has made a major contribution to our understanding of the way in which law reform efforts in theory can be subverted 'on the ground.' The book is thoughtful, well-written and has important insights for a variety of fields. " -- Elizabeth M. Schneider,Rose L. Hoffer Professor of Law, Brooklyn Law SchoolTable of ContentsAcknowledgments 1. Introduction: The Failure of Success 2. The Anti-Rape Movement and the Turn to Law 3. Listening to Rape Care Advocates 4. Institutional Responses to Rape: Following the "Leaky Pipeline" of Rape Reporting5. Developing the Body of Evidence: Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Programs 6. When Rights Are Wrong: Emergency Contraception and the Failure of Policy Success 7. When Is a Rapist a Sex Offender?: Sex Offender Registration and Notification Statutes 8. Fleeing from Feminism: The Troubled Legacy of Rape Law Reform Notes Bibliography Index About the Author

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Book SynopsisReflects the costs, challenges, and consequences the "tough on crime" age has had, especially for male youth of colourTrade ReviewReaders will gain a sense of the history and initial purpose of the juvenile court, an understanding of the impact of accountability-based public policies, the tools used to facilitate accountability, such as legislative and judicial waivers, and the research that, to date, has found that these policies have not necessarily reduced recidivism or deterred criminal conduct. In the end, Courting Kids is not just about youth and a specialized court in New York; it is about all youth, everywhere * Political Science Quarterly *Explores the experiment in child-saving undertaken by the Manhattan Youth Part of the New York criminal court system and considers the insights it offers about the persecution of youth offenders. * Journal of Economic Literature *An articulate and intelligent ethnographic study. -- Sarah Ciftci * Current Issues in Criminal Justice *An impressive and important book. Meticulously researched and well written the book offers an insightful account of the way one court adapted to the legal effort to try juvenile offenders as adults. -- Austin Sarat,author of Life without ParoleThis insightful ethnography tells a compelling story of injustice, humanity, and sufferingof a judges struggle to do right despite challenging circumstancesand in the process offers a powerful critique against transfer to criminal court. -- Aaron Kupchik,author of Homeroom SecurityTable of ContentsIntroduction: An Experiment in Youth Justice1. Calendar Days in the Youth Part: Mundanity and Drama2. Creating the "Juvenile Offender"3. Rehabilitation, Youth Part Style4. Individualized Justice in a Criminal Court 5. Managing Contradictions 6. Judging the Court, Judging Transfer Conclusion: Kids Will Be Kids

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Book SynopsisWith the close proximity of gangs and the easy access to drugs, keeping urban neighborhoods safe from crime has long been a central concern for residents. This book draws on five years of research in a white, working-class community on Chicago's South side to see how they tried to keep their streets safe.Trade Review"For citizen groups, this research provides compelling stories of how neighborhoods can come together to resolve serious problems; for police and government officials, it shows how they can partner with residents to create truly community-based efforts to curb violence; and, for researchers, it furnishes a synthesis of research and points to new hypotheses that can be tested." -Criminal Justice Review "In an era of declining civic involvement, persistent fear of crime, and cynicism about the efficacy of grassroots community action, Clean Streets offers a story of hope. Using his eye for detail, Carr examines how community residents respond to gang violence, graffiti and other forms of physical disorder, unresponsive judges, and problems at the corner tavern. Clean Streets offers an intriguing organizational framework for community members and public officials in their fight against crime, violence, and disorder." -John H. Laub,co-author of Shared Beginnings, Divergent Lives: Delinquent Boys to Age 70 "In sum, the core theoretical achievement of Clean Streets, the development of new concepts and ideas regarding successful social control at the local level, merits close attention from sociologists of various persuasions and with varied interests." -Margarethe Kusenbach,University of South Florida "Clean Streets will take its place alongside other outstanding community ethnographies in the tradition of the Chicago School. An engaging and insightful book that will be widely cited and discussed." -William Julius Wilson,author of When Work Disappears: The World of the New Urban Poor "Patrick Carr shows us that policing can have a stimulating effect; that communities can mobilize and restore their moral force with tolerance to others and with moderation. This ethnographic study should be read. It should give us hope." -Peter K. Manning,author of Police Work: The Social Organization of PolicingTable of ContentsAcknowledgments1 Introduction2 Welcome to Beltway 3 Getting Things Done: Civic Engagement in Action 4 Looks Like Trouble: Early Signs of Gangs and Violence 5 Gang Violence Can Happen Here: The Hastings Murders and Their Aftermath 6 Coming Together: Problem Solving and the Neighborhood Watch 7 Conclusion: Civic Activism and the New Parochialism Appendix: Getting In and Out of Beltway NotesReferences Index About the Author

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Book SynopsisA look at the prisioners who are unfairly imprisioned, written by a journalist.Trade Review"Innocent is an excellent recommendation to make the next time someone questions the need for further criminal justice reform." * New York Law Journal *"Christianson succeeds in raising reasonable doubts and questions about the integrity of our criminal justice system. Written with perceptiveness and sympathy for the plight of the wrongly convicted, [Innocent] is an excellent addition to the literature on miscarriages of justice." * Justicia *"This should be required reading for everyone who gives a damn about justice in this country." -- Mickey Sherman,CBS News legal analyst"A chilling chronicle of what can happen when the criminal justice system goes awry" * Publishers Weekly *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1 Presumed Guilty 2 Mistaken Identi?cation 3 Eyewitness Perjury 4 Ineffective Counsel 5 False Confessions 6 Police Misconduct 7 Fabrication of Evidence 8 Prosecutorial Misconduct9 Forensics 10 Selected Wrongful Conviction Cases Appendix Selected References Resources About the Author

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Book SynopsisOffers an examination of morally and politically disputed issues of our time: abortion, gay rights, assisted suicide, stem cell research, and legalized gambling. This title covers these issues, looking at the nature of efforts to initiate reforms, to define constituencies, to mobilize resources, to frame debates, and to shape public opinion.Trade ReviewSin No More is superbly written, moving across each topic with freshness and sensitivity. -- Jonathan Simon,author of Governing through Crime: How the War on Crime Transformed American Democracy and Created a Culture of FearSin No More represents a brilliant interweaving of the complexities of economic interests, public opinion, court and legislative action. The authors demonstrate the impact of these forces in understanding the recent normalization of gambling and the steady progress in gay rights. They show there are also early signs of achieving death with dignity and freedom for stem cell research, but access to abortion is increasingly in jeopardy. This book is sure to have a major impact on debate, research and policy in these areas. -- John F. Galliher,co-author of The Criminology of Edwin SutherlandDespite the intense culture wars and the ascendancy of religious and cultural conservatism over the past forty years, Dombrink and Hillyard demonstrate that there has also been a marked increase in tolerance for behavior long thought to be immoral. The process of change has been uneven and episodic, a process the authors term & problematic normalization. But there has been substantial change. The authors’ findings are counter-intuitive. But they are convincing. This is an important book, and it should find a wide audience. -- Malcolm M. Feeley,co-author of Judicial Policy Making and the Modern StateIn this elegant and nuanced account, Dombrink and Hillyard explore how the depth of America's commitment to liberty and individualism has co-existed oddly with the forceful anti-libertarianism of the religious right. Their analysis of the bedrock values that America cares most about has important implications beyond the specific issues the authors address, making this an important resource for anyone wishing to understand the evolution of the national conscience, and its influence upon law and politics. -- Roger Magnusson,author of Angels of Death: Exploring the Euthanasia UndergroundWorthwhile for the careful, nuanced studies of specific questions that continue to define contemporary US life. * Choice *Table of ContentsContents Acknowledgmentsix 1Changing Moralities: Shifts in American Attitudes and Law in the "Moral Values" Debate 1 2Painless Prosperity: The Spread of Legal Gambling 31 3Abortion: Contestation and Ambivalence in the Long Era of Roe v. Wade 53 4Gay Rights: Beyond Tolerance and Privacy to Equality 93 5Assisted Suicide: The Road to New Rules of Dying 127 6Stem Cells: Framing Battles and the Race for a Cure 186 7Conclusion: To Form a More Purple Union? 225 Notes 257 References 269 Index 311 About the Authors 331

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Book SynopsisSparks a fresh conversation about the war on crime and its consequencesTrade Review"This thought-provoking book contains 14 essays that explore the far-reaching collateral damages and socioeconomic consequences of tough-on-crime policies." * Choice *"This brave book challenges us, urgently, to rethink crime and punishment for the 21st century. It is not by accident that the U.S. became the world's largest incarcerator in just thirty-five years. After the War on Crime exposes how structural inequalities based on race and class and written into our laws, institutions and everyday practices have blackened our jails and prisons and reproduced segregated communities inside and out." -- Susan Tucker,Director, The After Prison Initiative, Open Society InstituteTable of ContentsIntroduction Part I Crime, War, and Governance 1 The Place of the Prison in the New Government of Poverty Loic Wacquant 2 America Doesn't Stop at the Rio GrandeAngelina Snodgrass Godoy 3 From the New Deal to the Crime Deal Jonathan Simon 4 The Great Penal Experiment: Lessons for Social Justice Todd R. ClearPart II A War-Torn Country: Race, Community, and Politics 5 The Code of the Streets Elijah Anderson 6 The Contemporary Penal Subject(s) Mona Lynch 7 Th e Punitive City RevisitedKatherine Beckett and Steve Herbert 8 Frightening Citizens and a Pedagogy of Violence William LyonsPart III A New Reconstruction 9 Smart on Crime Kamala D. Harris 10 Rebelling against the War on Low-Income, of Color, and Immigrant Communities Gerald P. Lopez 11 Of Taints and TimeJessie Allen 12 The Politics of the War against the Young Barry Krisberg 13 Transformative Justice and the Dismantling of Slavery's Legacy in Post-Modern America Mary Louise Frampton AfterwordVan JonesContributors Index

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Book SynopsisDescribes the creation and first years of the Innocence Commission for Virginia (ICVA), the second innocence commission in the nation and the first to conduct a systematic inquiry into various cases of wrongful conviction. This title focuses on twelve wrongful conviction cases to show how and why wrongful convictions occur.Trade ReviewDiscusses how reformers might capitalize on the so-called innocence issue of advance criminal justice reforms designed to safeguard against conviction of the innocent. * Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology *&8220;A masterpiece of the genre. . . . Few other books about wrongful conviction phenomenon have even attempted such a combination of legal theory and details from real-life wrongful conviction cases. . . . Goulds book has spawned a number of new thoughts about wrongful convictions. * Legal Times *The lessons learned in creating the ICVA are valuable to policymakers, activists, and lawyers on both sides of the docket. * Law and Politics Book Review *A thoughtful and disturbing account of his founding in 2003 of the Innocence Commission for Virginia (ICVA) to investigate wrongful convictions. . . . Written for the general public, Goulds book has important lessons for attorneys and policymakers as well. * Library Journal *The book is extremely well written and should serve not only to motivate people to want reform but also to instruct them on how to proceed in the direction of reform. Highly recommended. * Choice *The Innocence Commission adds to the scholarship in the area of wrongful convictions in several important ways and with riveting case descriptions. -- Daniel S. Medwed,University of Utah, S.J. Quinney College of LawGould . . . has produced a book that will ensure that the lessons from these wrongful convictions are available for study and, we hope, remembered and used to enact needed reforms…this book is a valuable addition to what we are learning about wrongful convictions. * The Kojo Nnamdi Show, WAMU-FM *A welcome addition to the literature on the incarceration of people who never committed the crime for which they were charged. * Trial *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction 1 History and Background 2 The Innocence Commission for Virginia 3 The Cases 4 An Unmet Obligation 5 Putting It All Together Appendixes Notes Index About the Author

