Criminal Justice

Inconsistent policing, rampant plea bargaining, overcrowded courtrooms, and ever more draconian sentencing have produced a gigantic prison population, with black citizens the primary defendants and victims of crime. In this passionately argued book, the leading criminal law scholar of his generation looks to history for the roots of these problems—and for their solutions.

Leading scholars discuss the implications of globalization for the fields of comparative criminology and criminal justice.

This volume brings together leading experts on the investigation, litigation and scholarly analysis of innocence cases in America, from legal, political and ethical perspectives.

The contributors to this volume come together from a diverse range of backgrounds to analyze, critique, and envision alternatives to the injustices of the U.S. prison system.

A book of research and policy aimed at raising ethical standards in criminal justice practice.

Documents the transition to adulthood for a particularly vulnerable population: young inner-city men of color who have, by the age of eighteen, already been imprisoned. How, she asks, do such precariously situated youth become adult men? What are the sources of change in their lives?

In this report, RAND researchers, with the help of a practitioner Corrections Advisory Panel, seek to map out an innovation agenda for the sector.

Examines research and analysis of the dramatic rise of incarceration rates and its affects. .

This challenging volume examines the jurisprudence of international criminal justice from various points of view.

Authored by some of Australia's leading penal theorists, the book examines the historical and contemporary influences on the use of the prison.

Tells the full story of social injustice, racialized policing, nationally profiled shootings, and the ambiguousness of black life in a suburban context.