| Description |
314 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. |
| Series |
Contemporary perspectives (San Diego, Calif.)
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Crime victims' rights / Charles S. Clark -- British view of American justice / Alison Gomme -- Why some people turn into violent criminals / Malcolm Gladwell -- Crime causation from the inmates' standpoint / Robert J. Kelly -- Civil legal tradition / John Henry Merryman -- Islamic legal tradition / Dennis J. Wiechman, Jerry D. Kendall, and Mohammad K. Azarian -- History of New York's finest / Laura A. Hauth -- Social history of women in U.S. policing / Dorothy Moses Schulz -- Does better policing reduce crime? / Sarah Glazer -- High-tech crooks / Dennis McCauley -- Police corruption / Sarah Glazer -- La Corrupcion policiaca / Sam Quiñones -- Cop diary / Marcus Laffey -- On becoming a lawyer / Denis F. McLaughlin -- Problem of eyewitness and repressed memory testimony / Jill Niemark -- Comparing American and British trials / Robert W. Tarun -- Ex-cop on the jury / Marshall Frank -- Death penalty : a scholarly forum / James Acker ... [et al.] -- Caning and corporal punishment / Dennis J. Wiechman -- What inmates view as punishment / Joan Petersilia and Elizabeth Piper Deschenes -- Day in the life of a federal probation officer / E. Jane Pierson ... [et al.] -- What works? / Russ Immarigeon -- How I became a convict / Victor Hassine -- Joliet Correctional Center : an internship to remember / Amanda Larsen -- Outside looking in : four journalists examine criminal justice issues / Ted Gest ... [et al.] -- Why inmate populations are up / William M. DiMascio -- Is this the end for juvenile courts? / Fox Butterfield -- Angola's juvenile awareness program / Lane Nelson -- Delinquency in other countries / Josine Junger-Tas -- Policing in the 21st century / John Crank -- New technologies for corrections / Gabrielle de Groot -- Social control across borders / Gary T. Marx -- Probation in international perspective / Ugljesa Zvekic -- Discipline in prisons around the world / Human Rights Watch. |
| Subject |
Criminal justice, Administration of.
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Crime.
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| Added Author |
Reichel, Philip L.
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| ISBN |
1565109015 (lib.) |
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1565109007 (pbk.) |
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