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Book SynopsisGolash addresses the value of punishment in contemporary society.Trade ReviewA work of sweeping vision and profound insight. Punishment, Golash demonstrates convincingly, is wrong in itself and counterproductive as well. That her fine book closes with a thoughtful sketch of a world without punishment is a testament to the author's intellectual range and originality. -- Robert Johnson,author of Hard Time: Understanding and Reforming the PrisonPhilosophers of law too often assume that criminal punishment is of course justified and then argue over exactly what is the best justification for the practiceutilitarian deterrence, retribution, moral education, etc. It is important that this shared assumption be challenged and that serious consideration be given to the possibility that criminal punishment may not be justified at all. Although Professor Golash has by no means persuaded me that all criminal punishment should be totally abolished, her book is to be welcomed as an attempt to provoke serious reflection on this basic issue. -- Jeffrie G. Murphy,Regents Professor of Law, Philosophy, and Religious Studies, Arizona State UniversityA book that can spur good discussion and stimulate critical thinking. * Law and Politics Book Review *A finely reasoned argument on the ills of punishment. . . . An informative and thought provoking read * New York Law Journal *Table of ContentsContentsAcknowledgments1 An Institution in Search of Moral Grounding2 Does Punishment Do More Good than Harm?3 Preserving the Moral Order4 Retribution and Social Choice5 Punishment as Self-Defense6 Punishment as Communication7 Is Punishment Justi?ed? 8 What if Punishment Is Not Justi?ed?NotesBibliographyIndex About the Author

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Book SynopsisShows how and why wrongful convictions occur, what steps legal and state advocates took to investigate the convictions, how these prisoners were ultimately freed, and what lessons can be learned from their experiences.Trade ReviewDiscusses how reformers might capitalize on the so-called innocence issue of advance criminal justice reforms designed to safeguard against conviction of the innocent. * Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology *&8220;A masterpiece of the genre. . . . Few other books about wrongful conviction phenomenon have even attempted such a combination of legal theory and details from real-life wrongful conviction cases. . . . Goulds book has spawned a number of new thoughts about wrongful convictions. * Legal Times *The lessons learned in creating the ICVA are valuable to policymakers, activists, and lawyers on both sides of the docket. * Law and Politics Book Review *A thoughtful and disturbing account of his founding in 2003 of the Innocence Commission for Virginia (ICVA) to investigate wrongful convictions. . . . Written for the general public, Goulds book has important lessons for attorneys and policymakers as well. * Library Journal *The book is extremely well written and should serve not only to motivate people to want reform but also to instruct them on how to proceed in the direction of reform. Highly recommended. * Choice *The Innocence Commission adds to the scholarship in the area of wrongful convictions in several important ways and with riveting case descriptions. -- Daniel S. Medwed,University of Utah, S.J. Quinney College of LawGould . . . has produced a book that will ensure that the lessons from these wrongful convictions are available for study and, we hope, remembered and used to enact needed reforms…this book is a valuable addition to what we are learning about wrongful convictions. * The Kojo Nnamdi Show, WAMU-FM *A welcome addition to the literature on the incarceration of people who never committed the crime for which they were charged. * Trial *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction 1 History and Background 2 The Innocence Commission for Virginia 3 The Cases 4 An Unmet Obligation 5 Putting It All Together Appendixes Notes Index About the Author

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Book SynopsisExamines the historical and theoretical assumptions that have underpinned the discussion of capital punishment in the United StatesTrade ReviewAn interesting collection that contributes to the further academic debate on capital punishment. -- Jurgen Martschukat * The Journal of American History *This is a book that gives profoundly important answers, but not easy ones. Six leading figures discuss the American death penalty in this volume. All six leave us wondering whether the simple stories we like to tell can possibly be adequate. -- James Q. Whitman,Ford Foundation Professor of Comparative and Foreign Law, Yale Law School[F]ascinating and well writtenA worthy addition to the historical analysis of the death penalty * Library Journal *If I were asked to recommend a single book that puts the vexed and emotionally charged question of the death penalty into an intelligible historical and contemporary political perspective it would be this one. The introduction sets the stage beautifully and the essays that follow allow readers to come at the problem from a variety of mutually reinforcing perspectives. It is a model for intellectually rigorous scholarship on a morally exigent matter. -- Thomas W. Laqueur,Professor of History, University of California, Berkeley“Reading this book is like attending a highly charged graduate-level symposium. The essays are fascinating and well written but assume familiarity with the material... What distinguishes this volume is the contributing editors’ refusal to accept conventional analysis of the death penalty... Academics and serious scholars of the death penalty will appreciate this innovative approach. A worthy addition to the historical analysis of the death penalty for knowledgeable readers. * Library Journal *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments 1 Introduction: Getting the Question Right? Ways of Thinking about the Death Penalty Randall McGowen 2 Modes of Capital Punishment: The Death Penalty in Historical Perspective David Garland 3 The Death Penalty: Between Law, Sovereignty, and Biopolitics Michael Meranze 4 Through the Wrong End of the Telescope: History, the Death Penalty, and the American Experience Randall McGowen 5 Hanging and the English Judges: The Judicial Politics of Retention and Abolition Douglas Hay 6 Interposition: Segregation, Capital Punishment, and the Forging of the Post-New Deal Political Leader Jonathan Simon 7 The Convict's Two Lives: Civil and Natural Death in the American Prison Rebecca McLennan About the Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisBuilds a sophisticated yet clear new theory of social repressionTrade Review"Solidly empirical, richly descriptive and clearly written analysis." * American Journal of Sociology *"This book provides a timely and much-needed critical reflection on how major protest events are controlled and the consequences of such practices... dense yet accessible and important." * Cultural Sociology *"Shutting Down the Streets offers a fresh perspective on the dynamic of protest policing and the control of dissent generally...[the book] broadens the scope of study beyond protest policing to include control mechanisms that are deployed against social movements over many years." * International Social Science Review *"The authors of this excellentand beautifully writtenmonograph...write not from the outside...but as activist scholars." -- Deborah Eade * Interface *"The authors provide an insightful explanation of current trends towards the policing of protests, including a vast array of empirical support. While the book uses a great deal of scholarly literature, it does not solely target an academic audience, but rather anyone interested in the role of social movements in today's society." -- Anisha Mehta * International Law and Politics *"The work effectively combines scholarly analysis with the immediate sense of direct action taken from firsthand accounts." -- M.F. Farrell * CHOICE *"This is a work of the movement rather than a dispassionate attempt at objective analysis and evaluation...Shutting Down the Streets is an important resource in understanding the repression being experienced by the Occupy movement." * Working USA *Table of Contents1 What Is Going On? 2 The Geography of Global Governance: Spatial Dynamics of Controlling Dissent 3 Toward a Political Economy of the Social Control of Dissent 4 Policing Alterglobalization Dissent 5 A Taxonomy of Political Violence 6 Antirepression: Resisting the Social Control of Dissent 7 Democracy Out of Order Appendix A: Summits Directly Observed by Authors Appendix B: Of Stones and Flowers: John Holloway and Vittorio Sergi on Protest Tactics Appendix C: Suggestions for Future Research Notes Bibliography Index About the Authors

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Book SynopsisInterviews with African American women in prison.Trade Review"Johnson provides a historical look at African American women in the U.S. criminal justice system from the colonial period to the present." * Law's Social Inquiry *"Johnson gives these women visibility and voice as they relate their lives, their crimes, and their efforts to remain connected to families and communities . . . powerful." * Booklist *"Inner Lives soars when the women are allowed to speak for themselves." * Book *"Johnsons Inner Lives provides both a serious intervention in the literature on prisons and a venue through which incarcerated and formerly incarcerated Black women can speak for themselves. It challenges readers to take action." * Black Renaissance *"Johnson illuminates how the race and gender of African American women affect how they are treated in the American criminal justice system." * The Womens Review of Books *Table of ContentsForeword by Joyce A. Logan Preface AcknowledgmentsIntroduction1 Analysis of African American Women's Experiences in the U.S. Criminal Justice System 1I Profiles and Narratives of African American Women in the U.S. Criminal Justice System A Currently Incarcerated Women Don Alda Cynthia Mamie Elizabeth Rae Ann Donna Martha Marilyn B Formerly Incarcerated Women Bettie Gibson Joyce Ann Brown Betty Tyson Karen Michelle Blakney Ida P. McCray Millicent Pierce Joyce A. Logan Donna Hubbard Spearman C Criminal Justice Officials and Support Networks Judge Juanita Bing Newton Assistant Warden Gerald Clay Grace House Administrators: Rochelle Bowles, Mary Dolan, Annie Gonzalez, and Kathy Nolan Sandra Barnhill, Director, Aid to Children of Imprisoned Mothers (AIM)Rhodessa Jones, Director, Medea Theater Project Professor Brenda V. Smith A Family Story: Renay, Judy, Debbie, and Kito III Conclusions and Recommendations Afterword by Angela J. Davis Appendix A: Self-Study Course on African American Women's History Appendix B: Resource Directory Notes Bibliography Index About the Author

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Book SynopsisProviding both a local and a national context for New York's plunging crime rate, this work tests and debunks the many self-serving explanations for the decline. It also emphasizes the decline of the crack epidemic, skyrocketing incarceration rates, favorable demographic trends, a healthy economy, a rise in college enrollment, and more.Trade ReviewSystematically debunks popularly accepted reasons for the crime crash by wedding closely analyzed statistical data with common sense and historical precedent. . . . After reading this book, one thing becomes certain: today's New York isn't what it used to be. * Villager *Karmen has written a book that anyone interested in the New York City crime story should read. Nobody has written about the NYC drop in crime more comprehensively or more even-handedly. This book assesses a complicated story with an air of confidence and produces a convincing analysis. Those who think they already know the story are bound to be surprised by what they read here, and those who want to draw policy conclusions for New York's experience will find Karmens reliable analysis helps them avoid some of the pitfalls in the cyclical fads of criminal justice reform. -- Todd R. Clear,President of the Academy of Criminal Justice SciencesNew York Murder Mystery is long overdue. It provides a well-written, illuminating analysis of an issue often subject to self-serving and simplistic sound-bites. Guided by Karmens thoughtful and thorough presentation, we come to understand all the factors contributing to the last decade's crime drop. We learn to credit not only new police tactics, demographics declines, and a prosperous economy but also the many thousands of youth who practiced wisdom and discipline in avoiding the self-defeating behavior patterns of their older friends and relatives. -- Robert Gangi,Executive Director, The Correctional AssociationWith this elegant sweep, the author has parted the curtain to reveal a gaseous windbag behind the bombast attending the miraculous claims of today's wizards. Bravo. -- Tony Bouza * Law Enforcement News *Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations1 The 1990s Crime Crash in New York2 Deconstructing Murders 3 NYPD or Not NYPD: That Is the Question 4 Behind Bars? 5 The Drug-Crime Connection 6 It's the Economy, Stupid! Or Is It? Did the Boom Cause the Crash?7 Where Have All the Criminals Gone? Did Favorable Demographic Trends Facilitate the Crash? 8 Lessons from the New York ExperienceNotesAppendix References Name Index Subject Index About the Author

