Criminal Justice: New Books 2019-20

Examines innovations in policing, the impacts on crime and public safety, the dilemmas these approaches have created for police management, and their impacts on communities.

Explores public police; hybrid policing such as state policing bodies, specialised police forces and non-governmental organisations; voluntary policing; and the private security industry.

Challenges the common misconception of urban ghettoes as cdangerous,chaotic places with drug dealing, street crime, and random violence Examines i the multiple obstacles tresidents face on a daily basis.

Argues that the criminal justice system can only be rehabilitated by eliminating punishment and policies based upon deterrence, rehabilitation, and the incapacitation of the urban poor and instead focusing on conversion.

Prosecutors often control the outcome of a case, from choosing the charge to setting bail to determining the plea bargain. Bazelon follows D.A.s who are reinventing and reforming the profession.

The unforgettable life story of a man who served more than four decades in solitary confinement, in notorious Angola prison in Louisiana for a crime he did not commit.

Recommends policies and strategies for police and communities of color to improve relationships and perceptions between the two.

Explores the failure to provide justice for indigenous women who have gone missing or been found murdered along an isolated stretch of highway in northwestern British Columbia called the Highway of Tears

Provides a rich ethnographic account of women battling addiction as they cycle through jail, prison, and community treatment programs in Massachusetts.

Blends investigative reportage and quantitative and historical research to analyze privatized corrections in America.

Snyder explores the real roots of private violence, its far-reaching consequences for society, and what it will take to truly address it.

Analyzes the ways the organizational structure of an institution can create an environment ripe for sexual and intimate partner violence and offers recommendations for making institutions safer.

Offers comprehensive and principled, yet practical, guidelines for resilience of critical infrastructures.

Systematically assesess the role of race in gun policy groups' framing and offers acomprehensive examination to date of interest groups' presentation of this issue.

Over the last thirty years, the federal and state governments have increasingly incarcerated people accused of violating immigration laws. This book takes a hard look at the immigration prison system's origins, how it currently operates, and why.

Racial bias is much debated and discussed, but until now, no single Explores the pervasiveness of racial bias in the U.S. criminal justice system, how such bias impacts legal outcomes, and why such impact matters.

Explores how young gang members have radically refashioned gang culture and organization in Chicago and proposes an alternative framework for addressing the seemingly intractable issues of inequality, despair, and violence in Chicago.

Analyzes the impact of deportation, incarceration, and racialized perceptions of criminality on Latino families and youth along the border.

Takes a critical, interdisciplinary, and transnational look at immigration issues including deportations and border enforcement, national policy and jurisprudence, and post-deportation transitions for noncitizens.

Provides realistic descriptions of the various entry-level positions and practical information to select academic courses for criminal justice students

Investigates how transparency and accountability could be better realized to restore power to people and maintain a balance between security and the right to privacy.

Explains proven solutions that tackle the causes of violence, and, ways to persuade politicians to buy-in to invest in the appropriate solutions

Provides a prescriptive roadmap o reinvent plea negotiation, pre-trial decision making, criminal prosecution and public defense to effectively reduce recidivism and save money.

Examines marijuana legalization from the perspective of those directly involved, including doctors, educators, parents, lawmakers, drug users, and others.

Discusses how the relationship between police and minority groups affects politics, the economy, and minority groups' daily lives and success.