criminal justice, administration of

Examines state appellate civil and criminal court cases over the course of two centuries to show the impact of racial, class, and gender stereotyping on the American legal system.

Contains entries that examine various aspects of criminal justice in the U.S., covering criminals, codes and categories of law, law enforcement agencies, courts, corrections, the U.S. Constitution, and Supreme Court rulings; arranged alphabetically from Rac to Z, with a time line, indexes, and other reference materials.

Recreates the events of June 30, 2003, when basketball superstar Kobe Bryant and a nineteen-year-old hotel employeecrossed paths, leading to a sensational rape accusation and trial, and draws conclusions about what really happened.

Presents a comprehensive study of the controversial murder trial involving baseball player Ron Williamson.

Explores eight human service jobs and lists typical job duties and identifies where and how to receive the necessary education and training.

Punishment Without Crime offers an urgent new interpretation of inequality and injustice in America by examining the paradigmatic American offense: the lowly misdemeanor. Based on extensive original research, legal scholar Alexandra Natapoff reveals the inner workings of a massive petty offense system that produces over 13 million cases each year. People arrested for minor crimes are swept through courts where defendants often lack lawyers, judges process cases in mere minutes, and nearly everyone pleads guilty.

"The American criminal justice system is supposed to be a contest between two equal adversaries, the prosecution and the defense, with judges ensuring a fair fight. But [this book argues] it is prosecutors who have the upper hand, in a contest that is far from equal. More than anyone else, prosecutors decide who goes free and who goes to prison, and even who lives and who dies. The system wasn't designed for this kind of unchecked power, and in 'Charged,' Emily Bazelon shows that it is an underreported cause of enormous injustice--and the missing piece in the mass incarceration puzzle. But that's only half the story. Prosecution in America is at a crossroads. The power of prosecutors makes them the actors in the system--the only actors--who can fix what's broken without changing a single law . . ."--Provided by publisher.

"Composed of long essays on major topics followed by a series of short entries and additional materials, this book provides readers information...into many dimensions of the Latina/o experience with the U.S. criminal justice system"--Page xxi.

"[The first in a three volume set that] offers clear, comprehensive and authoritative treatment of all aspects of the criminal justice system"--OCLC.

Describes and defines the terminology used by police, the courts, and criminals, and provides information about different types of crimes and the steps police take when investigating crimes.