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Format:
Paperback
416 pp.
6.125" x 9.25"

ISBN-13:
9780190679279

Copyright Year:
2019

Imprint: OUP US

Making Sense of Criminal Justice

Policies and Practices, Third Edition

G. Larry Mays and Rick Ruddell

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.

Readership : This book is designed for criminal justice courses that fall into one of two categories: (1) the capstone course (sometimes called senior seminar) and (2) policy-oriented courses.

Reviews

"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

Preface
SECTION 1. CRIMINAL JUSTICE POLICY
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
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
3. Understanding Criminal Justice Policy
Challenges to Rational Criminal Justice Policies
Research and Criminal Justice Policy
Stakeholders and Their Influence
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
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
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?
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
8. Race, Ethnicity, and Justice
Decision Making in the Criminal Justice System
- Arrest
- Juvenile Detention and Incarceration
- Prosecution
- Adjudication
- Sentencing
- Punishment
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
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
11. What Are the Alternatives to Incarceration?
Supervising Offenders in the Community
Specialized Courts
Drug Diversion Programs
Enhanced Probation
Reducing Jail Populations
Parole
12. Putting the Brakes on Correctional Populations
Imprisonment and Crime Control
The Direct Costs of Incarceration
Indirect Costs of Incarceration
Rehabilitating Prisoners
Privatization
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
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
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
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

There are no Instructor/Student Resources available at this time.

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.

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Special Features

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

All of the chapters have been thoroughly revised, and updated data on all topics available have been incorporated.
The focus on evidence-based practices has been expanded throughout the text.
There has been an expanded use of the due process and crime control models presented in Chapter 2 as an analytical tool throughout the book.
There is a new Chapter 3 focusing on criminal justice policy and some of the tools of policy analysis (this includes material originally in Chapter 15 of the 2nd edition but it has been expanded for this edition).The police use of force chapter (now Chapter 5) includes a discussion of several of the high-profile cases involving the shooting of racial minorities (particularly African Americans) by the police in several locations.
The list of Critical Review Questions has been revised and expanded for each chapter.
One new feature is the inclusion of five suggested writing assignments for each chapter.
A significant number of figures visually illustrating concepts discussed in the text have been added.
The chapter dealing with the war on terrorism (now Chapter 15) has been reoriented from a focus on events following the attacks occurring on September 11, 2001 to the questions surrounding privacy versus the expanded use of surveillance techniques by governments at all levels.
Emerging issues related to violence toward women are introduced, such as untested sexual assault kits and responding to sexual assaults on campus. - New to this edition are supplements, including a Test Bank of questions and Powerpoint slides for lectures.