administration of criminal justice

A behind-the-scenes history of the O.J. Simpson trial, discussing the attorneys, private detectives, dog walkers, cops, forensic experts, and other people and events that played a part in the proceedings, and examining some of the questions raised by the case, such as the importance of celebrity, race, and the efficacy of the jury system.

Provides an account of the rape and beating of twenty-eight-year-old investment banker Trisha Meili in New York's Central Park in April 1989, and the subsequent convictions of five African-American and Latino teens who confessed to the crime and spent years in jail before their convictions were overturned following the confession of a serial rapist.

A collection of essays on incarceration in the United States from multiple points of view.

Examines the laws surrounding juvenile justice, including what the differences are between being tried as a juvenile and as an adult and how that decision is made.

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.

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

Relates the stories of juvenile prisoners worldwide, examining why they were imprisoned, controversies surrounding their imprisonment, perceived injustices, efforts to free them, and more.

Explores how the United States has criminalized poverty, from fees and fines to child support penalties enforced on penniless parents.

"The American Criminal Justice System: How It Works, How It Doesn't, and How to Fix It calls attention to a criminal justice system that needs improvement. Author Gerhard Falk shows that the police themselves often violate the law; that prosecutors send innocent citizens to prison and even to death row; that defense attorneys take on cases they are not prepared to handle; that juries vote guilt or innocence on the basis of emotion, not facts; that judges are often failed attorneys or unscrupulous politicians; and that jails and prisons are too frequently warehouses of the poor." "As background for his analysis, Falk discusses the history of the police, prosecutors, defense attorneys, and judges, as well as the history of prisons and "the prison industrial complex." He also offers a devastating analysis of the death penalty and its practitioners. The book ends with recommendations for the improvement of our criminal justice system so that America can truly be, as our Supreme Court proclaims, a land of "Equal Justice under Law.""--BOOK JACKET.