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Making Sense of Criminal Justice: Policies and Practices (2nd edition)
Making Sense of Criminal Justice: Policies and Practices (2nd edition)

Making Sense of Criminal Justice: Policies and Practices (2nd edition)

Author: 
G. Larry Mays; Rick Ruddell
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  • Encourages students to think critically about controversial issues like the death penalty and gun control
  • Examines the confluence of the criminal justice system, politics, and policymaking
  • Engages students with an approachable writing style
  • Invites upper-level students to apply their preexisting knowledge of police, courts, and corrections to specific points of interest
  • Stand-alone chapters allow professors to tailor the chapter order according to their needs

New to this Edition:

  • Offers an expanded focus on evidence-based practices
  • A new Chapter 3, Understanding Criminal Justice Policy, provides more in-depth coverage of several policies and policy-analysis tools than the previous edition
  • Chapter 5, Police and the Use of Force, covers several of the high-profile cases involving the shooting of racial minorities (particularly African Americans) by the police in several locations
  • Chapter 9, Gender and Justice, expansds on issues of violence against women, including responding to sexual assaults on campus and untested sexual-assault kits
  • Chapter 15, Security Versus Liberty in the 21st Century, considers questions of privacy versus the expanded use of surveillance techniques by governments at all levels
  • Provides revised and expanded Critical Review Questions for each chapter
  • Includes five suggested writing assignments for each chapter
  • An Ancillary Resource Center contains instructor resources including a Test Bank and PowerPoint lecture slides

      
Rather than providing students with "the answers," Making Sense of Criminal Justice: Policies and Practices, Third Edition, challenges them to think critically about how the criminal justice system deals with challenging situations--like the use of force by the police--and offers a framework for lively classroom discussions and debates.

Index: 

Preface

SECTION 1. CRIMINAL JUSTICE POLICY 

Chapter 1. The Politics and Policy Dichotomy 
The Role of Politics in the Administration of Justice
Sources of Law
Public Policy and the Policymaking Process
Politics and Legislative Processes and Functions
Criminal Justice Policymaking

Chapter 2. Crime Control Versus Due Process 
The Crime Control Model
The Due Process Model
The Practical Differences Between the Models
Crime Control Model Policies
Due Process Model Policies

SECTION 2. LAW ENFORCEMENT ISSUES 

Chapter 3. Understanding Criminal Justice Policy 
Challenges to Rational Criminal Justice Policies
Research and Criminal Justice Policy
Stakeholders and Their Influence

Chapter 4. The Search for a Guiding Philosophy of Policing 
The Evolution of American Policing
Stages of Police Development
The Political Era (1820s-1940s)
Reform Transition (Late 1800s-Early 1900s)
The Professional Era (1940-1970)
Days of Protest: Another Transition (Mid-1960s-Mid-1970s)
The Community Policing Era (1970-2010)
Community Policing
Search for a New Philosophy of Policing (2010 to Present)
Evidence-Based Policing
Intelligence-led Policing
Mission-based Policing
Smart Policing
Women in Policing

Chapter 5. Police and the Use of Force 
Background
Defining the Terms
Police and Citizen Interactions
Influences on the Use of Force
Laws
Policies
Training
Departmental Practice or Police Culture
The Characteristics of Individual Officers
High-Speed Pursuits as Deadly Force
Less-Than-Lethal Force
Police Officer Deaths
Police Shootings of Civilians
Remedies for Unauthorized Use of Force

Chapter 6. Gun Control 
Perceptions of the Gun Violence Problem
Gun Violence
Firearms Legislation
Regulating the Types of Firearms
Legislating Access to Firearms
Controlling Firearms Use
Effectiveness of Gun Control Legislation
Police Interventions to Reduce Illegal Gun Use

SECTION 3. JUSTICE FOR ALL, OR JUST FOR SOME? 

Chapter 7. Sentencing 
Mass Imprisonment 
Getting Tough 
Indeterminate to Determinate Sentencing 
Prosecutors and Plea Bargaining 
Sentencing Guidelines 
Mandatory Minimum Sentences 
Three-Strikes Legislation 
Truth-in-Sentencing 

Chapter 8. Race, Ethnicity, and Justice 
Decision Making in the Criminal Justice System
Arrest
Juvenile Detention and Incarceration
Prosecution
Adjudication
Sentencing
Punishment

Chapter 9. Gender and Justice 
Women as Offenders in the Criminal Justice System
Arrests
Detention
Prosecution and Adjudication
Criminal Sanctions
Treatment and Rehabilitation Resources
Women as Crime Victims
Sexual Identity, Sexual Orientation, and Crime
Chapter 10. Wrongful Convictions 
Miscarriages of Justice
Scope of the Problem
Eyewitness Misidentification
False Confessions and Incriminating Statements
Incentivized Informants
Unvalidated or Improper Forensic Science
Misconduct
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel

SECTION 4. THE CHALLENGES OF CORRECTING LAW-VIOLATING BEHAVIOR 

Chapter 11. What Are the Alternatives to Incarceration? 
Supervising Offenders in the Community
Specialized Courts
Drug Diversion Programs
Enhanced Probation
Reducing Jail Populations
Parole

Chapter 12. Putting the Brakes on Correctional Populations 
Imprisonment and Crime Control
The Direct Costs of Incarceration
Indirect Costs of Incarceration
Rehabilitating Prisoners
Privatization

Chapter 13. The Death Penalty 
The Current State of the Death Penalty
Capital Punishment in America: Evolving Conditions and Practices
Support for the Death Penalty
The Death Penalty Today
Capital Punishment Policy

Chapter 14. Responding to Youth Crime 
Youth Crime Trends
Explaining the Youth Crime Drop
Cycles of Juvenile Justice
Models for Reducing Youth Crime
Noninterventionist Model
Rehabilitation Model
Crime Control Model
Evidence-Based Interventions

SECTION 5. PUBLIC SAFETY AND THE FUTURE
 

Chapter 15. Security Versus Liberty in the 21st Century 
Federal Legislation
The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
The Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act
The USA PATRIOT Act
Homeland Security
Security Versus Privacy and Liberty
Technology and the Debate Over Privacy
Video Surveillance
Police Technologies
Fusion Centers
The Changing Legal Environment

Chapter 16. Making Sense of Criminal Justice 
Looking Forward
Police
Courts
Corrections
Do Vested Interests Stifle Criminal Justice Reform?
Criminal Justice in the 21st Century
Case Index
Author Index
Subject Index

About the author: 

G. 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.

"Making Sense of Criminal Justice distinguishes itself by expanding its focus on evidence-based practices. The use of the due process and crime control models gives students a framework to organize their way of considering policy issues. I would adopt this text because of the concise yet thorough manner in which the authors approach each policy topic."--Richard Hough, University of West Florida
   

"A comprehensive review of relevant current public policy, Making Sense of Criminal Justice goes into sufficient depth yet is succinct enough to relate important information in a clear, concise manner. The style is easy to read and understand and does not get too technical for students. The text covers relevant areas including police use of force and sentencing policies like three-strikes legislation, gun control, death-penalty legislation, juvenile crime, and much more."--Rebecca Loftus, Arizona State University
   

"This text focuses on research while also providing a historical and social/cultural overview of many different policies."--Sheryl Van Horne, Eastern University

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G. Larry Mays; Rick Ruddell
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Jan 2014
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Making Sense of Criminal Justice: Policies and Practices (2nd edition)

Making Sense of Criminal Justice: Policies and Practices (2nd edition)

Making Sense of Criminal Justice: Policies and Practices (2nd edition)