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Summary Table of Contents

Intended for use in Advanced Criminal Justice Systems, Issues in Criminal Justice, and Policies in Criminal Justice.

I POLITICS AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE

(76)

1 Two Models of the Criminal Process

(15)

Herbert L. Packer

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2 Toward a Theory of Street-Level Bureaucracy

(17)

Michael Lipsky

3 Racial Politics, Racial Disparities, and the War on Crime

(17)

Michael Tonry

4 The Media, Moral Panics and the Politics of Crime Control

(19)

Ted Chiricos

II POLICE

(92)

5 Police Discretion Not to Invoke the Criminal Process: Low Visibility Decisions in the Administration of Justice

(18)

Joseph Goldstein

6 Broken Windows: The Police and Neighborhood Safety

103

(13)

James Q. Wilson

George Kelling

7 A Sketch of the Policeman's "Working Personality"

116

(18)

Jerome K. Skolnick

8 Police Use of Deadly Force: Research and Reform

134

(16)

James J. Fyfe

9 The Future of Policing

150

(19)

David H. Bayley

Clifford D. Shearing

III PROSECUTION

169

(54)

10 The Decision to Prosecute

175

(11)

George F. Cole

11 Prosecutorial Discretion in Filing Charges in Domestic Violence Cases

186

(16)

Janell Schmidt

Ellen Hochstedler Steury

12 Adapting to Plea Bargaining: Prosecutors

202

(21)

Milton Heumann

IV DEFENSE ATTORNEYS

223

(66)

13 The Practice of Law as a Confidence Game: Organization Co-Optation of a Profession

229

(16)

Abraham S. Blumberg

14 Trial by Plea Bargain: Case Settlement in the Justice Process

245

(19)

Debra S. Emmelman

15 Indigent Defenders Get the Job Done and Done Well

264

(25)

Roger A. Hanson

Brian J. Ostrom

V COURTS

289

(112)

16 The Criminal Court Community in Erie County, Pennsylvania

297

(22)

James Eisenstein

Roy B. Flemming

Peter F. Nardulli

17 The Process is the Punishment: Handling Cases in a Lower Criminal Court

319

(12)

Malcolm M. Feeley

18 Urban Politics and Policy Outcomes: The Criminal Courts

331

(21)

Martin Levin

19 Race and Sentencing

352

(14)

Samual Walker

Cassia Spohn

Miriam DeLone

20 Maintaining the Myth of the Individualized Justice: Probation Presentence Reports

366

(17)

John Rosecrance

21 Public Support for the Death Penalty: Beyond Gallup

383

(18)

Alexis M. Durham

H. Preston Elrod

Patrick T. Kinkade

VI CORRECTIONS

401

(68)

22 Between Prison and Probation: Toward a Comprehensive Punishment System

407

(13)

Norval Morris

Michael Tonry

23 The Society Captives: The Defects of Total Power

420

(15)

Gresham M. Sykes

24 Changes in Prison Culture: Prison Gangs and the Case of the Pepsi Generation

435

(13)

Geoffrey Hunt

Stephanie Riegal

Tomas Morales

Dan Waldorf

25 Well-Governed Prisons Are Possible

448

(10)

John J. DiIulio, Jr.

26 The Politics and Economics of Increased Correctional Discretion Over Time Served: A New York Case Study

458

(11)

Pamala Griset

VII POLICY PERSPECTIVES

469

27 Ten Deadly Myths About Crime and Punishment in the United States

473

(19)

Charles Logan

John J. DiIulio, Jr.

28 Putting Justice Back into Criminal Justice: Notes for a Liberal Criminal Justice Policy

492

Samuel Walker

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