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Community Justice discusses concepts of community within the context of justice policy and programs and addresses the important relationship between the criminal justice system and the community in the USA.

Taking a bold stance in the criminal justice debate, this book argues that crime management is more effective through the use of informal (as opposed to formal) social control. It demonstrates how an increasing number of criminal justice elements are beginning to understand that developing partnerships within the community that enhance informal social control will lead to stabilization and possibly a decline in crime, especially violent crime, and make communities more livable. Borrowing from an eclectic toolbox of ideas and strategies community organizing, environmental crime prevention, privatepublic partnerships, and justice initiatives Community Justice puts forward a new approach to establishing safe communities and highlights the failure of the curre

Community Justice

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    A Paperback by John R. Hamilton Jr.

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      Publisher Taylor & Francis
      Imprint Taylor & Francis Ltd
      Published 1/29/2024
      ISBN-13 9781032488578
      978-1032488578
      ISBN-10 1032488573
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      Law Social law and Medical law

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Community Justice discusses concepts of community within the context of justice policy and programs and addresses the important relationship between the criminal justice system and the community in the USA.

      Taking a bold stance in the criminal justice debate, this book argues that crime management is more effective through the use of informal (as opposed to formal) social control. It demonstrates how an increasing number of criminal justice elements are beginning to understand that developing partnerships within the community that enhance informal social control will lead to stabilization and possibly a decline in crime, especially violent crime, and make communities more livable. Borrowing from an eclectic toolbox of ideas and strategies community organizing, environmental crime prevention, privatepublic partnerships, and justice initiatives Community Justice puts forward a new approach to establishing safe communities and highlights the failure of the curre

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