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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: G. Larry Mays (Regents Professor of Criminal Justice, New Mexico State University) , Rick Ruddell (Law Foundation of Saskatchewan Chair in Police Studies, Department of Justice Studies, University of Regina)Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc Edition: 2nd Revised edition Dimensions: Width: 15.70cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 23.60cm Weight: 0.544kg ISBN: 9780199314133ISBN 10: 0199314136 Pages: 384 Publication Date: 30 January 2014 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsSection I: Criminal Justice Policy 1. The Politics and Policy Dichotomy 2. Crime Control Versus Due Process Section II: Law Enforcement Issues 3. The Search for a Guiding Philosophy of Policing 4. Police and the Use of Force 5. Gun Control Section III: Courts--Justice for All, or Just for Some? 6. Sentencing 7. Race, Ethnicity, and Justice 8. Gender and Justice 9. Wrongful Convictions Section IV: The Challenges of Correcting Law-Violating Behavior 10. What Are the Alternatives? 11. Putting the Brakes on Correctional Populations 12. The Death Penalty 13. Juvenile Crime and Violence Section V: Public Safety and the Future 14. Living in a Post-9/11 World 15. Making Sense of Criminal Justice--Yesterday, Today, and TomorrowReviewsMaking Sense of Criminal Justice digs below the surface where most competing textbooks reside by not only examining what works, what doesn't, and possible explanations for each, but by also examining the means through which theory is filtered through structure and function to become policy, and how policy affects society. --J. Keith Akins, University of Houston-Victoria The approach of this book is refreshing. Rather than fitting the cookie-cutter mold, Making Sense of Criminal Justice focuses on using policy issues as a way of structuring the information. The authors have chosen some 'slam-bang' topics that students are most likely to be interested in. --Susan J. Siggelakis, University of New Hampshire Making Sense of Criminal Justice allows students and professors to engage in fruitful discussions of the topics without too many of the writer's values jumping from the pages. It is an all-around good book. --Jennifer Kellman-Fritz, Eastern Michigan University Making Sense of Criminal Justice digs below the surface where most competing textbooks reside by not only examining what works, what doesn't, and possible explanations for each, but by also examining the means through which theory is filtered through structure and function to become policy, and how policy affects society. --J. Keith Akins, University of Houston-Victoria The approach of this book is refreshing. Rather than fitting the cookie-cutter mold, Making Sense of Criminal Justice focuses on using policy issues as a way of structuring the information. The authors have chosen some 'slam-bang' topics that students are most likely to be interested in. --Susan J. Siggelakis, University of New Hampshire Making Sense of Criminal Justice allows students and professors to engage in fruitful discussions of the topics without too many of the writer's values jumping from the pages. It is an all-around good book. --Jennifer Kellman-Fritz, Eastern Michigan University Author InformationG. Larry Mays is Regents Professor Emeritus in the Criminal Justice Department at New Mexico State University. Rick Ruddell is Professor and Law Foundation Chair in Police Studies in the Justice Studies Department at the University of Regina, Canada. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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