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Book SynopsisShows how two well-established, traditional criminal law defenses - the doctrines of provocation and self-defense - enable certain defendants to more easily justify their acts of violence than others. This work suggests three tentative legal reforms to address problems of bias and undue leniency.Trade ReviewProvocative and persuasive. In this well-written and meticulously documented book, Cynthia Lee demonstrates how the law has defined & reasonableness in criminal law to favor men against women, straight men against gay men, and whites against blacks. Lees synthesis of many seemingly different examples, with thoughtful responses to the various objections that might be raised, is legal scholarship that can make a difference in our social practices. This is a serious and compelling book that should lead to reform. -- Frank H. Wu,author of Yellow: Race in America beyond Black and WhiteFor Cynthia Lee, legal analysis is not a scholastic exercise in logical deduction or philosophical puzzle-solving, but a vivid form of social criticism. In relentlessly exposing the law's foundation in partisan social norms, she challenges the prevailing modes of legal scholarship as well as the prevailing understandings of voluntary manslaughter and self-defense doctrine. Murder and the Reasonable Man establishes Lee as one of the pre-eminent commentators on American criminal law. -- Dan Kahan,Professor of Law, Yale Law SchoolSmart, insightful, and important, this book proves that the criminal justice system does not treat all persons equallythat the reasonable man is a man, and that men get away with murder, while women pay with their lives. Must reading for students of the law, gender studies, and all those who care about equal justice. -- Susan Estrich,Robert Kingsley Professor of Law and Political Science, University of Southern California, and author of Real Rape, Getting Away with Murder: How Politics is Destroying the Criminal Justice SystemLee's book is a compelling and well-informed analysis of the issues raised when courts confront questions of reasonableness in high-profile, headline-grabbing cases. * Choice *Lee challenges readers to question the concept of 'reasonableness' and how it has been applied. . . Scholars, students, professionals and the educated public will appreciate the careful, well-documented argument and pertinent examples. * Library Journal *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction I Crimes of Passion (The Doctrine of Provocation) 1 Female In?delity 2 Unreasonable Women, Gay Men, and Men of Color 3 Gay Panic 4 Culture and Crime II Crimes of Fear (The Doctrine of Self-Defense) 5 An Overview of the Doctrine of Self-Defense 6 Race and Self-Defense 7 Race and Police Use of Deadly Force III Rethinking Reasonableness 8 The Elusive Meaning of Reasonableness 9 Toward a Normative Conception of Reasonableness 10 The Act-Emotion Distinction Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index About the Author

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Book SynopsisDiscusses how the death penalty might be abolished, with particular emphasis on the debate over lethal injection as a case study on why and how the elimination of certain forms of execution might provide a model for the larger abolition of the death penalty.Trade ReviewA thoughtful discussion that is timely, well written, and deeply relevant to current public policy and law. * Library Journal *The essays, organized into three sections, are as compelling in their analyses as those in the first two collections. * Choice *Road to Abolition? makes a convincing case that there is a spreading consensus, both internationally and on our own soil, that the death penalty is an outmoded and barbaric practice. -- Ben Pesta * The Daily Journal Corporation *The Road to Abolition is a collection of work by some of the best researchers on capital punishment assessing the prospects of a future without the death penalty."- -- Aaron Lorenz * H-Humanitarian Rights *The Road to Abolition? may well become a history of the future, bringing together an impressive group of scholars who analyze the myriad social, legal, and political conditions that suggest that the end of the death penalty in America may be near. This collection of essays is provocative, creative, and deeply insightful, linking the problem of capital punishment to a series of larger debates of our time. It is a must read for anyone interested in the death penaltys past, present, and future in the United States. -- Mona Lynch,author of Sunbelt Justice: Arizona and the Transformation of American PunishmentIn this era of national rethinking of the death penalty, The Road to Abolition? makes a singular contribution. From start to finish this is a compelling book. Bringing together a series of insightful essays by distinguished scholars, Ogletree and Sarat help us take stock of the progress weve made and what remains to be done to end capital punishment. For death penalty scholars as well as activists and policy makers this is a must read. -- Sister Helen Prejean, CSJ,author of Dead Man WalkingThis timely book should be read by anyone who has a personal or professional interest in capital punishment. The chapters in this volume vividly capture both the current state and the future of the abolition movement in the United States. -- John Blume,Professor of Law, Director of the Cornell Death Penalty Project, Cornell Law SchoolTable of ContentsAcknowledgments IntroductionCharles J. Ogletree, Jr., and Austin SaratPart I 1 The Executioner's Waning Defenses Michael L. Radelet 2 Blinded by Science on the Road to Abolition? Simon A. Cole and Jay D. Aronson 3 Abolition in the United States by 2050: On Political Capital and Ordinary Acts of ResistanceBernard E. Harcourt 4 The Beginning of the End? Carol S. Steiker and Jordan M. Steiker 5 Rocked but Still Rolling: The Enduring Institution of Capital Punishment in Historical and Comparative PerspectiveMichael McCann and David T. JohnsonPart II 6 For Execution Methods Challenges, the Road to Abolition Is Paved with ParadoxDeborah W. Denno 7 Perfect Execution: Abolitionism and the Paradox of Lethal InjectionTimothy V. Kaufman-Osborn 8 "No Improvement over Electrocution or Even a Bullet": Lethal Injection and the Meaning of Speed and Reliability in the Modern Execution ProcessJurgen MartschukatPart III 9 Torture, War, and Capital Punishment: Linkages and Missed ConnectionsRobin Wagner-Pacifici 10 Making Difference: Modernity and the Political Formations of Death Peter FitzpatrickAbout the ContributorsIndex

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Book SynopsisProsecution Complex - America's Race to Convict and its Impact on the InnocentTrade Review"Prosecution Complexchallenges us all to work towards changes that can be more likely to result in genuine justice, rather than the comfortable feeling that comes simply from putting somebody behind bars." -- Scott Renshaw * City Weekly *"Prosecution Complexis an enlightening book that tackles an issue many tend to shy away from." -- Shelby Scoffield * Desert News *"The book should be required reading by all prosecutors, and by all law students who would seek to practice criminal law." -- Maurice Possley * Los Angeles Daily Journal *"Wrongful convictions will continue until prosecutors are one day held accountable for their deliberate misconduct. Prosecution Complex examines their misbehavior and the tragic consequences. It also shows us how to fix the problems." -- John Grisham,New York Times best-selling author of The Litigators"Professor Daniel Medwed has written a compelling book entitled Prosecution Complex. The book offers inside knowledge based on his experience as a litigator and serious scholar of miscarriages of justice in the criminal justice system. Anybody concerned with fairness and examining the role of prosecutors at every stage of our criminal justice process will find this book absorbing, sobering, and informative. I strongly recommend it to anyone who is looking at our American legal system and seeking reforms. This is a must read!" -- Charles J. Ogletree,Founding and Executive Director of the Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice""Daniel Medwed provides a fascinating ethical, legal, and psychological perspective on the work of prosecutors, the power-players in our criminal justice system.With gripping accounts from real criminal cases gone wrong, he shows how the best-intentioned prosecutors can convict the innocent while racing to convict the guilty. Prosecutors can fall prey to cognitive biases that we all share in our everyday lives, but with nearly-absolute discretion, they lack adequate checks and safeguards to correct for such bias. This book simply must be read by all who care about the past and the future of criminal justice." -- Brandon L. Garrett,Roy L. and Rosamund Woodruff Morgan Professor of Law, University of Virginia"One value of Medwed's book is his even-handed, clear-headed explication of all the ways prosecutors can contribute to the conviction of innocent defendants. There is also value in his suggested reforms." * Rutgers *"Highly recommended for general readers, upper-division undergraduate students and above." * CHOICE *"Daniel S. Medwed has put together a book that appeals to both academics and anyone interested in gaining knowledge about many of the intricate details of prosecution." * Criminal Justice Review *"Medweds discussion of particularly horrific cases of injustice and particularly groundbreaking reforms is illuminating . . . [The author] reminds his readers that the goal of doing justice and achieving accurate outcomes is not hopelessly naive, nor is it necessarily an issue about which the defense and the prosecution should disagree. For better or worse, he also seems to suggest that much of the potential for reforming prosecutorial practices lies with prosecutors own commitment to doing honorable work." * Appeal and Habeas blog *"Medwed engages in a scholarly conversation with those who, like him, work or have worked in the criminal justice system and understand how seemingly small legal changes can seriously affect how cases are tried, won, and lost" * Boston Review *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Part I. Fair Play? Prosecutorial Behavior Prior to Trial 1 Charging Ahead 2 In the Interest of Full Disclosure: Discovery in Criminal Cases 3 Plea Bargaining Pitfalls Part II. Beyond a Reasonable Doubt? Reasons to Doubt Prosecutorial Conduct during Trial 4 Preparation and Examination of Witnesses 5 Test Tubes on Trial: Prosecutors and Forensic Evidence 6 Closing the Door on Innocence: Improper Summations by Prosecutors Part III. The Fallacy of Finality: Prosecutors and Post-Conviction Claims of Innocence 7 Prosecutorial Resistance to Post-Conviction Claims of Innocence 8 A Closer Look: Prosecutors and Post-Conviction DNA Testing 9 In Denial: Prosecutors' Refusal to Accept Proof of an Inmate's Innocence Conclusion Notes Index About the Author

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Book SynopsisThe Internet has dramatically altered the landscape of crime and national security, creating new threats. This work brings together leading experts to describe crime prevention and security protection in the electronic age. It provides information ranging from government requirements that facilitate spying to methods of digital proof.Trade ReviewCybercrime is written by the leading academic experts and government officials who team together to present a state-of-the-art vision for how to detect and prevent digital crime, creating the blueprint for how to police the dangerous back alleys of the global Internet. -- Peter P. Swire,C. William O'Neill Professor of Law, the Ohio State University, and former Chief Counselor for PrivaA timely and important collection of materials from highly qualified authors. Cybercrime will provide a wealth of new insights both for general readers and for those who study and teach about the legal and policy implications of the internet. -- David Johnson,Visiting Professor of Law, New York Law SchoolThe collection provides an interesting and insightful exploration of the digital environment in which cybercrimes take place and the conditions that affect their regulation. . . . A book that criminologists should read because there is much to be learned from it. . . . A good scholarly piece of work by heavyweight contributors who both individually and collectively make substantial contributions to the cybercrime debate. * Surveillance & Society *When a crime scene is in cyberspace, forget the yellow tape. Boundaries, along with evidence and procedure, need to be re-envisioned. Or, as Daniel E. Geer Jr. puts it: & Digital law is and must be counterintuitive because our intuitions about the physical world can be misleading when applied to the digital realm. Mr. Geers essay on the & physics of digital law is a fitting start to Cybercrime: Digital Cops in a Networked Environment, a collection of writings assembled by the Information Society Project, at Yale Law School. * The Chronicle of Higher Education *Table of Contents1. Introduction Jack M. Balkin and Nimrod KozlovskiPart I The New Crime Scene: The Digital Networked Environment2. The Physics of Digital Law: Searching for Counterintuitive Analogies Daniel E. Geer, Jr.3. Architectural Regulation and the Evolution of Social Norms Lee Tien4. Where Computer Security Meets National Security Helen NissenbaumPart II New Crimes: Virtual Crimes of the Information Age5. Real-World Problems of Virtual Crime Beryl A. HowellPart III New Cops: Rethinking Law Enforcement in a Digital Age6. Designing Accountable Online Policing Nimrod Kozlovski7. Counterstrike Curtis E. A. KarnowPart IV New Tools for Law Enforcement: Design, Technology, Control, Data Mining, and Surveillance8. Why Can't We All Get Along? How Technology, Security, and Privacy Can Coexist in the Digital AgeKim A. Taipale9. CALEA: Does One Size Still Fit All? Emily HancockPart V New Procedures: E-Prosecution, E-Jurisdiction, and E-Punishment10. The Council of Europe's Convention on Cybercrime Susan W. Brenner11. Digital Evidence and the New Criminal Procedure Orin S. KerrAbout the Contributors AcknowledgmentsIndex

