Justice Blind? Ideals and Realities of American Criminal Justice

Name: Justice Blind? Ideals and Realities of American Criminal Justice
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ISBN: 9780135147740

ISBN-10: 0135147743

ISBN-13: 9780135147740

Edition: 3rd 2009

Authors: Matthew B. Robinson

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List price: $105.60
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Publication date: 2/7/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 540
Size: 6.97" wide x 9.17" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.650
Language: English




The Criminal Justice System: Ideals and Realities



What is the Criminal Justice System? Ideals



The Role of Politics and Ideology in Criminal Justice: Realities



The Law: Providing Equal Protection or Creating Bias?



Crime: Images and Realities



Crime: Which is Worse, Crime on the Streets or Crime in the Suites?



The Sky is Falling! The Sky is Falling! Media Portrayals of Crime and Criminal Justice



Components of Criminal Justice: Police, Courts, and Corrections



Law Enforcement: To Serve and Protect?



Right to Trial? Injustice in Pretrial and Trial Procedures



Punishment: Does it Work and is it Fair?



Incarceration: Lock Em Up and Forget About Em



Bad Criminal Justice Policy and How to Fix this Mess



The Ultimate Sanction: Death as Justice?



The War on Drugs: Focusing on the Wrong Drugs?



The War on Crime as a Threat to Equality: Innocent Bias Against the Poor, People of Color, and Women



Summary, Conclusions, and Recommendations for the Future