Critical Issues in Crime and Justice

  • Critical Issues in Crime and Justice: Thought, Policy, and Practice
    Critical Issues in Crime and Justice: Thought, Policy, and Practice
    By Mary Maguire

    Steffensmeier, D., & Hebert, C. (1999). Women and men policymakers: Does the judge's gender affect the sentencing of criminal defendants? Social Forces, 77, 1163–1196. Steffensmeier, D., Kramer, J., & Streifel, C. (1993).

  • Critical Issues In Crime and Justice
    Critical Issues In Crime and Justice
    By Albert R. Roberts

    In 1976 , the Court struck down the mandatory death sentence statutes [ Woodson v . North Carolina , 428 U.S. 280 ( 1976 ) ; Roberts v . ... U.S. Department of Justice , BJS , National Assessment of Structured Sentencing , pp . 21-23 .

  • Critical Issues in Crime and Justice: Thought, Policy, and Practice
    Critical Issues in Crime and Justice: Thought, Policy, and Practice
    By Mary Maguire, Dan Okada

    Usually, such courses explore the economic, historical, political, and sociological contexts of race and crime. Some courses also include analyses of ethnicity, class, gender, and comparative perspectives. Most examine historical and ...

  • Critical Issues in Crime and Justice: Thought, Policy, and Practice
    Critical Issues in Crime and Justice: Thought, Policy, and Practice
    By Mary Maguire, Dan Okada, Alexa Sardina

    concepts of race and crime have been inextricably linked in the study of criminology and criminal justice since the ... an elective course that explores the economic, historical, political, and sociological contexts of race and crime.

  • Critical Issues in Crime and Justice: Thought, Policy, and Practice
    Critical Issues in Crime and Justice: Thought, Policy, and Practice
    By Mary Maguire, Dan Okada, Alexa Sardina

    New to this edition are chapters on wrongful convictions, human trafficking, and mental illness and criminal justice, three critical issues facing contemporary policing, courts, and corrections.

  • Critical Issues in Crime and Justice: Thought, Policy, and Practice
    Critical Issues in Crime and Justice: Thought, Policy, and Practice
    By Mary Maguire, Dan Okada

    Thought, Policy, and Practice Mary Maguire, Dan Okada ... Criminal justice is directly and indirectly impacted by public policies. ... Therefore, thinking outside the proverbial box needs to be part of the policymaking process.

  • Critical Issues in Crime and Justice
    By Albert R. Roberts

    This text examines the current critical issues and policy dilemmas within the United States criminal justice system.