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Sex and Harm in the Age of Consent is a strongly original, frequently brilliant, cross-disciplinary study of the limitations of consent for measuring sexual freedom and sexual harm."—Tim Dean, University of Illinois, Urbana–Champaign "Joseph J. Fischel’s Sex and Harm in the Age of Consent offers a breathtakingly queer account of sex, perversion, innocence, and consent. His careful and complex reading of the social and legal meaning of the ‘sexual predator’ boldly challenges the common wisdom about the justifications for and consequences of regulating outlaw sexuality."—Katherine Franke, director, Center for Gender & Sexuality Law, Columbia Law School"A very well-researched book . . . I applaud the author for the depth and breadth of his scholarship."—PsycCRITIQUES "A carefully written, intellectually challenging argument... A must read for queer and feminist scholars."—CHOICE "Through his proposal of autonomy, peremption, and an adolescence not isolated from social and historical contexts of inequality yet distinguishable from childhood, Fischel effectively moves the debate on what constitutes sexual harm well beyond the dichotomy of consent and predation." —PoLAR "The book is deeply compelling in its capacity to weave a legal archive and a popular culture archive, and in its compelling close-readings of both case law (and policy) and visual culture."—Political Theory"Sex and Harm in the Age of Consent should be considered required reading for anyone committed to thinking age as a central determinant of sexuality in consensual times."—GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay StudiesTable of ContentsContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: Sex and the Ends of Consent1. “Especially Heinous”: Politics, Predation, Sex Panics2. Transcendent Homosexuals, Dangerous Sex Offenders3. Numbers, Sex, Power: Age and Sexual Consent4. Growing Somewhere? Journeys of Gendered AdolescenceConclusion: Other Sex ScandalsNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisEssays offer a new challenge to the death penalty's legitimacy, in light of new empirical research and case studies, and against the backdrop of international law and recent changes in US domestic law.Trade Review“Important and timely, Beyond Repair? presents disturbing findings about the legal system’s inability to administer the death penalty fairly. Especially noteworthy for the new empirical data it brings to bear, this book presents a necessary—and unsettling—look at capital punishment in America today.”—Nadine Strossen, President, American Civil Liberties Union and Professor of Law, New York Law School“In these essays some of our most knowledgeable students of capital punishment take a hard, no-nonsense look at how it actually operates and what drives America’s passionate refusal either to come to peace with the death penalty or give it up. Vital reading for whoever would understand why it can function only fitfully, peevishly, and perversely.”—Anthony G. Amsterdam, New York University School of Law“This collection is an indispensable guide to the new learning on the death penalty, and to the reasons why capital punishment has suddenly become one of the nation's most pressing issues of public policy and debate.”—James S. Liebman, Columbia Law SchoolTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction / Stephen P. Garvey 1 : Second Thoughts: Americans’ Views on the Death Penalty at the Turn of the Century / Samuel R. Gross & Phoebe C. Ellsworth 2 : Capital Punishment, Federal Courts, and the Writ of Habeas Corpus / Larry W. Yackle 3 : “Until I Can Be Sure”: How the Threat of Executing the Innocent Has Transformed the Death Penalty Debate / Ken Armstrong & Steve Mills 4 : Race and Capital Punishment / Sheri Lynn Johnson 5 : Lessons from the Capital Jury Project / John H. Blume, Theodore Eisenberg, & Stephen P. Garvey 6 : International Law and the Abolition of the Death Penalty / William A. Schabas Postscript: The Peculiar Present of American Capital Punishment / Franklin E. Zimring Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisThis book gives a theoretical and historical account of felon disenfranchisement, showing deep connections between punishment and citizenship practices in the United States. These connections are deployed quietly and yet perniciously as part of a political system of white supremacy, shaping contemporary regimes of punishment and governance.Trade Review"In Punishment and Inclusion: Race, Membership, and the Limits of American Liberalism Andrew Dilts provides a careful, committed, and compelling analysis of connections between race, disenfranchisement, and punishment in the US." -Daniel C. Shartin, Radical Philosophy Review "In the United States today, approximately 5.8 million people have lost the right to vote due to a felony conviction. The disenfranchisement rate, like the incarceration rate, is starkly racialized: 1 in 13 African Americans are excluded from voting, compared to 1 in 56 Americans of other races... Punishment and Inclusion is a must-read for anyone who wants to understand how this situation came to be, and how the practice of felon disenfranchisement (re)produces extreme racial inequality through a colorblind criminal legal system." -Theory & Event "Punishment and Inclusion: Race, Membership, and the Limits of American Liberalism is a powerful, remarkable book. It insightfully explores the nexus of punishment, disenfranchisement, and racism in the United States. Dilts calls on all of us to rethink our longstanding practice of felony disenfranchisement. His argument is subtle and thoroughly convincing. Written in an engaging and lucid style, it is truly a pleasure to read this book." -- -Austin Sarat Amherst College "This book pulls from many different disciplines, perspectives, and sources to construct a compelling argument about the status of American democracy today. It applies theoretical sophistication to these sources while maintaining a strong political commitment. This is a combination that is all too rare in the field of political and legal theory today!" -- -Keally McBride University of San Francisco "...because this study is so theoretically rich, practically engaged, and filled with critical insight, it invites a host of follow-up questions, suggestive for future research growing out of this work." -- Leonard C. Feldman -Law, Culture, and the HumanitiesTable of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments 1 A Productive Injustice 2 Fabricating Figures 3 Neoliberal Penality and the Biopolitics of Homo OEconomicus 4 To Kill a Thief 5 Innocent Citizens, Guilty Subjects 6 Punishing at the Ballot Box 7 Civic Disabilities 8 (Re)figuring Justice Coda Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisTakes readers into the courtroom to hear a streetwise convict verbally sparring with the DA, then brings us into the confines of the jury room to have us witness nervous chatter over the meaning of evidence. As an antidote, the author suggests that literary and historical texts can help us develop the capacity for prudential judgment.

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Book SynopsisThe book shows, through volumes of quantitative data and the voices of judges, prosecutors and defence lawyers, how the party-state continues to influence and control both the process and outcome of criminal trials through an elaborate system of audit and sanction, the result of which is a system of aggregate rather than individual justice.Trade Review[T]his is an outstanding piece of scholarship. . . This remarkable book is a great contribution to our understanding of this tension and how it plays out in the criminal process in China. --Susan Trevaskes, The China JournalIn conclusion, I have little doubt that the book will be warmly received not only by students, practitioners, and academics specializing in Chinese law, especially in criminal justice and sociology of law, but also by those interested in comparative law and general China studies. --Jianfu Chen, Asian Journal of CriminologyThis book is an extensive survey and appraisal of Chinese criminal justice by Mike McConville and five colleagues. It should interest not only specialists in Chinese law but any reader seeking insights into China's political culture. It is distinguished by the depth of its empirical approach, displayed notably by extracts from interviews. Its publication is timely. --Stanley Lubman, The China QuarterlyTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. Sources of Police Cases 3. Police Powers in Relation to Detention and Arrest 4. The Construction of the Police Case 5. Pre-Trial Preparation of Prosecutors 6. Pre-Trial Involvement of Judges 7. The Construction of the Defence Case 8. Trial Procedure, Rules, Setting and Personnel 9. The Trial: Case File Analysis 10. The Prosecution Observed 11. The Defence at Trial Observed (1) 12. The Defence at Trial Observed (2) 13. Trial Outcomes Observed 14. The Process and the System 15. Conclusion Appendices Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe book shows, through volumes of quantitative data and the voices of judges, prosecutors and defence lawyers, how the party-state continues to influence and control both the process and outcome of criminal trials through an elaborate system of audit and sanction, the result of which is a system of aggregate rather than individual justice.Trade Review[T]his is an outstanding piece of scholarship. . . This remarkable book is a great contribution to our understanding of this tension and how it plays out in the criminal process in China. --Susan Trevaskes, The China JournalIn conclusion, I have little doubt that the book will be warmly received not only by students, practitioners, and academics specializing in Chinese law, especially in criminal justice and sociology of law, but also by those interested in comparative law and general China studies. --Jianfu Chen, Asian Journal of CriminologyThis book is an extensive survey and appraisal of Chinese criminal justice by Mike McConville and five colleagues. It should interest not only specialists in Chinese law but any reader seeking insights into China's political culture. It is distinguished by the depth of its empirical approach, displayed notably by extracts from interviews. Its publication is timely. --Stanley Lubman, The China QuarterlyTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. Sources of Police Cases 3. Police Powers in Relation to Detention and Arrest 4. The Construction of the Police Case 5. Pre-Trial Preparation of Prosecutors 6. Pre-Trial Involvement of Judges 7. The Construction of the Defence Case 8. Trial Procedure, Rules, Setting and Personnel 9. The Trial: Case File Analysis 10. The Prosecution Observed 11. The Defence at Trial Observed (1) 12. The Defence at Trial Observed (2) 13. Trial Outcomes Observed 14. The Process and the System 15. Conclusion Appendices Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisIn 2002, the UK introduced a criminal competition law into the UK legal system for the first time since the 18th century.Trade Review‘. . . this book will, no doubt, become a valued acquisition in the libraries of competition lawyers on both sides of the Atlantic.’ -- Phillip Taylor MBE and Elizabeth Taylor, The Barrister Magazine‘. . . My overall impression of this book is that it is an excellent, well-researched overview of some of the most pertinent issues with antitrust criminalisation and of the operation of the criminal antitrust regimes in Ireland, the UK and the US. It provides fascinating insights into the practical workings of these regimes and, for the UK regime in particular, presents a detailed critical analysis of its failings to date. The thesis pursued by this monograph in its consideration of four different research questions is interesting, current, sophisticated and relevant. This monograph is essential reading for all those interested in antitrust criminalisation.’ -- Peter Whelan, European Competition Journal‘Mark Furse’s specialist subject is competition law and this monologue is a refreshing tour of the subject matter.’ -- The Criminal LawyerTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. Criminalisation of Cartel Activity: Economics and Law 3. Criminalisation in the United States 4. Criminalisation in the UK: The Cartel Offence 5. Criminalisation in Ireland 6. Case Studies 7. Conclusion Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisA companion volume to the International Handbook on the Economics of Corruption published in 2006, the specially commissioned papers in Volume Two present some of the best policy-oriented research in the field.Trade Review’Volume Two of the International Handbook on the Economics of Corruption presents a comprehensive, detailed, and in-depth analysis of corruption as well as its economic and policy implications. . . It will be a valuable resource not only for experts and students of corruption studies, but also for public officials, NGO employees, and scholars of economic and political development throughout the world.’ -- Ararat L. Osipian, Journal of Economic IssuesTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Susan Rose-Ackerman and Tina Søreide PART I: GENERAL OVERVIEWS 1. Corruption and Sustainable Development Toke S. Aidt 2. Curbing Corruption with Political Institutions Joshua D. Potter and Margit Tavits PART II: PROCUREMENT AND CORRUPTION 3. Delusion, Deception and Corruption in Major Infrastructure Projects: Causes, Consequences and Cures Bent Flyvbjerg and Eamonn Molloy 4. Corruption and Collusion: Strategic Complements in Procurement Ariane Lambert-Mogiliansky 5. A Fighting Chance Against Corruption in Public Procurement? Gustavo Piga PART III: PRIVATIZATION AND SELF-DEALING IN PRIVATE FIRMS 6. Public versus Private Governance and Performance: Evidence from Public Utility Service Provision Maria Vagliasindi 7. Privatization of Rent-Generating Industries and Corruption Emmanuelle Auriol and Stéphane Straub 8. Risks of Wrongdoing in Public Companies and Ways to Cope with Them: The Case of Brazil Dante Mendes Aldrighi PART IV: PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION 9. Anti-Corruption Policy in Theories of Sector Regulation Antonio Estache and Liam Wren-Lewis 10. Is There an Anti-corruption Agenda in Regulation? Insights from Colombian and Zambian Water Regulation Frédéric Boehm PART V: MICRO-ANALYTIC RESEARCH: HOUSEHOLD AND FIRMS 11. Field Experimentation and the Study of Corruption Leonid V. Peisakhin 12. Oil, Corruption, and Vote-buying: A Review of the Case of São Tomé and Príncipe Pedro C. Vicente 13. Conflict and Corruption in International Trade: Who Helped Iraq Circumvent United Nations Sanctions? Yujin Jeong and Robert J. Weiner 14. Evidence from the Firm: A New Approach to Understanding Corruption Shawn Cole and Anh Tran 15. Does Respondent Reticence Affect the Results of Corruption Surveys? Evidence from the World Bank Enterprise Survey for Nigeria Bianca Clausen, Aart Kraay and Peter Murrell PART VI: POLICY INITIATIVES: CRITIQUES AND EVALUATIONS 16. On Best and Not So Good Practices for Addressing High-level Corruption Worldwide: An Empirical Assessment Edgardo Buscaglia 17. Why Multi-Stakeholder Groups Succeed and Fail Rory Truex and Tina Søreide 18. ‘Red Flags of Corruption’ in World Bank Projects: An Analysis of Infrastructure Contracts Charles Kenny and Maria Musatova 19. Anti-Corruption Authorities: An Effective Tool to Curb Corruption? Francesca Recanatini Index

