Survivor Criminology: A Radical Act of Hope is a trauma-informed approach to the study of crime and justice that stems from the lived experiences of crime survivors. The chapters within this volume explore our authors' who have each had close personal encounters with violence and death, as well as institutionalized oppressions based on racism, heterosexism, sexism, and poverty. As scholars, professors, practitioners, and students in the field, these lived experiences with crime and criminal justice have shaped their research, teaching, and advocacy work. Their voices represent experiences that are intersectional, mult-igenerational, global, trauma-informed and resiliency focused. They are deliberately and decidedly anti-racist, and their experiences acknowledge the harm that has resulted from institutionalized and structural trauma. Most importantly, their stories are grounded in their lived experiences. This volume offers survivor criminology as a radical act of hope. Our hope comes from the belief that a trauma-centered approach to crime, justice, and healing provides the opportunity for criminology to expand its theoretical and methodological roots. We see this work as transformative for the discipline - for students, scholars, members of the community, and policy-makers.

The discussion of criminal justice policy is a key issue in understanding the functions and operations of the criminal justice system. Scholars, practitioners and politicians debate the value of these policies in their evaluations of the criminal justice system. The nature of this subject involves a host of concerns, including politics, public sentiment, research, and practice.

Freatures and Benefits

1. Criminal Justice Policy containing original chapters written by experts and scholars in the field who highlight the current debates about criminal justice policy and discuss the implications for the system and society at large.

2. The book is divided into three thematic areas: 1) the foundations of criminal justice policy; 2) criminal justice policy in action; and 3) future directions in criminal justice policy. The introductory section of this book highlights the current state of crime and the nature of criminal justice policy in the United States today. The second section provides substantive discussions on criminal justice policies. Each chapter in this section focuses on a particular example of criminal justice policy. This section is designed to expose students to the realities of criminal justice policy and the effects of these examples for the system. The concluding chapter of this text focuses on emerging issues within criminal justice policy. This chapter highlights four prominent themes: (1) criminal justice realignment as a policy response to violations of inmates' constitutional rights, (2) juvenile justice policy modifications in response to the U.S. Supreme Court's changing view of juveniles, (3) a renewed debate about gun control policies in response to high profile incidents and recent 2nd Amendment decisions, and (4) 4th Amendment protections in the new digital age.

3. Each chapter includes "key terms" at the beginning of each chapter to draw attention by the reader to important concepts and ideas "discussion questions" at the conclusion of each reading to encourage critical thinking by the students and conversations on the material presented "suggestions "for additional research

4. Resarch articles related to each chapter topic are found on the companion Student Study Site 5. Instructor-related resources - test-bank, lecture outlines, & PowerPoint slides are also available.