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American Criminal Courts: Legal Process and Social Context is an
introductory-level text that offers a comprehensive study of the
legal processes that guide criminal courts and the social contexts
that introduce variations in the activities of actors inside and
outside the court. Specifically the text focuses upon: Legal
Processes. U.S. criminal courts are constrained by several legal
processes and organizational structures that determine how the
courts operate and how laws are applied. This book explores how
democratic processes develop the criminal law in the United States,
the documents that define law (federal and state constitutions,
legal codes, administrative policies), the organizational structure
of courts at the federal and state levels, the overlapping
authority of the appeals process, and the effect of legal processes
such as precedent, jurisdiction, and the underlying legal
philosophies of various types of courts. Although most texts on
criminal courts do a credible job of describing legal processes,
this text looks more deeply into the origins of criminal law,
historic turning points in the criminal law, conditions that affect
the decision-making of criminal justice practitioners, and the
contentious political process that affects how criminal laws are
considered. Social Contexts. The criminal courts are staffed by
people who represent different perspectives, occupational
pressures, and organizational goals. The text includes chapters on
actors in the traditional courtroom workgroup (judges, prosecutors,
and defense attorneys), as well as those outside the court who seek
to influence it, including advocacy groups, media, and politicians.
It is the interplay between the court legal processes and the
social actors in the courtroom that makes the application of the
criminal laws so fascinating. By focusing on the tension between
the law (legal processes) and the actors inside and outside the
courts system (social contexts), this text demonstrates how the
courts are a product of "law in action," and it presents the course
content in a way that enables students to understand not only the
"how" of the U.S. criminal court system but also the "why."
Global Crime and Justice offers a truly transnational examination
of both deviance and social controls around the world. Unlike
comparative textbooks detailing the criminal justice systems of a
few select nations, or cataloging types of international crimes
that span multiple legal jurisdictions, Global Crime and Justice
provides a critical and integrated investigation into the nature of
crime and how different societies react to it. The book first
details various types of international crime, including genocide,
war crimes, international drug and weapons smuggling, terrorism,
slavery, and human trafficking. The second half covers
international law, international crime control, the use of martial
law, and the challenges of balancing public order with human and
civil rights. Global Crime and Justice is suitable for use in
criminology and criminal justice departments, as well as in
political science, international relations, and global studies
programs. It will appeal to all who seek an academically rigorous
and comprehensive treatment of the international and transnational
issues of crime and social order.
Global Crime and Justice offers a truly transnational examination
of both deviance and social controls around the world. Unlike
comparative textbooks detailing the criminal justice systems of a
few select nations, or cataloging types of international crimes
that span multiple legal jurisdictions, Global Crime and Justice
provides a critical and integrated investigation into the nature of
crime and how different societies react to it. The book first
details various types of international crime, including genocide,
war crimes, international drug and weapons smuggling, terrorism,
slavery, and human trafficking. The second half covers
international law, international crime control, the use of martial
law, and the challenges of balancing public order with human and
civil rights. Global Crime and Justice is suitable for use in
criminology and criminal justice departments, as well as in
political science, international relations, and global studies
programs. It will appeal to all who seek an academically rigorous
and comprehensive treatment of the international and transnational
issues of crime and social order.
"THE BEST TEXT CURRENTLY AVAILABLE."
--Gary W. Potter, Eastern Kentucky University
Criminal Justice: Mainstream and Crosscurrents uses a distinctive
crosscurrents theme to teach students about the complexities of the
criminal justice system--and help them think critically about
critical issues.
Completely revised and updated, the third edition offers:
THE LATEST, MOST CUTTING-EDGE INFORMATION
"An exceptional update. The examples are relevant and current; they
vibrantly exemplify the issues and challenges facing our criminal
justice system today."--Rachel L. Rayburn, Indiana University
Purdue University-Fort Wayne
BROAD, COMPREHENSIVE COVERAGE OF THE FIELD
"John Randolph Fuller covers a broad gamut of topics and provides
enough color and depth that students are both educated and engaged
in the class material."--Brian Lawton, George Mason University
"Fresh and insightful. Some of the topics addressed aren't usually
seen in other texts of this kind--read it and you will be
surprised."--Deborah Woodward Rhyne, University of Central Florida
A UNIQUE APPROACH
"This text presents a balanced perspective that facilitates
students' development of critical analysis skills."--Brian W.
Donavant, University of Tennessee at Martin
"Engaging and thought provoking. This book helps students develop
critical-thinking skills, and gives them a chance to explore the
reasons behind how the criminal justice system was created and many
of its challenges from the past to present."--Robert J. Duran, New
Mexico State University
CLEAR AND COMPELLING WRITING
"Easy to read and understand, yet comprehensive and
detailed."--Serguei Cheloukhine, John Jay College of Criminal
Justice
"Clear and concise. Fuller does an excellent job of presenting
complex issues and ideas in an accessible manner."--Christopher
Salvatore, Montclair State University"
The criminological contributions of Richard Quinney have spanned
four decades and have spawned and energized both critical and
peacemaking intellectual and activist movements in the field of
Criminology. Quinney has been consistently recognized as one of a
small handful of seminal thinkers in the discipline. The
introduction illustrates how each chapter: has drawn inspiration
from the crime-related writings of this influential criminologist;
contains core assumptions of critical and peacemaking criminology;
has application for the development of transformative justice as an
alternative approach to the study of crime. Part 1 features
chapters generally falling within the parameters of critical
criminology. Here, critical analyses are directed toward: linkages
of capitalism and political economy to crime; state/corporate
crime; feminist concerns about moral conscience; views of crime and
justice among convict criminologists; prison as an industrial
complex. Part 2 exhibits chapters oriented toward the development
of peacemaking criminology. As such, peacemaking criminology is
explored in regard to: an emergent theoretical model; a synthesis
of Quinney's peacemaking-oriented writings; women's crime and
mothers in prisons; teaching and learning about justice through a
non-violent perspective; advocating justice reforms on the
internet; its future directions in terms of theory and application.
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