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Book SynopsisA study of the effects of mandatory arrest and no-drop prosecution on offenders. It argues that the promise for defeating intimate partner abuse lies in better matching the tactics of state power to the goals of victim empowerment and offender responsibility and to exercise such force through mechanisms that do not exacerbate social inequality.Trade ReviewThis is an ambitious book that has important implications for our theoretical understanding of the effects of criminal justice interventions on people arrested for domestic violence and for our evaluations of the practical utility of presumptive arrest and prosecution for violence. -- Kristin L. Anderson, Western Washington UniversityI have been working in this general area for more than 30 years and have recently published a book focusing on the criminal justice response to abuse. But, I learned a considerable amount from this book and found myself underlining whole passages to think more about. So it is stimulating, not merely informative. -- Evan Stark, Rutgers UniversityTable of ContentsTable of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction 1: The Practice of Mandatory Arrest 2: The Practice of No-Drop Prosecution 3: Research Participants and Their Violence 4: Abusers' Experiences with Mandatory Arrest and No-Drop Prosecution 5: Abusers' Relation to Violence 6: Change in the Lives of Abusers Conclusion Appendix A: Description of Research Methods Appendix B: Classification of Research Participants Notes Works Cited Index

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Book SynopsisA forceful argument for why we need to repeal drug prohibitionTrade Review"As provocative and topical as the film Traffic, here's a scathing jeremiad against the war on drugs, notable both for the author's position and for the sustained anger of its argument." -Publishers Weekly (starred review) "However harmful the ingestion of drugs are to their users, the attempt to prohibit drugs has made matters far worse, threatening our basic rights to life, liberty and property. That is Judge Gray's thesis in this important book and he cites overwhelming evidence to support it. His proposals to improve the situation do not go as far as I would like, but they are all feasible and in the right direction. If adopted, they would produce a major improvement." "The war on drugs cannot be a war on discussion of this problem. We can fight drug use and abuse and still explore viable options. Judge Gray illuminates options and in the process will promote necessary discussion of them." -George P. Shultz "It's all here! A stinging indictment of today's drug strategies and a rallying cry around new strategies for tomorrow." -Gary E. Johnson, Governor of New Mexico "It has been said that in public policy development we must distinguish between ideas that sound good and good ideas that are sound. In this book, Judge Gray provides sound ideas for a more effective national drug control policy. He recognizes that the War on Drugs needs new thinking for this new century." -Kurt L. Schmoke, Former Mayor of the City of Baltimore "Judge Gray's thorough and scholarly work, based as it is on his personal experience, should help considerably to improve our impossible drug laws. [His] book drives a stake through the heart of the failed War on Drugs and gives us options to hope for in the battles to come" -Walter Cronkite "...as engrossing and highly readable as its title is obvious. An encyclopedia of facts and figures underscoring our failed policies, together with a visionary path out of this mess. Gray's book catalogs the scandalous waste of resources that we continue to throw at the criminalization of a problem that a strong majority of Californians now understand is fundamentally a social and public health issue. Gray also makes good on his guarantee set forth in the Introduction: No one who reads the book will favor a continuation of our present drug policy, unless that person has a vested interest in the continuation of the policy. ...Gray's fine contribution to the subject provide[s] [an] important addition to the growing library of works that make the irrefutably strong case for the decriminalization of drugs. [The book] will hopefully become required reading for all policy-makers." -Christopher Mears, Orange County Metro "James P. Gray, a California Superior Court judge and a former Republican congressional candidate, has written perhaps the most convincing indictment ever that the war on drugs can never be won. ...Gray's careful, sobering book provides grounds for taking a fresh look at our national drug policies." -Philadelphia InquirerTable of ContentsPreface to Second Edition PART I: Introduction PART II: Our Drug Laws Have Failed 1 Past and Present A Historical Perspective Emergence of the Prison-Industrial Complex 2 Increased Harm to Communities Communities Awash in Illicit Drugs Violence and Corruption Domestic Foreign 3 Erosion of Protections of the Bill of Rights: Where's Paul Revere? 4 Increased Harm to Drug Users Demonization Deterioration of Health 5 Increased Harm for the Future Conspiracy Theories Government Policy: Don't Discuss It! PART III: Options 6 Increased Zero Tolerance 7 Education 8 Drug Treatment Rehabilitation Medicalization Needle Exchange Programs Drug Substitution Programs Drug Maintenance Programs 9 Deprofitization of Drugs Legalization Decriminalization Regulated Distribution 10 Federalism, Not Federalization PART IV: What We Can Do About It Appendix A: Resolution Appendix B: Government Commission Reports and Other Public Inquiries Index

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Book SynopsisConvicted sexually violent predators are more vilified, more subject to media misrepresentation, and more likely to be denied basic human rights than any other population. Shaming the Constitution authors Michael Perlin and Heather Cucolo question the intentions of sex offender laws, offering new approaches to this most complex (and controversial) area of law and social policy. The authors assert that sex offender laws and policies are unconstitutional and counter-productive. The legislation largely fails to add to public safetyeven ruining lives for what are, in some cases, trivial infractions. Shaming the Constitution draws on law, behavioral sciences, and other disciplines to show that many of the solutions to penalizing sexually violent predators are wrong, as they create the most repressive and useless laws. In addition to tracing the history of sex offender laws, the authors address the case of Jesse Timmendequas, whose crime begat Megan's Law; the media's role in creating a Trade Review"Shaming the Constitution is a tour de force. Richly documented, the book describes, analyzes, interprets, and critiques our sex offender laws through multiple lenses. With standout sophistication and depth, the authors interweave law with social and behavioral sciences to lay the foundation for a scathing critique of current policy, advancing the public discourse especially by their discussions of international and comparative law and therapeutic jurisprudence. This book is a must-read for policy makers, advocates, judges, and students of sexual violence prevention." —Eric S. Janus, Professor of Law and former President and Dean, Mitchell Hamline School of Law

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Book SynopsisThis unique reader allows students to examine Galileo's trial as a legal event and, in so doing, to learn about seventeenth-century European religion, politics, diplomacy, bureaucracy, culture, and science.Trade ReviewMayer provides a sourcebook that is an ideal tool for any instructor introducing students to Galileo's trial and an excellent accompaniment to the insightful analysis found in the secondary literature. -- Renaissance Quarterly Mayer widens our understanding of what affected investigations of Galileo's conflicts with Scripture and authority. -- English Historical ReviewTable of ContentsAcknowledgments A Note on Language and Translation List of Abbreviations Chronology Sites in Rome of Importance to Galileo's Trial Introduction Cast of Characters DOCUMENTS I. Sunspot Letters: The Cause of Most of the Trouble II. Formal Proceedings Begin III. The Inquisition and the Index Take Action IV. Publication of Dialogue on the Two Chief World Systems and the Beginning of the Trial's Second Phase V. Summons to Rome and Galileo's Resistance VI. Galileo Arrives in Rome VII. Formal Proceedings Resume VIII. Sentence and Abjuration Index

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Book SynopsisThis book draws on Foucault's concept of governmentality as a lens to analyze and critique how crime is understood, reproduced, and challenged.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction: Thinking Differently About Crime Part I: Thinking Differently About Crime 1. Michel Foucault: Theories and "Method" (Carmela Murdocca) 2. History Matters (Amanda Glasbeek) 3. The Politics of Representation (Ummni Khan) 4. The Politics of Counting Crime (Michael S. Mopas) Part II: Intersections 5. Racialization, Criminalization, Representation (Carmela Murdocca) 6. Gendering Crime: Men and Masculinities (Ruthann Lee) 7. Women Gone Bad? Women, Criminalization, and Representation (Amanda Glasbeek) 8. Sexual Regulation: Sexing Governmentality; Governing Sex (Deborah Brock) 9. Crime and Social Classes: Regulating and Representing Public Disorder (Marie-Eve Sylvestre) Part III: Emerging Issues in Canada and Beyond: Connecting the Global to the Local 10. Profiles and Profiling Technology: Stereotypes, Surveillance and Governmentality (Martin A. French and Simone A. Browne) 11. Wanted by the Canada Border Services Agency (Anna Pratt) 12. In the Name of Human Rights: Governing and Representing Non-Western Lives Post-9/11 (Marcia Oliver) 13. Where Are All the Corporate Criminals? Understanding Struggles to Criminalize Corporate Harm and Wrongdoing (Steven Bittle) 14. Social Movements and Critical Resistance: Policing Colonial Capitalist Order (Tia Dafnos) Conclusion: Representation, Regulation, and Resistance Glossary Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisThis book draws on Foucault's concept of governmentality as a lens to analyze and critique how crime is understood, reproduced, and challenged.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction: Thinking Differently About Crime Part I: Thinking Differently About Crime 1. Michel Foucault: Theories and "Method" (Carmela Murdocca) 2. History Matters (Amanda Glasbeek) 3. The Politics of Representation (Ummni Khan) 4. The Politics of Counting Crime (Michael S. Mopas) Part II: Intersections 5. Racialization, Criminalization, Representation (Carmela Murdocca) 6. Gendering Crime: Men and Masculinities (Ruthann Lee) 7. Women Gone Bad? Women, Criminalization, and Representation (Amanda Glasbeek) 8. Sexual Regulation: Sexing Governmentality; Governing Sex (Deborah Brock) 9. Crime and Social Classes: Regulating and Representing Public Disorder (Marie-Eve Sylvestre) Part III: Emerging Issues in Canada and Beyond: Connecting the Global to the Local 10. Profiles and Profiling Technology: Stereotypes, Surveillance and Governmentality (Martin A. French and Simone A. Browne) 11. Wanted by the Canada Border Services Agency (Anna Pratt) 12. In the Name of Human Rights: Governing and Representing Non-Western Lives Post-9/11 (Marcia Oliver) 13. Where Are All the Corporate Criminals? Understanding Struggles to Criminalize Corporate Harm and Wrongdoing (Steven Bittle) 14. Social Movements and Critical Resistance: Policing Colonial Capitalist Order (Tia Dafnos) Conclusion: Representation, Regulation, and Resistance Glossary Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisIn documenting how blackness became a marker of criminality that overrode the potential protections the status of “child” could have bestowed, Tera Eva Agyepong shows the entanglements between race and the state's transition to a more punitive form of juvenile justice. This important study expands the narrative of racialized criminalization in America.

