LibGuides: CJ-5101 v4: Lesson 7 Resources

Lesson 7 Required Resources

Textbook

Fichtelberg, A. (2023). Criminal [in] justice: A critical introduction (2^nd ed.). Sage Publishing.

Read Chapter 4: Crime and Inequality

This chapter shows the problems between crime and inequality. This focuses on economics, race, and gender, including LGBTQ. You read this chapter earlier in the course, but make sure to reread the chapter or review the chapter to refresh the concepts on inequality in crime and the system.

Your course textbook can be accessed via the Redshelf link in the Getting Started module.

Articles

Beyond the Law: An Agenda for Policing Reform
Quattlebaum, M., & Tyler, T. (2020). Beyond the law: An agenda for policing reform. Boston University Law Review, 100(3), 1017-1046. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=sso&db=a9h&AN=143467977&site=eds-live&scope=site&custid=s1229530

Police reform, use of force reform, and two ways to manage police reform.

Read pages 1019-1027.
Correctional Rehabilitation
Cullen, F.T. (2017). Correctional rehabilitation. Academy for Justice, 4, 235-260. https://law.asu.edu/sites/default/files/pdf/academy_for_justice/12_Criminal_Justice_Reform_Vol_4_Correctional-Rehabilitation.pdf

This source details potential reforms in the corrections subsystem, particularly in terms of rehabilitation.
The Challenge of Crime in a Free Society
The President’s Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice. (1967). The challenge of crime in a free society. Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office. https://www.ojp.gov/sites/g/files/xyckuh241/files/archives/ncjrs/42.pdf

The challenge of crime in a free society. U.S. Government Printing Office. This is a publication from the only crime commission on the issues that face criminal justice. Use the past to develop future thought patterns. Use it in the Signature Assignment for crime reforms in the agency of your choice.

Read pages v-xi
The Structure of Local Courts
Weinstein-Tull, J. (2020). The Structure of Local Courts. Virginia Law Review Association, 106(5), 1031-1106.https://www.virginialawreview.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Weinstein-Tull_Book.pdf

This details issues in the courts subsystem and the impacts of these issues on all stakeholders.

Read Pages 1039-1055.