Mays, G. Larry.
Making sense of criminal justice : policies and practices / G. Larry Mays, Rick Ruddell ; foreword by Alfred Blumstein. - New York : Oxford University Press, c2008. - xvi, 350 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
The politics and policy dichotomy -- Crime control versus due process -- The search for a guiding philosophy of policing -- Police and the use of force -- Gun control -- Sentencing -- Race, ethnicity, and justice -- Gender and justice -- Wrongful convictions -- -- What are the alternatives? -- Build more prisons? -- The death penalty -- Juvenile crime and violence -- Living in a post-9/11 world -- Making sense of criminal justice.
9781933220888 (alk. paper) 9780195332445 (pbk. : alk paper)
2006027029
Criminal justice, Administration of--United States.
United States--Social policy.
United States--Politics and government.
HV9950 / .M32 2008
Making sense of criminal justice : policies and practices / G. Larry Mays, Rick Ruddell ; foreword by Alfred Blumstein. - New York : Oxford University Press, c2008. - xvi, 350 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
The politics and policy dichotomy -- Crime control versus due process -- The search for a guiding philosophy of policing -- Police and the use of force -- Gun control -- Sentencing -- Race, ethnicity, and justice -- Gender and justice -- Wrongful convictions -- -- What are the alternatives? -- Build more prisons? -- The death penalty -- Juvenile crime and violence -- Living in a post-9/11 world -- Making sense of criminal justice.
9781933220888 (alk. paper) 9780195332445 (pbk. : alk paper)
2006027029
Criminal justice, Administration of--United States.
United States--Social policy.
United States--Politics and government.
HV9950 / .M32 2008