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Book SynopsisRape law reform has long been hailed as one of the most successful projects of second-wave feminism. In this book, the author draws on interviews with over 150 local rape care advocates in communities across the United States to explore how and why mainstream systems continue to resist feminist reforms.Trade Review"At last, a comprehensive and scholarly account of the antirape movement that should sound the alarm at how little law in action has changed, despite policy successes with rape law on the books. Corrigans searing analysis makes a major contribution to political science, sociology, law, and public policy. Following Patricia Yancey Martins organizational analysis of why rape policy reforms have so little effect on priorities, the treatment of victims, prosecutions, convictions, and public attitudes, Corrigan reveals how a social movement has lost its ability to advocate effectively. This must read for all who care about womens equality should sound the alarm to turn our attention to policy implementation and social movement mobilization." -- Sally J. Kenney,Tulane University"Corrigan convincingly argues that medical and legal professionals do not take rape seriously. . . . The strongest parts of the book are her assessments of the SANE programs, EC in the ER, and the sex offender registration and notification statutes. She quotes voluminously from her interviews . . . giving a richly textured picture of the implementation and impact of these recent initiatives. Her analysis of differences across states is particularly illuminating." -- Carrie N. Baker * Political Science Quarterly *"Corrigan's examination of the impact of rape law reform convincingly argues that such reform has often been weakened, modified, and co-opted, all in ways that dilute the impact promised by far-reaching, woman-centered policy. Drawing on deeply textured case studies, extensive interview data, and a clear reading of the laws in various US jurisdictions, Corrigan offers an analysis of legal implementation from the ground up." -- R. A. Cramer * Choice *"In an era when gender mainstreaming is hailed globally as the primary tactic to achieve gender equality, Rose Corrigan offers a cautionary tale. By focusing on rape law reform over four decades, she demonstrates how feminist policy objectives are systemically undercut by bureaucratic intransigence and standard operating procedures within gendered state institutions. From legislatures and law enforcement agencies to rape crisis centers, she traces the evisceration of feminist transformative efforts as the law is deployed with little concern for the well-being of those who have been raped. This vital contribution to feminist theory and practice should be read by all concerned with social change in the 21st century." -- Mary Hawkesworth,Professor of Political Science and Women’s and Gender Studies, Rutgers University"Professor Corrigan's book, Up Against a Wall: Rape Reform and the Failure of Success,is indispensable reading for anyone who cares about sexual violence and the failure of law reform to live up to the promise it once held for victims of sexual violence. It is also an invaluable tool for anyone concerned about the dynamics of law reform and legal consciousness. Using an empirical, qualitative study of Rape Crises Centers and counsellors in six diverse states as her framework, Corrigan engages in a multi-layered, nuanced examination of the history of rape law reform to demonstrate that reliance on the criminal justice system led to the loss of original feminist goals. She argues rape and sexual assault issues were abandoned by feminists who lost sight of the relationship of sexual assault to gender inequality as they moved on to other projects. She then turns to current issues that have produced perverse effects for victims. She challenges us to look for creative solutions outside the criminal law as well as within to problems she identifies and for a return to an emphasis on gender equality and real rights and protections for victims in this important book." -- Lynne Henderson,Professor Emerita, University of Nevada Las Vegas"This book, by socio-legal scholar Rose Corrigan, offers an insightful analysis of both lingering and new challenges to reforms in how rape and rape victims are defined and treated. . . . Corrigan did not miss a single key study on the issues. Furthermore, her narrative is written so that experts and non-experts alike can enjoy and learn from it. Her use of quotes from rape care worker interviews makes fascinating reading. . . . This book is an invaluable resource . . . Finally, the book offers an excellent example of the use of organizational and community informants as 'human periscopes' in order to gain purchase on rape work and politics in today's world. This approach is under-utilized in organizational and community studies and I hope Corrigan's use of it inspires others to adopt it as well." -- Patricia Yancey Martin,Professor of Sociology Emerita, Florida State University"This research is an eye opening tale of how social movements can be partially co-opted by the state. There is a lesson here not only for anti rape advocates and those concerned with gender equality, but for all of us concerned with civil rights more generally." -- Frederika E. Schmitt * Sex Roles *""Rose Corrigan has made a major contribution to our understanding of the way in which law reform efforts in theory can be subverted 'on the ground.' The book is thoughtful, well-written and has important insights for a variety of fields. " -- Elizabeth M. Schneider,Rose L. Hoffer Professor of Law, Brooklyn Law SchoolTable of ContentsAcknowledgments 1. Introduction: The Failure of Success 2. The Anti-Rape Movement and the Turn to Law 3. Listening to Rape Care Advocates 4. Institutional Responses to Rape: Following the "Leaky Pipeline" of Rape Reporting5. Developing the Body of Evidence: Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Programs 6. When Rights Are Wrong: Emergency Contraception and the Failure of Policy Success 7. When Is a Rapist a Sex Offender?: Sex Offender Registration and Notification Statutes 8. Fleeing from Feminism: The Troubled Legacy of Rape Law Reform Notes Bibliography Index About the Author

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Book SynopsisExplores the shifts and the research used to support civil rights claims of discrimination, particularly relating to minority youths' rights to equal treatment In the wake of the civil rights movement, the legal system dramatically changed its response to discrimination based on race, gender, and other characteristics. It is now showing signs of yet another dramatic shift, as it moves from considering difference to focusing on neutrality. Rather than seeking to counter subjugation through special protections for groups that have been historically (and currently) disadvantaged, the Court now adopts a colorblind approach. Equality now means treating everyone the same way. This book explores these shifts and the research used to support civil rights claims, particularly relating to minority youths' rights to equal treatment. It integrates developmental theory with work on legal equality and discrimination, showing both how the legal system can benefit from new research on development and Trade Review"As a whole, this work has overlaying and connecting themes serving as a general introduction into the legal arguments of the topics at hand, namely adolescents and the legal systems interaction with them. However, the individual chapters go into minute detail in regards to the topics and cases related to them. This combination helps to properly inform readers without leaving them get lost in the gritty aspects of the U.S. legal system… After reading the book in its entirety, the need for governmental reform regarding the issues presented becomes painfully apparent. Hopefully the public will continue to educate themselves on issues like these and a more concrete plan as to what specifically needs improvement and in how to go about improving it will form." -- Journal of Youth and Adolescence"In clear and cogent terms, this book pulls together the literature from disparate areas of psychological research and jurisprudence. Its well-reasoned arguments make a distinctive contribution to the field, and should serve as guidance to scholars and policy-makers." -- Phyllis B. Gerstenfeld,author of Hate Crimes: Causes, Controls, & Controversies, 3rd EdTable of ContentsContents Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 1. Shifts in Equality Jurisprudence 13 2. The Nature, Developmental Roots, and Alleviation of 57 Discrimination 3. Addressing Necessary Shifts in Equality Jurisprudence 101 4. Supporting Equality Jurisprudence's Sites of Inculcation 123 5. Harnessing Developmental Science to Broaden Equality 195 Jurisprudence Conclusion 237 References 245 Index 267 About the Author 277

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Book SynopsisAn important understanding of the role public opinion plays in crime prevention policyDefund the police. This slogan became a rallying cry among Black Lives Matter protesters following the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis in May 2020. These three words evoke a fundamental question about America's policy priorities: should the nation rely predominantly upon the branches of the criminal justice system to arrest, prosecute, and imprison offenders, or should the nation prioritize fixing structural causes of crime by investing more heavily in the infrastructure and institutions of disadvantaged communities? To put it simply, do Americans actually prefer punishment over crime prevention?The Politics of Crime Prevention examines American public opinion about crime prevention in the twenty-first century with a particular focus on how average citizens would choose to prioritize resources between the criminal justice system and community-based institutions. KeviTrade ReviewThe United States sits at a correctional turning point, with a half-century of mass imprisonment now revealed to be a misguided policy failure. To know what next steps are possible, listen to Kevin Wozniak. Based on primary data and an expansive mastery of the research literature, he shows that the American public aspires to more than a punitive, lock ’em up response to crime. He presents strong empirical evidence that the citizenry favors community investment over criminal justice investment. Public opinion thus is a potential resource for needed progressive reform. Americans believe that a safer society depends on having a better society for all—a salient message that politicians need to hear and act upon. * Francis T. Cullen, co-author of Correctional Theory: Context and Consequences *Three words, relatively new to the English lexicon--“Defund the police” (DTP)—can conjure up drastically different images in the minds of Americans. To some, it represents the only strategy forward to address systemic racism, lethal police violence, and long-standing racial and social inequity. To others, the same three words are an affront to justice, social order, and the law enforcement professionals who risk their lives to ensure public safety. In The Politics of Crime Prevention Dr. Kevin H. Wozniak demonstrates that despite these disparate images and distortions, at its heart, the true emphasis of DTP, is not as polarizing as we might think. As the author argues, it is a story of community reinvestment rather than community division. Drawing on a careful and nuanced analysis of public attitudes, Wozniak draws our attention to two key takeaways concerning current crime and justice debates: 1) American public opinion is not unilaterally punitive, in that most Americans are not the “get tough” enthusiasts some politicians and pundits would have us believe, and 2) most citizens recognize that crime prevention begins much sooner than sanctioning, as a large swath of the public strongly favors “front-end” community investment efforts to ensure public safety (public school funding, job creation program). The author argues that it is high-time policymakers listened to these sentiments, and it is difficult not to agree. This book will appeal to many audiences—academics and researchers, public policy administrators, public safety professionals, students, and anyone desiring a deeper understanding of public attitudes toward crime, punishment, and community investment. * Christina Mancini, author of Sex Crime, Offenders, and Society: A Critical Look at Sexual Offending and Policy *The Politics of Crime Prevention counters the view that investments in the carceral state reflect the “will of the people.” Using original carefully crafted research, Wozniak argues that the majority of Black and White Americans support community investment to prevent crime. Accessibly written, The Politics of Crime Prevention provides a road map for those who want public safety without more police and prisons. * Heather Schoenfeld, author of Building the Prison State: Race and the Politics of Mass Incarceration *Overall, both academic scholars and researchers who conduct public opinion and public policy research related to crime and criminal justice and community members who are interested in understanding more about the crime issue will find the content in the book helpful and easy to follow. * Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books *

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Book SynopsisAn important understanding of the role public opinion plays in crime prevention policyDefund the police. This slogan became a rallying cry among Black Lives Matter protesters following the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis in May 2020. These three words evoke a fundamental question about America's policy priorities: should the nation rely predominantly upon the branches of the criminal justice system to arrest, prosecute, and imprison offenders, or should the nation prioritize fixing structural causes of crime by investing more heavily in the infrastructure and institutions of disadvantaged communities? To put it simply, do Americans actually prefer punishment over crime prevention?The Politics of Crime Prevention examines American public opinion about crime prevention in the twenty-first century with a particular focus on how average citizens would choose to prioritize resources between the criminal justice system and community-based institutions. KeviTrade ReviewThe United States sits at a correctional turning point, with a half-century of mass imprisonment now revealed to be a misguided policy failure. To know what next steps are possible, listen to Kevin Wozniak. Based on primary data and an expansive mastery of the research literature, he shows that the American public aspires to more than a punitive, lock ’em up response to crime. He presents strong empirical evidence that the citizenry favors community investment over criminal justice investment. Public opinion thus is a potential resource for needed progressive reform. Americans believe that a safer society depends on having a better society for all—a salient message that politicians need to hear and act upon. * Francis T. Cullen, co-author of Correctional Theory: Context and Consequences *Three words, relatively new to the English lexicon--“Defund the police” (DTP)—can conjure up drastically different images in the minds of Americans. To some, it represents the only strategy forward to address systemic racism, lethal police violence, and long-standing racial and social inequity. To others, the same three words are an affront to justice, social order, and the law enforcement professionals who risk their lives to ensure public safety. In The Politics of Crime Prevention Dr. Kevin H. Wozniak demonstrates that despite these disparate images and distortions, at its heart, the true emphasis of DTP, is not as polarizing as we might think. As the author argues, it is a story of community reinvestment rather than community division. Drawing on a careful and nuanced analysis of public attitudes, Wozniak draws our attention to two key takeaways concerning current crime and justice debates: 1) American public opinion is not unilaterally punitive, in that most Americans are not the “get tough” enthusiasts some politicians and pundits would have us believe, and 2) most citizens recognize that crime prevention begins much sooner than sanctioning, as a large swath of the public strongly favors “front-end” community investment efforts to ensure public safety (public school funding, job creation program). The author argues that it is high-time policymakers listened to these sentiments, and it is difficult not to agree. This book will appeal to many audiences—academics and researchers, public policy administrators, public safety professionals, students, and anyone desiring a deeper understanding of public attitudes toward crime, punishment, and community investment. * Christina Mancini, author of Sex Crime, Offenders, and Society: A Critical Look at Sexual Offending and Policy *The Politics of Crime Prevention counters the view that investments in the carceral state reflect the “will of the people.” Using original carefully crafted research, Wozniak argues that the majority of Black and White Americans support community investment to prevent crime. Accessibly written, The Politics of Crime Prevention provides a road map for those who want public safety without more police and prisons. * Heather Schoenfeld, author of Building the Prison State: Race and the Politics of Mass Incarceration *Overall, both academic scholars and researchers who conduct public opinion and public policy research related to crime and criminal justice and community members who are interested in understanding more about the crime issue will find the content in the book helpful and easy to follow. * Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books *

