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    The US Criminal Justice System: A Reference Handbook

    The US Criminal Justice System by Koon-Magnin, Sarah; Williams, Ryan J.;

    A Reference Handbook

    Series: Contemporary World Issues;

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    • Publisher Bloomsbury Academic
    • Date of Publication 19 September 2024
    • Number of Volumes Hardback

    • ISBN 9781440879623
    • Binding Hardback
    • No. of pages368 pages
    • Size 230x156x24 mm
    • Weight 620 g
    • Language English
    • 639

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    A RUSA Outstanding Reference Source 2025

    This wide-ranging resource provides an authoritative overview of the criminal justice system in America, including its history, legal and philosophical foundations, dimensions of racial and economic inequality, and insights into daily life inside America's complex court and correctional systems.

    Explore the origins and evolution of America's criminal justice system, the moral values and legal doctrines that shaped the nation's laws and prisons, and current problems, controversies, and reforms related to criminal justice. Profiles of leading figures in the field of criminal justice and social activism, related primary documents, suggestions for further reading and a detailed chronology are also included.

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    Table of Contents:

    Preface

    Chapter 1: Background and History

    Introduction

    Criminal Law in the United States

    The United States Criminal Justice System

    Funnel of Criminal Justice

    Goals of the Criminal Justice System

    Weighing Individual Rights vs. Public Order/Security

    Crime Data

    Policing in the United States

    State and Local Law Enforcement

    Federal Law Enforcement Agencies

    Law Enforcement Collaboration

    Law Enforcement and the Law

    Warrants

    Detention, Arrest, and Miranda

    Courts in the United States

    Jurisdiction and Organization of U.S. Courts

    Federal Court Jurisdiction, Structure, and Organization

    State Courts Jurisdiction, Structure, and Organization

    State Judicial Selection

    The Attorneys: Prosecutors and Public Defenders

    Pre-Trial Activities

    The Trial Process

    Sentencing

    Corrections in the United States

    The Development of Corrections

    Early Prison Reform Efforts

    Correctional Facilities

    Correctional Officers

    Juvenile Justice System

    Conclusion

    Chapter 2: Problems, Controversies, and Solutions

    Introduction

    Current Issues in Policing

    Racial Disparities in Criminal Justice Outcomes

    Police Accountability

    Body-Worn Cameras

    Forensic Science

    Current Issues in the Criminal Courts

    Pretrial Issues, Bail Reform, and Grand Jury Reform

    Money/Cash Bail
    Grand Juries

    Prosecutorial Discretion and Plea Bargaining

    Indigent Defense/Public Defenders' Offices
    Politics and the Judiciary

    Current Issues in Corrections

    Private Prisons

    Solitary Confinement

    Reentry Issues, including Felon Disenfranchisement

    Restorative Justice

    Issues in the Treatment of Crime Victims

    Sexual Assault Kit Initiative

    Trauma-Informed Care

    Sources

    Chapter 3: Perspectives

    Two Measures of Crime in the United States by Rachel E. Morgan
    Racial Bias and the Dual Purpose of Traffic Stops by Alexander Love
    Case Clearance by Scott M. Walfield and Cassidy Fitz-Randolph
    Inside a Drug Court by Joyce Morrissette
    Advocacy by Laury Rowland

    Chapter 4: Profiles

    Historical Development
    August Vollmer
    George Kelling
    Zebulon Brockway and the Elmira Reformatory
    Edwin Sutherland

    Moments of Significant Change

    The Warren Court and the Due Process Revolution

    Crime Victims Rights Movement

    Angela Davis and Ruth Wilson Gilmore

    Bryan Stevenson and the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI)

    Department of Homeland Security

    Organizations Related to the Criminal Justice System

    National Center for Missing and Exploited Children

    The Innocence Project.
    Death Penalty Innocence Project
    Sentencing-Related Organizations

    Sources

    Chapter 5: Data and Documents

    Data

    Areas in the Criminal Justice System in which Discretion is Exercised

    Rate of Property Crime from 1985 to 2020

    Rate of Violent Crime from 1985 to 2020

    Total Number of Incarcerated persons 1978 through 2019

    State and Local Expenditures on Criminal Justice Per Capita, 2021

    Reasons Respondents Chose to Report Violent Victimization to Police

    Reasons Respondents Chose to Report Property Victimization to Police

    Reasons Respondents Chose Not to Report Violent Victimization to Police

    Reasons Respondents Chose Not to Report Property Victimization to Police

    Recidivism Rates Following Release from Prison

    Treatment Courts in the United States

    Felon Disenfranchisement Laws by State

    Public Defender Crisis in the United States

    Documents

    The Fourth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States
    The Fifth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States
    The Sixth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States
    The Eighth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States
    The USA PATRIOT Act
    First Step Act of 2018
    Mapp v. Ohio
    Gideon v. Wainwright
    Miranda v. Arizona
    Excerpt from the Interview Protocol for the NCVS


    Chapter 6: Resources


    Chapter 7: Chronology

    Glossary

    About the Authors

    Index

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