The criminal justice system : politics and policies / George F. Cole, Marc G. Gertz, Amy Bunger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cole, George F., 1935-2015.

Contributor:

Gertz, Marc G.

Bunger, Amy.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Criminal justice, Administration of--United States.

Criminal justice, Administration of.

United States.

Physical Description:

xii, 474 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

Eighth edition.

Place of Publication:

Belmont, CA : Wadsworth/Thomson Learning, [2002]

Contents:

I Politics and the Administration of Justice 1

1. Two Models of the Criminal Process / Herbert L. Packer 9

2. Toward a Theory of Street-Level Bureaucracy / Michael Lipsky 24

3. Racial Politics, Racial Disparities, and the War on Crime / Michael Tonry 42

4. The Media, Moral Panics and the Politics of Crime Control / Ted Chiricos 59

5. Criminal Justice, Legal Values and the Rehabilitative Ideal / Francis A. Allen 80

6. Congress, Symbolic Politics and the Evolution of the 1994 "Violence against Women Act" / Barbara Ann Stolz 89

II Police 103

7. Police Discretion Not to Invoke the Criminal Process: Low-Visibility Decisions in the Administration of Justice / Joseph Goldstein 109

8. Broken Windows: The Police and Neighborhood Safety / James Q. Wilson, George Kelling 127

9. A Sketch of the Policeman's "Working Personality" / Jerome H. Skolnick 140

10. General Deterrent Effects of Police Patrol in Crime "Hot Spots": A Randomized, Controlled Trial / Lawrence W. Sherman, David Weisburd 158

11. Police Use of Deadly Force: Research and Reform / James J. Fyfe 179

III Prosecution 195

12. The Decision to Prosecute / George F. Cole 200

13. Adapting to Plea Bargaining: Prosecutors / Milton Heumann 211

IV Defense Attorneys 233

14. The Practice of Law as Confidence Game: Organization Co-Optation of a Profession / Abraham S. Blumberg 238

15. Indigent Defenders Get the Job Done and Done Well / Roger A. Hanson, Brian J. Ostrom 254

V Courts 279

16. The Criminal Court Community in Erie County, Pennsylvania / James Eisenstein, Roy B. Flemming, Peter F. Nardulli 285

17. The Process Is the Punishment: Handling Cases in a Lower Criminal Court / Malcolm M. Feeley 307

18. Race and Sentencing / Samual Walker, Cassia Spohn, Miriam DeLone 319

19. Maintaining the Myth of the Individualized Justice: Probation Presentence Reports / John Rosecrance 333

20. Does the Public Support the Death Penalty? / Mark Costanzo 349

VI Corrections 361

21. Between Prison and Probation: Toward a Comprehensive Punishment System / Norval Morris, Michael Tonry 366

22. Further Exploration of the Flight from Discretion: The Role of Risk/Need Instruments in Probation Supervision Decisions / Anne L. Schneider, Laurie Ervin, Zoann Snyder-Joy 380

23. The Society of Captives: The Defects of Total Power / Gresham M. Sykes 396

24. Well-Governed Prisons Are Possible / John J. DiIulio, Jr. 411

25. What Works? Questions and Answers about Prison Reform / Robert Martinson 421

VII Policy Perspectives 439

26. Legalization Madness / James A. Inciardi, Christine A. Saum 442

27. Crime-Fighting and Urban Renewal / Eli Lehrer 450

28. Putting Justice Back into Criminal Justice: Notes for a Liberal Criminal Justice Policy / Samuel Walker, George F. Cole 459.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0534594727

OCLC:

47289333