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Book SynopsisA powerful critique of mass incarceration by the people who have experienced itInside Knowledge is the first book to examine the American prison system through the eyes of those who are trapped within it. Drawing from the writings collected in the American Prison Writing Archive, Doran Larson deftly illustrates how mass incarceration does less to contain any harm perpetrated by convicted people than to spread and perpetuate harm among their families and communities. Inside Knowledge makes a powerful argument that America's prisons not only degrade and debilitate their wards but also defeat the prison's cardinal missions of rehabilitation, containment, deterrence, and even meaningful retribution. If prisons are places where convicted people are sent to learn a lesson, then imprisoned people are the ones who know just what American prisons actually teach. At once profound and devastating, Inside Knowledge is an invaluable resource for those interested in addressing mass incarceration iTrade ReviewAs this compelling text shows, filling in longstanding silences about what prisons actually do may have far-reaching and desperately needed benefits for those inside and outside the institution’s walls. Profound reflections on the unacknowledged inhumanity of the nation’s prisons. * Kirkus Reviews (starred) *Larson’s dedication to challenging the usual conversations about mass incarceration by showcasing voices of the imprisoned highlights many faults and some solutions. An important addition to the discussion around this urgent subject. * Booklist *A powerful indictment of American prisons for failing at their ostensible purpose: making us safer. What distinguishes this book and makes it so persuasive is the insight Larson has drawn from thousands of archived essays by the incarcerated themselves. Their testimony is vivid, infuriating, and profound. -- Bill Keller, Founding Editor of The Marshall ProjectInside Knowledge is a necessity in the conversation on criminal justice reform. Larson builds a critical discourse rooted in the value of “witness” within the carceral state, underscoring the power of the hidden and hushed voice to deconstruct that which can be, at times, indestructible. -- Randall Horton, American Book Award winning author of #289-128: PoemsLarson offers readers a window into the brutal realities concealed within prison walls by exposing the grim wisdom that incarcerated individuals have for so long carried in silence. In so doing, he illuminates the gap in public perception between the peace that prisons supposedly deliver and the destruction they actually wreak, thereby chipping away at the misconceptions that fuel the machine of mass incarceration. -- Marc M. Howard, Founder and President of The Frederick Douglass Project for JusticeProvides a devastating and heartbreaking account of the national nightmare of mass incarceration. Drawing on the insightful analysis of those behind bars, the book pinpoints the structural problem of American prisons, while also pointing us in the direction of a more effective—and compassionate—approach to public safety. Policymakers and the public alike need to hear this urgent call for change. -- Marc Mauer, author of Race to IncarcerateDoran Larson, founder of The American Prison Writers Archive, has curated and contextualized a selection of incarcerated writers’ words, naming and amplifying a rich literary tradition of prison writing in the United States (dating to the 1700s). Ultimately, the book provides a damning indictment of the failures of mass incarceration to achieve any of its four stated goals: retribution, rehabilitation, deterrence, incapacitation. -- Keramet Reiter, University of California, IrvineOne of the most compelling accounts of prison writing to date. Larson has given us a tremendous gift, a withering indictment of the US prison system, based on one of the deepest collections of prison writing ever compiled. The courageous writing and formidable expertise of people confined in prisons form together a clarion call: don’t look away. And in a time where prisons have once again catalyzed resistance, Inside Knowledge beckons to us. -- Vesla Mae Weaver, Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Sociology, Johns Hopkins UniversityThis book will advance the cause of those in and out, shedding much needed light and changing the way people see those fighting for justice on many levels... most importantly in prison. -- Jimmy Baca, author of The MisfitsInside Knowledge presents a thoughtful, well-documented history of the origin, the rationales, and the practice of incarcerating people in this country, and a great many testimonies from the people who know best how thoroughly that practice has failed to achieve its alleged goal of 'rehabilitating' the people prisons are supposed to serve. * The Arts Fuse *Larson's is an ambitious and compelling project, and his book is an extraordinary and valuable contribution both to the literature on prison writing and to the ongoing effort of activists to redress social ills caused largely by conditions of poverty. * The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice *

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Book SynopsisAn evidence-based roadmap for how the American criminal justice system can be reformedThis important volume brings together today's leading criminal justice scholars and practitioners to offer a roadmap for those who want to change the face of the American criminal justice system. This collection of essays addresses thirteen significant issues in justice reform, starting from a suspect's first interaction with the police and continuing to gun violence, prosecutorial innovation, sentencing reform, eliminating bail, recidivism and re-entry, collateral consequences of crime, and eliminating false convictions. A common theme emerges in this volume: the American criminal justice system is riddled with weaknesses that cause harm and require greater accountability. Each chapter is both educational and prescriptive, helping readers to understand the problems that plague the criminal justice system, how those problems can be addressed, and who should take responsibility for them. Part scholaTrade ReviewThis book does two things – both important – and it does them exceedingly well. First, in an era in which reform of the criminal legal system is a top priority for many, it provides a collection of essays across the entire system, from policing to incarceration and re-entry. Second, it does so from a deeply evidence-based perspective, so reform can be both effective and enduring. The editors are to be congratulated in assembling this impressive gathering of expertise, in a volume that many will find informative and engaging. * Barry Friedman, author of Unwarranted: Policing without Permission *In today’s fraught national discourse on the future of criminal justice reform, the ideas found in this ambitious and timely volume are particularly welcome. The book is chock-full of creative new approaches, from participatory defense as a movement-building strategy to temporary guaranteed income to support successful reentry. Other chapters promote structural changes in prosecutorial charging practices, sentencing policies, recidivism metrics, and sentinel event reviews. These ideas presented here are animated by a refreshing insistence on policies that reflect solid evidence, not political posturing. Taken together, they provide a platform for advocates committed to the hard work of unwinding our country’s harmful and ineffective criminal justice apparatus. * Jeremy Travis, author of But They All Come Back: Facing the Challenges of Prisoner Reentry *An impressive ensemble of scholars and practitioners with a wealth of knowledge on the workings—and failures—of the criminal justice system. Drawing upon empirical research, contributors provide evidence-based solutions to address criminal injustices in policing, courts, and corrections with special attention to issues of class, race, and gender. Transforming Criminal Justice is a must-read collection for policymakers, practitioners, academics, and laypeople interested in promoting accountability, harm reduction, and justice. * Maya Pagni Barak, co-author of Capital Defense: Inside the Lives of America’s Death Penalty Lawyers *

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Book SynopsisAn evidence-based roadmap for how the American criminal justice system can be reformedThis important volume brings together today's leading criminal justice scholars and practitioners to offer a roadmap for those who want to change the face of the American criminal justice system. This collection of essays addresses thirteen significant issues in justice reform, starting from a suspect's first interaction with the police and continuing to gun violence, prosecutorial innovation, sentencing reform, eliminating bail, recidivism and re-entry, collateral consequences of crime, and eliminating false convictions. A common theme emerges in this volume: the American criminal justice system is riddled with weaknesses that cause harm and require greater accountability. Each chapter is both educational and prescriptive, helping readers to understand the problems that plague the criminal justice system, how those problems can be addressed, and who should take responsibility for them. Part scholaTrade Review"This book does two things – both important – and it does them exceedingly well. First, in an era in which reform of the criminal legal system is a top priority for many, it provides a collection of essays across the entire system, from policing to incarceration and re-entry. Second, it does so from a deeply evidence-based perspective, so reform can be both effective and enduring. The editors are to be congratulated in assembling this impressive gathering of expertise, in a volume that many will find informative and engaging." * Barry Friedman, author of Unwarranted: Policing without Permission *"In today’s fraught national discourse on the future of criminal justice reform, the ideas found in this ambitious and timely volume are particularly welcome. The book is chock-full of creative new approaches, from participatory defense as a movement-building strategy to temporary guaranteed income to support successful reentry. Other chapters promote structural changes in prosecutorial charging practices, sentencing policies, recidivism metrics, and sentinel event reviews. These ideas presented here are animated by a refreshing insistence on policies that reflect solid evidence, not political posturing. Taken together, they provide a platform for advocates committed to the hard work of unwinding our country’s harmful and ineffective criminal justice apparatus." * Jeremy Travis, author of But They All Come Back: Facing the Challenges of Prisoner Reentry *"An impressive ensemble of scholars and practitioners with a wealth of knowledge on the workings—and failures—of the criminal justice system. Drawing upon empirical research, contributors provide evidence-based solutions to address criminal injustices in policing, courts, and corrections with special attention to issues of class, race, and gender. Transforming Criminal Justice is a must-read collection for policymakers, practitioners, academics, and laypeople interested in promoting accountability, harm reduction, and justice." * Maya Pagni Barak, co-author of Capital Defense: Inside the Lives of America’s Death Penalty Lawyers *

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Book SynopsisA comprehensive assessment of real gun reform legislation with recommendations for better design, implementation and enforcementA month after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, New York State passed, with record speed, the first and most comprehensive state post-Sandy Hook gun control law. In The Toughest Gun Control Law in the Nation, James B. Jacobs and Zoe Fuhr ask whether the 2013 SAFE Act hailed by Governor Andrew Cuomo as the nation's toughest gun control law has lived up to its promise. Jacobs and Fuhr illuminate the gap between gun control on the books and gun control in action. They argue that, to be effective, gun controls must be capable of implementation and enforcement. This requires realistic design, administrative and enforcement capacity and commitment and ongoing political and fiscal support. They show that while the SAFE Act was good symbolic politics, most of its provisions were not effectively implemented or, if implemented, not enforced. Gun control in a sTrade Review"The great lesson here is that in gun policy, as in other areas, good intentions are not enough. James B. Jacobs and Zoe Fuhr provide a thorough account of how New York State’s SAFE Act, the ‘toughest gun law in the nation,’ has come up short in implementation and enforcement. This book serves as a well-informed guide to exploring the gap between aspiration and practice, and makes painfully clear that for advocates of gun violence prevention, enacting sensible regulations is just the first step." -- Philip J. Cook, co-author of The Gun Debate: What Everyone Needs to Know"This masterful, penetrating study of the nation's strongest gun control statute does what legal sociology aspires, but often fails, to accomplish: demonstrate the gap—here, a chasm—between the law on the books and the law in action, between policymaking and policy implementation. Anyone concerned with reducing gun violence needs to absorb and act upon its wisdom." -- Peter H. Schuck, author of One Nation Divided: Clear Thinking about Five Hard Issues That Divide Us"Opens up numerous questions of interest to political scientists. ... Students of public policy have a great basis for theory development in this realistic portrayal of the major limitations of our gun regulatory system." * Political Science Quarterly *

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Book SynopsisA vital collection for reforming criminal justiceAfter five decades of punitive expansion, the entire U.S. criminal justice system mass incarceration, the War on Drugs, police practices, the treatment of juveniles and the mentally ill, glaring racial disparity, the death penalty and more faces challenging questions. What exactly is criminal justice? How much of it is a system of law and how much is a collection of situational social practices? What roles do the Constitution and the Supreme Court play? How do race and gender shape outcomes? How does change happen, and what changes or adaptations should be pursued? The New Criminal Justice Thinking addresses the challenges of this historic moment by asking essential theoretical and practical questions about how the criminal system operates. In this thorough and thoughtful volume, scholars from across the disciplines of legal theory, sociology, criminology, Critical Race Theory, and organizational theory offer crucial insights into how tTrade Review"Atremendous collection of thoughtful essays written by preeminent scholars. . . . a cohesive examination of what is wrong with the American criminal justice system, and how we might go about fixing it." * New York Journal of Books *"[The book] offers several articles that will challenge the readers thinking and deepen the readers understanding of how the criminal justice works." * Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Book Review *"In a collection of 14 essays that engage criminal law and justice, this volume contains new concepts and deeply interesting ideas by some of today’s most erudite and recognizable scholars in ‘criminal justice system’ thinking." -- The Howard Journal"This book can profitably be read by criminal justice practitioners, policy makers, and students at all levels. It is a necessary read." * Choice *"In The New Criminal Justice Thinking, Sharon Dolovich and Alexandra Natapoff take on the ambitious project of understanding what the contemporary American criminal justice system is and what it does at this critical juncture in time. The volume reflects a remarkable willingness to rethink the complex of actors, institutions, laws, and dynamics that operate to police and punish crime. Resoundingly successful at decentering crime from our thinking about the criminal justice system, this book effects an intervention that is crucial to understanding and reforming its injustices." -- Bernard E. Harcourt,Isidor and Seville Sulzbacher Professor of Law at Columbia Law School"In making sense out of the U.S. criminal justice morass and pointing toward transformation, Dolovich and Natapoff have accomplished the nearly impossible. Here is an accessible guide to some of the best work of leading criminal justice scholars. Creative, visionary and erudite, The New Criminal Justice Thinking is a crucial intervention in crucial times." -- Paul Butler,Professor of Law at Georgetown Law"These essays mount an impressive and broad-ranging critique of the American criminal justice system, offering legal, sociological, psychological, and moral perspectives on the future of institutions that deeply mark our communities and collective life. An essential volume for anyone interested in changing our criminal justice system to produce a more equal and more just society." -- Carol Steiker,Henry J. Friendly Professor of Law, Harvard Law School

