Buch, Englisch, 208 Seiten, Format (B × H): 208 mm x 272 mm, Gewicht: 408 g
Buch, Englisch, 208 Seiten, Format (B × H): 208 mm x 272 mm, Gewicht: 408 g
Reihe: Annual Editions: Criminal Just
ISBN: 978-0-07-813609-2
Verlag: Dushkin Publishing
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Annual Editions: Criminal Justice 13/14, Thirty Seventh EditionPrefaceSeriesCorrelation GuideTopic GuideInternet ReferencesUNIT 1: Crime and Justice in AmericaUnit Overview1. What Is the Sequence of Events in the Criminal Justice System?, Report to the Nation on Crime and Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, January 1998This report reveals that the response to crime is a complex process, involving citizens as well as many agencies, levels, and branches of govern-ment.2. The Never-Ending Drug War: Obstacles to Drug War Policy Termination, Renee Scherlen, PS, January 2012Why does the war on drugs continue after 40 years? This article combines theories of policy termination and prospect theory to explain the drug war’s persistence. After reviewing the case for termination, the article turns to policy termination theory. As previous case studies have demonstrated, rationality and economic reasoning alone fail to persuade politicians to end existing policies.3. Prison Rips up Families, Tears Apart Entire Communities, John Simerman, The Times-Picayune, May 18, 2012The number of children who are growing up with one or both parents behind bars has multiplied nationwide along with the incarceration rate. According to one estimate, the total has increased sevenfold in the past two decades. More than 1.7 million children in the United States now have at least one parent in state or federal prison.4. If Convicted Felons Could Vote., Eliza Shapiro, The Daily Beast, July 12, 2012According to some, laws that keep felons and others away from the polls have their roots in Jim Crow laws, and were passed along with relics like literacy tests and poll taxes. Former felons who have struggled to regain their voting privileges said the process is exhausting and demoralizing; and statistics show that felon disenfranchisement dis-proportionately affects African-Americans.5. After 9/11, A New Era in the Business of Detaining Immigrants, Chris Kirkham, Huffington Post, September 9, 2011Companies such as Corrections Corporation of America and the GEO Group Inc., which are publicly traded on Wall Street, have come to rely on immigration detention contracts with the federal government as a growing source of revenues over the past decade. Critics have argued that the government’s hard-line approach toward immigration en-forcement, coupled with the profit motive for private prison operators, has turned a civil detention program into something that looks exactly like a prison system for crimi-nals.6. No Cause for Marijuana Case, but Enough for Child Neglect, Mosi Secret, The New York Times, August 17, 2011Hundreds of New Yorkers who have been caught with small amounts of marijuana, or who have simply admitted to using it, have become en-snared in civil child neglect cases in recent years, though they did not face even the least of criminal charges. A small number of parents in these cases have even lost custody of their children.7. Band’s Culture of Hazing Flourished at Florida A&M, David Breen, The Washington Post, May 27, 2012The culture of hazing is so embedded in the fabric of the Florida A&M Marching 100 that the band adopted a language known not just by current and former band members, but even kids in high school aspiring to join the famous ensemble.UNIT 2: VictimologyUnit Overview8. Telling the Truth about Damned Lies and Statistics, Joel Best, Chronicle of Higher Education, May 4
