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Critical Issues in Crime and Justice Thought, Policy, and Practice

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ISBN-10: 1412970571

ISBN-13: 9781412970570

Edition: 2011

Authors: Mary H. Maguire, Dan W. Okada

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List price: $47.99
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: SAGE Publications, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/21/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 400
Size: 7.00" wide x 10.00" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 1.562
Language: English

Mary Maguire is a Professor and the Chair of the Division of Criminal Justice at California State University Sacramento.nbsp; Her research interests include moral panic and public policy, as well as issues related to the incarceration movement in the United States, including drugs, race, class and management of those at risk for offending.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Selected publications include : A False Sense of Security: Moral Panic Driven Sex Offender Legislation, Corrections in California: The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, and The Prevalence of Mental Illness in California Sex Offenders on Parole:nbsp; A comparison of Those Who Recidivated With a New Sex Crime Versus…    

Dan Okada is a professor in the Division of Criminal Justice at California State University Sacramento.nbsp; He has professed criminal justice at Long Beach State University and Marist College (in Poughkeepsie New York).nbsp; He is past editor-in-chief of Contemporary Justice Review and is a past president of Justice Studies Association.nbsp; Both efforts promoting social, transformative, and restorative justice and peacemaking criminology.nbsp; His work revolves around juvenile and restorative justice, while his play centers on doing as little damage to others as possible.

Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Many Voices in Justice
Criminal Justice and Criminological Paradigms
The Importance of Ethics in Criminal Justice
Criminological Theory and Crime Explanation
Unleashing the Power of Criminal Justice Theory
Offenses and Offenders
Juvenile Delinquency
Gender Matters: Trends in Girls' Criminality
Race and Crime
Culture, Media and Crime
Crime and Economics: Consumer Culture, Criminology and the Politics of Exclusion
Sex Crimes
Terrorism and the Criminal Justice System: Questions, Issues and Current Applicable Law
Developments in Cyber Criminology
Policing and Law Enforcement
A History of American Policing
Police Theory
Contemporary Policing: Police Work in the 21st Century
Policy and Jurisprudence
Police Organization and Administration
Public Policy
American Courts
The Juvenile Justice System
Corrections and Societal Response
The Philosophical and Ideological Underpinnings of Corrections
Community Corrections, Rehabilitation, Reintegration and Reentry
Restorative Justice in Theory
Garbage In, Garbage Out? Convict Criminology, the Convict Code and Participatory Prison Reform
About the EDITORS
About the Contributors