Order Under Law- Reading in Criminal Justice. - Softcover

Robert G C & Ralph W

Softcover

ISBN 10: 088133670X ISBN 13: 9780881336702

Publisher: Waveland, 1992

Synopsis

The record rates of imprisonment seen in America in the 1990s reflect not only a willingness to use imprisonment as a punishment, but a general approach in which social problems are seen as crime problems to be dealt with by police, the courts, and corrections. Although the public seems to demand simple solutions, there is nothing simple about the crime problem. Readers of criminal justice must come to grips with some of the most emotional and complex questions confronting our society. The editors have assembled a group of articles which illustrate some of the complexities of criminal justice in a way that is accessible to the general reader. Scrutiny over the issues and controversies in the field of criminal justice has resulted in a massive body of literature. The editors of this collection have focused on some of the major issues which have emerged from this literature. The six new articles in this Fifth Edition (and two which have been updated) reflect a heightened awareness of issues related to victims, career criminals, illegal drugs, police practices, an overloaded court system, and current dilemmas facing prisons.

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From the Publisher

Consider these titles of related interest also available from Waveland Press: Joseph Jacoby, Classics of Criminology, Second Edition (ISBN 0881337692); Gary W. Potter and Victor E. Kappeler, Constructing Crime: Perspectives on Making News and Social Problems (ISBN 0881339849); Ralph A. Weisheit, David N. Falcone, and L. Edward Wells, Crime and Policing in Rural and Small-Town America, Second Edition (ISBN 1577660471); and Victor E. Kappeler, Mark Blumberg, and Gary W. Potter, The Mythology of Crime and Criminal Justice, Second Edition (ISBN 088133880X).

Edition details

• Publisher: Waveland
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 088133670X
• ISBN 13: 9780881336702
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 324