Download or read book Public Opinion of Criminal Justice in California written by Field Research Corporation and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Public Opinion of Criminal Justice in California written by and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Feeding the Fear of Crime written by Valerie J. Callanan and published by LFB Scholarly Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Callanan (sociology, California State U.-San Marcos) analyzes how a 1993 proposal to change California law to punish third-time offenders more harshly was making little headway despite the support of many powerful conservative organizations until a heavily publicized kidnapping and killing, after which it quickly became law. Her topics include understanding American punitive attitudes, media and public opinion of crime, modeling support for three strikes, and explaining punitiveness. Annotation : 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).

Download or read book California s Criminal Justice System written by Christine Gardiner and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: California¿s Criminal Justice System, Third Edition, shares the history, purpose, structure, and procedures of California¿s criminal justice system. It begins with conversations about the state of crime in California, the demographics of crime, and the practices of legislative actions and direct democracy in creating state laws. The book includes discussions of criminal justice policies as well as criminal justice institutions such as policing, courts, corrections, and the juvenile justice system. Each chapter is authored by an expert in the field and highlights some of the current issues, challenges, and controversies facing California¿s criminal justice system. The authors also highlight some of the current criminal justice policies and controversies within the state, including gun policy, sex crime policy, drug policy, capital punishment, realignment, gangs, and victims¿ rights. In addition, the authors include discussions on a variety of different employment opportunities related to criminal justice and the occupational outlook for these positions. This text is appropriate for undergraduate students in introductory courses on criminal justice, law, and government, and can be used either as a supplemental text or as a stand-alone resource for students.

Download or read book Public Opinion and Crime Policy in the United States written by Kenneth Edward Fernandez and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 670 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Punishment and Democracy written by Franklin E. Zimring and published by Studies in Crime and Public Policy. This book was released on 2001 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authors provide a comprehensive treatment of the politics and impact of 'get tough' criminal sentencing legislation in the United States. The book includes a study of the celebrated California 'three strikes' law.

Download or read book Selective Incapacitation and Public Policy written by Kathleen Auerhahn and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 2003-10-09 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using cutting-edge methodologies, this book evaluates California's measures to protect the public from dangerous criminals.

Download or read book Smart Decarceration written by Matthew Epperson and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Smart Decarceration is a forward-thinking, practical volume that provides concrete strategies for an era of decarceration. This timely work consists of chapters written from multiple perspectives and disciplines including scholars, practitioners, and persons with incarceration histories. The text grapples with tough questions and builds a foundation for the decarceration field.

Download or read book Public Opinion Crime And Criminal Justice written by Julian Roberts and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-10-08 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taking on one of the most popular issues of the day—crime and the way we make sense of it—Julian Roberts and Loretta Stalans reveal the mismatch between the public perception of crime and the reality of crime statistics. Discussing such issues as public knowledge of crime, sources of crime information, information processing by the public, public attitudes about crime, and the effectiveness of punishment, this book considers the role that public opinion plays in the politics of criminal justice issues. Based on extensive data from the United States, with comparisons with Canada and the United Kingdom, Roberts and Stalans reveal the truth behind how the public perceives crime and how this perception compares to actual criminal activity.

Download or read book Crime and Criminal Justice written by William Lyons and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Themes covered in this collection of essays include police powers, racial profiling, and political challenges.

Download or read book Cruel Justice written by Joe Domanick and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2004-03-15 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From an award-winning journalist comes an investigative look, through the stories of people on both sides of the law, at the development and impact of the three strikes legislation in California.

Download or read book Public Opinion and Criminal Justice written by Jane Wood and published by Willan. This book was released on 2013-05-13 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Public opinion is vital to the functioning of the criminal justice system but it is not at all clear how best to establish what this is, and what views people have on different aspects of criminal justice and the criminal justice system. Politicians and the media often assume that the public wants harsher, tougher and longer sentences, and policies may be shaped accordingly. Detailed research and more specific polling often tells a different story. This book is concerned to shed further light on the nature of public views on criminal justice, paying particular attention to public opinion towards specific types of offenders, such as sex offenders and mentally disordered offenders. In doing so it challenges many enduring assumptions regarding people's views on justice, and confronts the myths that infect our understanding of what people think about the criminal justice system.

Download or read book Thinking about Crime written by Michael H. Tonry and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seamlessly blending history with an easy presentation of day-to-day realities and empirical evidence, Tonry proposes tangible, specific solutions that can serve as a platform for the reform of a criminal justice system no one would knowingly have chosen yet one that no one seems able to change.

Download or read book The Roots of Justice written by Lawrence M. Friedman and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2017-10-10 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on a single county at a time when the population grew from 24,000 to 246,000, the authors combine statistical analysis of documentary sources, contemporary newspaper accounts, and exploration in criminal case files to give a detailed reconstruction of the operations of the county's entire criminal justice system. By tracing the process from arrest to trial, sentencing, and punishment, this study will have a profound effect on our perception of American criminal justice. Originally published in 1981. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.

Download or read book Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 written by United States and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Determinants of Punitiveness written by Valerie Jean Callanan and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 534 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book California s Criminal Justice System written by Christine L. Gardiner and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: California's Criminal Justice System, 2nd Edition, shares the history, purpose, structure and procedures of California's criminal justice system. It begins with conversations about the state of crime in California, the demographics of crime, and the practices of legislative actions and direct democracy in creating state laws. The book includes discussions of criminal justice policies as well as criminal justice institutions such as policing, courts, corrections, and the juvenile justice system. Each chapter is authored by an expert in the field and highlights some of the current issues, challenges, and controversies facing California's criminal justice system. The authors also highlight some of the current criminal justice policies and controversies within the state, including gun policy, sex crime policy, drug policy, capital punishment, realignment, gangs, and victims' rights. In addition, the authors include discussions on a variety of different employment opportunities related to criminal justice and the occupational outlook for these positions. This text is appropriate for undergraduate students in introductory courses on criminal justice, law and government and can be used either as a supplemental text or as a stand-alone resource for students. New in the second edition: * Two completely new chapters on crime policies and the demographics of crime in California. * Updated information and statistics in every chapter. * Reorganized chapters that more accurately correspond to classroom lectures. Specifically, constitutional issues are now contained within the direct democracy chapter and realignment is contained within the corrections chapter. * New material in many chapters, including: new policies in Chapter Three; discussions of ethics and education in Chapter Five; a discussion of risk factors, a status check of California's use of evidence- based programs for juveniles, and new statistics throughout Chapter Nine; and a new section on restorative justice in Chapter Twelve. PowerPoint slides are available upon adoption. Sample slides from the full, 264-slide presentation are available to view here. Email [email protected] for more information. "Christine Gardiner and Pamela Fiber-Ostrow have succeeded in developing the most comprehensive discussion of the California criminal justice system to date. Contemporary explanations of the California justice system emerge from a strong historical context, providing the reader with a road map of challenges and system responses. This is an important text for any criminal justice student." -- Mary Maguire, Professor and Chair, Division of Criminal Justice California State University, Sacramento "There are many books available on criminal justice in the United States -- but few that look closely and in detail at how the justice system works in specific states. This book provides an indispensable introduction to one of the largest, and most unique, criminal justice systems in America." -- Elliott Currie, Ph.D., Professor of Criminology, Law and Society University of California, Irvine