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Book SynopsisChildren and youth become involved with the juvenile justice system at a significant rate. While some children move just as quickly out of the system and go on to live productive lives as adults, other children become enmeshed in the system, developing deeper problems and or transferring into the adult criminal justice system. Justice for Kids is a volume of work by leading academics and activists that focuses on ways to intervene at the earliest possible point to rehabilitate and redirectto keep kids out of the systemrather than to punish and drive kids deeper. Justice for Kids presents a compelling argument for rethinking and restructuring the juvenile justice system as we know it. This unique collection explores the system's fault lines with respect to all children, and focuses in particular on issues of race, gender, and sexual orientation that skew the system. Most importantly, it provides specific program initiatives that offer alternatives to our thinking about preventiTrade ReviewJudges and attorneys as well as law enforcement agencies and juvenile advocates will find this book useful as they work toward the goal of fair treatment and justice for juveniles, both guilty and innocent. * Library Journal *Justice for Kids presents comprehensive research and evidence-based practices anchored in sound, creative and critical analysis necessary to transform both our youth-serving institutions and our moral intuitions and commitments to all of our children. -- Mark Fondacaro,co-author of Juveniles at Risk: A Plea for Preventive JusticeThis remarkable and sobering collection of scholarly works shines much-needed light on our nations unjust treatment of youth and how the injustice flows most heavily along the lines of race, poverty and disability. Educators, policymakers, and advocates all should find this book as motivating as it is disturbing: for every reason it gives to despair about the current system, it also reveals a pathway toward a far less populated system of juvenile justice, one that actually helps children rather than harms them. -- Daniel Losen,co-author of The School-to-Prison Pipeline: Structuring Legal ReformTable of ContentsPreface Introduction Part I System Change 1 Redefining the Footprint of Juvenile Justice in America 2 Delinquency and Daycare 3 Challenging the Overuse of Foster Care and Disrupting the Path to Delinquency and Prison 4 Preventing Incarceration through Special Education and Mental Health Collaboration for Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders 5 Looking for Air: Excavating Destructive Educational and Racial Policies to Build Successful School CommunitiesPart II Race, Gender, and Sexual Orientation 6 The Black Nationalist Cure to Disproportionate Minority Contact 7 Girl Matters: Unfinished Work 8 Supporting Queer Youth Part III Legal Socialization and Policing 9 Deterring Serious and Chronic Offenders 10 "I Want to Talk to My Mom"Part IV Model Programs 11 Moving beyond Exclusion 12 The Line of Prevention 13 What It Takes to Transform a School inside a Juvenile Justice Facility About the Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisThe way a society punishes demonstrates its commitment to standards of judgment and justice, its distinctive views of blame and responsibility, and its particular way of responding to evil. Punishment in Popular Culture examines the cultural presuppositions that undergird America's distinctive approach to punishment and analyzes punishment as a set of images, a spectacle of condemnation. It recognizes that the semiotics of punishment is all around us, not just in the architecture of the prison, or the speech made by a judge as she sends someone to the penal colony, but in both high and popular culture iconography, in novels, television, and film. This book brings together distinguished scholars of punishment and experts in media studies in an unusual juxtaposition of disciplines and perspectives.Americans continue to lock up more people for longer periods of time than most other nations, to use the death penalty, and to racialize punishment in remarkable ways. How are these faTrade Review[] [T]his collection will reward students who seek insight into the conceptions of justice that animate the ghost in the popular culture machine. * Choice *[T]here is much to appreciate in this work.Punishment in Popular Cultureis the most recent of the five books Ogletree and Sarat have edited in their series on race and justice. That subject remains possibly the most important area of inquiry in the fields of criminal justice and legal studies. One hopes they will continue toencourage the scholarship that contributes to our understanding of race and justice. * Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books *This is a necessary and important addition to the literature of legal studies. Tackling one of the most salient issues of our day, the authors use the most sophisticated interdisciplinary methodologies to tease out the many subtle strands underlying the debates around capital punishment. -- Elayne Rapping,University at Buffalo, The State University of New YorkA fluid merging of cultural theory, media studies, and the social facts of mass incarceration, Punishment in Popular Culture is an unprecedented assembly of exceptional and emergent interdisciplinary scholars who take on the cultural life of punishment against the backdrop of the U.S. carceral regime. Disturbing, original, and provocative, this volume reveals how deeply and broadly punishment is enmeshed in the imaginary of everyday life in American society. From the contemporary perspective and across time, we see how punitive images, often overlooked, carry profound cultural force in our socio-political landscape. -- Michelle Brown,University of TennesseeEloquently portray[s] the ways in which popular culture and the criminal justice system influence and feed off each other in a way that both impacts and shapes popular opinion but also various laws. * Metapsychology *The essays in this VERY creative and thought-provoking book force us to think about what movie depictions of punishment represent, how we receive them, and how our consciousness is shaped by them. Highly recommended! -- James B. Jacobs,Warren E. Burger Professor of Law, New York UniversityTable of ContentsContents Acknowledgments ix Imaging Punishment: An Introduction 1 Charles J. Ogletree, Jr., and Austin Sarat part I. The Popularity of Punishment 1. Redeeming the Lost War: Backlash Films and the Rise of the Punitive State 23 Lary May 2. Better Here than There: Prison Narratives in Reality Television 55 Aurora Wallace part II. Popular Culture's Critique of Punishment 3. The Spectacle of Punishment and the "Melodramatic Imagination" in the Classical-Era Prison Film: I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932) and Brute Force (1947) 79 Kristen Whissel 4. "Deserve Ain't Got Nothing to Do with It": The Deconstruction of Moral Justifications for Punishment through The Wire 117 Kristin Henning 5. Rehabilitating Violence: White Masculinity and Harsh Punishment in 1990s Popular Culture 161 Daniel LaChance part III. The Reception and Impact of Punishment in Popular Culture 6. Scenes of Execution: Spectatorship, Political Responsibility, and State Killing in American Film 199 Austin Sarat, Madeline Chan, Maia Cole, Melissa Lang, Nicholas Schcolnik, Jasjaap Sidhu, and Nica Siegel viii | Contents 7. The Pleasures of Punishment: Complicity, Spectatorship, and Abu Ghraib 236 Amy Adler 8. Images of Injustice 257 Brandon L. Garrett About the Contributors 287 Index 289

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Book SynopsisA vital collection for reforming criminal justiceAfter five decades of punitive expansion, the entire U.S. criminal justice system mass incarceration, the War on Drugs, police practices, the treatment of juveniles and the mentally ill, glaring racial disparity, the death penalty and more faces challenging questions. What exactly is criminal justice? How much of it is a system of law and how much is a collection of situational social practices? What roles do the Constitution and the Supreme Court play? How do race and gender shape outcomes? How does change happen, and what changes or adaptations should be pursued? The New Criminal Justice Thinking addresses the challenges of this historic moment by asking essential theoretical and practical questions about how the criminal system operates. In this thorough and thoughtful volume, scholars from across the disciplines of legal theory, sociology, criminology, Critical Race Theory, and organizational theory offer crucial insights into how tTrade ReviewAtremendous collection of thoughtful essays written by preeminent scholars. . . . a cohesive examination of what is wrong with the American criminal justice system, and how we might go about fixing it. * New York Journal of Books *[The book] offers several articles that will challenge the readers thinking and deepen the readers understanding of how the criminal justice works. * Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Book Review *In a collection of 14 essays that engage criminal law and justice, this volume contains new concepts and deeply interesting ideas by some of today’s most erudite and recognizable scholars in ‘criminal justice system’ thinking. -- The Howard JournalThis book can profitably be read by criminal justice practitioners, policy makers, and students at all levels. It is a necessary read. * Choice *In The New Criminal Justice Thinking, Sharon Dolovich and Alexandra Natapoff take on the ambitious project of understanding what the contemporary American criminal justice system is and what it does at this critical juncture in time. The volume reflects a remarkable willingness to rethink the complex of actors, institutions, laws, and dynamics that operate to police and punish crime. Resoundingly successful at decentering crime from our thinking about the criminal justice system, this book effects an intervention that is crucial to understanding and reforming its injustices. -- Bernard E. Harcourt,Isidor and Seville Sulzbacher Professor of Law at Columbia Law SchoolIn making sense out of the U.S. criminal justice morass and pointing toward transformation, Dolovich and Natapoff have accomplished the nearly impossible. Here is an accessible guide to some of the best work of leading criminal justice scholars. Creative, visionary and erudite, The New Criminal Justice Thinking is a crucial intervention in crucial times. -- Paul Butler,Professor of Law at Georgetown LawThese essays mount an impressive and broad-ranging critique of the American criminal justice system, offering legal, sociological, psychological, and moral perspectives on the future of institutions that deeply mark our communities and collective life. An essential volume for anyone interested in changing our criminal justice system to produce a more equal and more just society. -- Carol Steiker,Henry J. Friendly Professor of Law, Harvard Law School

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Book SynopsisExplores the shifts and the research used to support civil rights claims of discrimination, particularly relating to minority youths' rights to equal treatment In the wake of the civil rights movement, the legal system dramatically changed its response to discrimination based on race, gender, and other characteristics. It is now showing signs of yet another dramatic shift, as it moves from considering difference to focusing on neutrality. Rather than seeking to counter subjugation through special protections for groups that have been historically (and currently) disadvantaged, the Court now adopts a colorblind approach. Equality now means treating everyone the same way. This book explores these shifts and the research used to support civil rights claims, particularly relating to minority youths' rights to equal treatment. It integrates developmental theory with work on legal equality and discrimination, showing both how the legal system can benefit from new research on development and Trade Review"As a whole, this work has overlaying and connecting themes serving as a general introduction into the legal arguments of the topics at hand, namely adolescents and the legal systems interaction with them. However, the individual chapters go into minute detail in regards to the topics and cases related to them. This combination helps to properly inform readers without leaving them get lost in the gritty aspects of the U.S. legal system… After reading the book in its entirety, the need for governmental reform regarding the issues presented becomes painfully apparent. Hopefully the public will continue to educate themselves on issues like these and a more concrete plan as to what specifically needs improvement and in how to go about improving it will form." -- Journal of Youth and Adolescence"In clear and cogent terms, this book pulls together the literature from disparate areas of psychological research and jurisprudence. Its well-reasoned arguments make a distinctive contribution to the field, and should serve as guidance to scholars and policy-makers." -- Phyllis B. Gerstenfeld,author of Hate Crimes: Causes, Controls, & Controversies, 3rd EdTable of ContentsContents Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 1. Shifts in Equality Jurisprudence 13 2. The Nature, Developmental Roots, and Alleviation of 57 Discrimination 3. Addressing Necessary Shifts in Equality Jurisprudence 101 4. Supporting Equality Jurisprudence's Sites of Inculcation 123 5. Harnessing Developmental Science to Broaden Equality 195 Jurisprudence Conclusion 237 References 245 Index 267 About the Author 277

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