First published in 1972, this classic text helped define the academic discipline of criminal justice. The new
Eighth Edition provides a unique balance of the enduring classics in the development of criminal justice theory,
with the most current research from the field and debates from the halls of Congress. This 28-article reader allows
students to see research-framed debates discussed in our administration of justice. The introductions to the sections
in politics of justice, policing, prosecution, defense attorneys, courts, corrections, and policy, highlight how
this compilation of works explores the links between politics, law, culture, the media, and the criminal justice
system. Flexible in its design, this work promotes a more critical understanding of the structure and function
of the criminal justice system, but it also invites attention to critical cross cutting themes, such as discretion,
occupational role conception, the sources of power and authority inside institutions, and how the public may impact
our choices of laws and the way laws are written.
Benefits:
Presents an advanced look at the criminal justice system from both political and policy perspectives, adds
additional insight to the already talented author team.
NEW! Focuses on cutting edge experiments in the field, including police use of "hot spots" and current
strategies for risk assessment for probationers.
NEW! Provides current debates in the philosophies of crime control, including the relationship between poverty
and crime, inner-city violence, and arguments on both sides of the legalization of drugs.
Contains concise introductions that point out concepts and doctrines, followed by articles that integrate the
concepts and show how they apply in the criminal justice system.
Introductions to sections explain the timelines of significant events or broad institutional changes in each
of the areas of criminal justice.
Addresses contemporary areas of law, including debates in policy making on school shootings, media coverage
of violence, the Violence Against Women Act, police use of force, the legalization of drugs, poverty and urban
crime, and the death penalty.
Each section provides suggestions for future readings, emphasizing easily accessible reader friendly choices
to help students understand the context of criminal justice.
NEW! New co-author, Amy Bunger, who specializes in public opinion, the politics of crime control, and the formation
of crime policy.
NEW! Contains eight new articles, two classics on rehabilitation and treatment programs, and six contemporary
works highlighting current crime control strategies and new theoretical perspectives. Includes up-to-date revisions
of two articles on media and moral panics, and liberal criminal justice policy perspectives.
NEW! New political emphasis demonstrating the role of interest groups in influencing domestic violence legislation,
and the War on Drugs.
NEW! Public opinion is highlighted in discussions of school shootings, and public attitudes toward the death
penalty.
Table of Contents
PART I: POLITICS AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE.
1. Two Models of the Criminal Process by Herbert L. Packer.
2. Toward a Theory of Street-Level Bureaucracy by Michael Lipsky.
3. Racial Politics, Racial Disparities, and the War on Crime by Michael Tonry.
4. The Media, Moral Panics and the Politics of Crime Control by Ted Chiricos.
5. Criminal Justice, Legal Values and the Rehabilitative Ideal by Francis Allen.
6. Congress, Symbolic Politics and the Evolution of the 1994 "Violence Against Women Act" Barbara Stolz.
PART II: POLICE.
7. Police Discretion Not to Invoke the Criminal Process: Low Visibility Decisions in the Administration of JusticeJoseph
Goldstein.
8. Broken Windows: The Police and Neighborhood Safety by James Q. Wilson and George L. Kelling. 9. A Sketch of
the Policeman's "Working Personality" by Jerome Skolnick.
10. General Deterrent Effects of Police Patrol in Crime "Hot Spots": Randomized, Controlled Trial by
Lawrence Sherman and David Weisburd.
11. Police Use of Deadly Force: Research and Reform by James J. Fyfe.
PART III: PROSECUTION.
12. The Decision to Prosecute by George F.Cole.
13. Adapting to Plea Bargaining: Prosecutors by Milton Heumann.
PART IV: DEFENSE ATTORNEYS.
14. The Practice of Law as Confidence Game: Organization Co-Optation of a Profession by Abraham S. Blumberg.
15. Indigent Defenders Get the Job Done and Done Well by Roger A. Hanson and Brian J. Ostrom. PART V: COURTS.
16. The Criminal Court Community in Erie County, Pennsylvania by James Eisenstein, Roy B. Flemming and Peter F.
Nardulli.
17. The Process is the Punishment: Handling Cases in a Lower Criminal Court by Malcolm F. Feeley. 18. Race and
Sentencing by Samuel Walker, Cassia Spohn, and Miriam DeLone.
19. Maintaining the Myth of Individualized Justice: Probation Presentencing Reports by John Rosecrance.
20. Does the Public Support the Death Penalty? by Mark Costanzo.
PART VI: CORRECTIONS.
21. Between Prison and Probation: A Comprehensive Punishment System by Norval Morris and Michael Tonry.
22. Further Exploration of the Flight from Discretion: The Role of Risk/Need Instruments in Probation Supervision
Decisions by Anne L. Schneider, Laurie Ervin, and Zoann Synder-Joy.
23. The Society of Captives: The Defects of Total Power by Gresham M. Sykes.
24. Well-Governed Prisons are Possible by John J. DiIulio, Jr.
25. What Works? Questions and Answers About Prison Reform by Robert Martinson.
PART VII: POLICY PERSPECTIVES.
26. Legalization Madness by James Inciardi and Christine A. Saum.
27. Crime Fighting and Urban Renewal by Eli Lehrer.
28. Putting Justice Back into Criminal Justice: Notes for a Liberal Criminal Justice Policy by Samuel Walker and
George F. Cole.