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Mass Incarceration by
The importance of opposing viewpoints -- Introduction -- Is mass incarceration an effective system for curbing crime? -- What are the societal effects of incarceration? -- Are there problems with our prison system? -- How do we perceive crime? -- How do we handle crime? -- For further discussion -- Organizations to contact -- Bibliography of books -- Index.
Call Number: 365.97 A365m 2018ISBN: 9781534500433Publication Date: 2018
The Future of Crime and Punishment by
American criminal justice : the punishment is the crime -- The high cost of failure -- Why people commit crime and what we can do about it -- Diversion from traditional criminal prosecution and punishment -- Changing prosecution and sentencing -- Rethinking punishment -- Drugs, guns and gangs -- Juvenile justice : the critical opportunity -- Conclusions.
Call Number: 364.4 K29f 2019 pbk.ISBN: 9781538123881Publication Date: 2019
Charged by
Part I. The power of the charge. Charge ; The hearing ; Bail ; Gun court ; Elections ; Trial ; The guilty plea ; The new D.A.s -- Part II: The quality of mercy. The appeal ; Diversion ; The Alford plea ; The dismissal ; The ethics trial ; Reform -- Appendix: Twenty-one principles for twenty-first-century prosecutors.
Call Number: 345.73 B362c 2019ISBN: 9780399590016Publication Date: 2019
Locked In by
American exceptionalism -- Conventional unwisdom : the war on drugs -- A brief history of time (served) -- Conventional unwisdom : private prisons, public spending -- The state of reform : what's happened, and what's at stake -- The man behind the curtain -- The politics of punishment -- The third rail : violent offenses -- Where do we go from here? -- Conclusion.
Call Number: 365 P523L 2017ISBN: 9780465096916Publication Date: 2017
Unfair by
Investigation. The labels we live by : the victim ; Dangerous confessions : the detective ; The criminal mind : the suspect -- Adjudication. Breaking the rules : the lawyer ; In the eye of the beholder : the jury ; The corruption of memory : the eyewitness ; How to tell a lie : the expert ; Umpires of activists : the judge -- Punishment. An eye for an eye : the public ; Throwing away the key : the prisoner -- Reform. What we must overcome : the challenge ; What we can do : the future.
Call Number: 364.3 B465u 2016 pbk.ISBN: 9780770437787Publication Date: 2016
Biased by
Part I: What meets the eye. Seeing each other ; Nurturing bias -- Part II: Where we find ourselves. A bad dude ; Male black ; How free people think ; The scary monster -- Part III: The way out. The comfort of home ; Hard lessons ; Higher learning ; The bottom line.
Call Number: 303.3 E16b 2019ISBN: 9780735224933Publication Date: 2019
