criminal justice, administration of

Presents detailed accounts of thirteen major American crimes and trials between 1860 and 1912, covering each case's social and historical context, setting, participants, law enforcement actions, media involvement, and resolution.

"... explores all facets of sex offending. Its coverage of sex crimes and sexual deviance in the United States emphasizes rape and sexual offenses against children and society's responses through the criminal justice system, including enforcement and investigation, the courts, corrections, and post-punishment treatment"--Back cover.

Presents opposing viewpoints on such aspects of criminal justice as reform of the system, rights of the accused, sentencing laws, and the legal system.

Provides accounts of seventeen crimes and trials that achieved celebrity status, beginning with the stand-off between American Indian Movement activists and the FBI at Pine Ridge Reservation in 1971 and continuing through the Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse scandal of 2004, each with photographs, sidebars, and references; and includes an introductory essay that examines the social and historical contexts in which the cases occurred.

Provides accounts of eighteen crimes and trials that achieved celebrity status, beginning with the Black Sox scandal of 1919 and continuing through the Attica prison riots of 1971, each with photographs, sidebars, and references; and includes an introductory essay that examines the social and historical contexts in which the cases occurred.

Offers students an overview of the best careers available in the fields of public safety, law, and security for those with only a two-year associate's degree.

"An original and consequential argument about race, crime, and the law today, Americans are debating our criminal justice system with new urgency. Mass incarceration and aggressive police tactics--and their impact on people of color--are feeding outrage and a consensus that something must be done. But what if we only know half the story? In Locking Up Our Own, the Yale legal scholar and former public defender James Forman Jr. weighs the tragic role that some African Americans themselves played in escalating the war on crime. As Forman shows, the first substantial cohort of black mayors, judges, and police chiefs took office around the country amid a surge in crime. Many came to believe that tough measures--such as stringent drug and gun laws and "pretext traffic stops" in poor African American neighborhoods--were needed to secure a stable future for black communities. Some politicians and activists saw criminals as a "cancer" that had to be cut away from the rest of black America. Others supported harsh measures more reluctantly, believing they had no other choice in the face of a public safety emergency. Drawing on his experience as a public defender and focusing on Washington, D.C., Forman writes with compassion for individuals trapped in terrible dilemmas--from the young men and women he defended to officials struggling to cope with an impossible situation. The result is an original view of our justice system as well as a moving portrait of the human beings caught in its coils."--.

"The History of Law Enforcement examines all aspects of law enforcement in the United States. It discusses the history behind US law enforcement, how different law enforcement agencies operate, and how police impact their surrounding communities"--Provided by publisher.

A behind-the-scenes history of the O.J. Simpson trial, discussing the attorneys, private detectives, dog walkers, cops, forensic experts, and other people and events that played a part in the proceedings, and examining some of the questions raised by the case, such as the importance of celebrity, race, and the efficacy of the jury system.

Examines the laws surrounding juvenile justice, including what the differences are between being tried as a juvenile and as an adult and how that decision is made.