Critical Issues in Crime and Justice Book

Preface

Part I: Overview of Criminal Justice
Chapter 01. Crime in America: Critical Issues, Trends, Costs, Policies, and Legal Remedies
Albert R. Roberts
Chapter 02. Case Exemplar on Criminal Justice Processing: Illegal Possession
of Weapon, Domestic Violence and Murder Donald J. Sears, J.D.

Part II: Understanding Crime and Criminals
Chapter 03. The Emergence of Youth Gangs: Policies, Programs and Community Responses
Mary Jackson, Ph.D.
Chapter 04. Serial Rapists and Mass Murderers
James Fox, Ph.D. and Jack Levin, Ph.D.
Chapter 05. Religion-related Crime Documentation of Murder, Fraud, and Sexual Abuse
Karel Kurst-Swanger, Ph.D. and Margaret Ryniker, JD
Chapter 06. The Sex Offender: Prevalence, Trends, Model Programs, and Costs
Lori Koester Scott, M.A.

Part III: Law Enforcement Critical Issues
Chapter 07. The Terrorism Phenomenon: A World Engaged
Richard H. Ward, Ph.D. and Sean Hill, Ph.D.
Chapter 08. COMPSTAT: The Emerging Model of Police Management
Vincent E. Henry, Ph.D.
Chapter 09. Community Policing and the Impact of the COPS Federal Grants: A
Potential Tool in the Local War on Terrorism Joseph F. Ryan, Ph.D.
Chapter 10. Police Use of Excessive Force: Exploring Various Control
Mechanisms Mark Blumberg, Ph.D. and Betsy Wright Kreisel
Chapter 11. Justice Response to Woman Battering: Evolution of Change
Lisa Frisch, M.A.
Chapter 12. Victim Perceptions of the Utility of Domestic Violence Arrests
and Temporary Restraining Orders: A Qualitative Study
Gina Pisano-Robertiello, Ph.D.
Chapter 13. Homicide Investigations, Trends, and Forensic Evidence in the 21st Century
Lt. Norman Cetuk, M.M.H.

Part IV: Juvenile Justice Critical Issues
Chapter 14. An Overview of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention:
Cases, Trends, Policy Shifts, and Intervention Strategies
Albert R. Roberts, Ph.D.
Chapter 15. Youth Homicide: A Critical Review of the Literature and Blueprint for Action
Kathleen M. Heide, Ph.D.
Chapter 16. Sentencing Guidelines and the Transformation of Juvenile Justice
in the 21st Century
Daniel P. Mears, Ph.D.
Chapter 17. What Do we Do with Girls: The Dimensions and Responses to Female
Juvenile Delinquency
Scott K. Okamoto, Ph.D. and Meda Chesney-Lind, Ph.D.
Chapter 18. Optimizing Adjudication Decisions Based on a National Evaluation
of Juvenile Boot Camps
Gaylene S. Armstrong, Ph.D., Doris Layton MacKenzie, Ph.D., and David B.Wilson

Part V: Criminal Court-Related Critical Issues
Chapter 19. Sentencing Options and the Sentencing Process
Cassia C. Spohn, Ph.D.
Chapter 20. Debating Death: Critical Issues in Capital Punishment
Beau Breslin, Ph.D., and David R. Karp, Ph.D.
Chapter 21. Critical Probation Failures and Promising Innovations
Michael Jacobson, Ph.D., and Charles Lindner, M.S.W., J.D.
Chapter 22. PACTS --Probation and Pretrial Services Automated Case
Tracking-Electronic Case Management System Timothy P. Cadigan, M.A.
Chapter 23. Rehabilitating Felony Drug Offenders Through Job Development: A
Look into a Prosecutor-Led Diversion Program Hung-En Sung, Ph.D.

Part VI: Correctional Systems and Alternatives
Chapter 24. "All the News That's Fit to Print": A Content Analysis of the
Correctional Debate in the New York Times
Michael Welch, Ph.D., Lisa Weber, M.A., and Walter Edwards, B.A.
Chapter 25. Prison Programs in the U.S.: Preparing Inmates for Release
Mary Bosworth, Ph.D.
Chapter 26. Restorative Justice Programs to Meet Female Offender Needs:
Innovation and Advocacy Katherine van Wormer, Ph.D. and Laura J. Praglin, Ph.D.
Chapter 27. When Prisoners Return to Communities: Political, Economic, and
Social Consequences Joan Petersilia, Ph.D.