Drugs, Gangs and Organized Crime

Randall G. Shelden

HOWARD ABADINSKY

William B. Brown

Sharon K. Tracy

Cengage Learning'

Today's headlines vividly illustrate the importance of understanding aspects of the criminal justice system too often ignored. While the second edition of Crime and Criminal Justice in American Society includes the most recent statistics on the police, courts, and corrections, its provocative, current examples also spur critical thinking about justice in the United States.
 The authors offer an alternative interpretation of criminal justice rarely presented in traditional textbooks or by the media. They encourage readers to examine their beliefs about crime, punishment, and the law. Discussions in the chapters about how African Americans, Hispanics, whites, women, juveniles, the rich, and the poor experience crime and the criminal justice system contribute context for understanding different viewpoints. The poor and minorities are the most likely to be caught in the net of criminal justice but inequities have consequences for everyone. Reflection on various perspectives provides helpful input for assessing attitudes and for becoming actively involved with issues that have significant consequences.
 Eighteen thoroughly revised chapters present historical backgrounds, theories, and emerging issues. New to the second edition is a chapter on veterans involved in the criminal justice system. Affordable, succinct, and engaging, this textbook presents the key concepts of the criminal justice system at less than half the cost of many competing textbooks.
 Title of related interest from Waveland Press: Kappeler-Potter, The Mythology of Crime and Criminal Justice, Fifth Edition (ISBN 9781478602606).

Crime and Criminal Justice in American Society, Second Edition

Politics & Social Sciences

Karen S. Miller

Randal B. Fritzler

Social Sciences

Waveland Press. Inc.

Throughout history, the powerful have created laws, developed agencies to enforce those laws, and established institutions to punish lawbreakers. Maintaining the social order to their advantage resulted in the systematic repression of disadvantaged groups the "dangerous classes." The third edition retains a historical approach to exploring patterns of social control and, through current examples, demonstrates how those strategies continue today.
 The authors trace the roots of race, class, and gender bias in how laws are written, interpreted, and applied. The management of dangerous classes is not a recent phenomenon; there is a long history of keeping those who derive the least advantage from the status quo (and therefore pose the greatest threat) under control. There was and is one system of justice for the privileged and a very different system for the less privileged. The criminal justice system from the law to daily operations of the police, courts, and corrections generally comes down hardest on those with the least amount of power and influence and is the most lenient with those with the most power and influence.
 The book raises critical questions. What is a crime? What is law? Whose interests are served by the law and the criminal justice system? What patterns are repeated generation after generation? How does the criminal justice system relate to larger issues such as social inequality, social class, race, and gender? Contemplation of these topics contributes to informed public dialogue and careful deliberation about the present state and the future of criminal justice.
 Also available from Waveland Press by Randall G. Shelden: Shelden et al., Crime and Criminal Justice in American Society, 2/E (ISBN 9781478607656); Delinquency and Juvenile Justice in American Society, 2/E (ISBN 9781577667070); Shelden-Macallair, Juvenile Justice in America: Problems and Prospects (ISBN 9781577665236); and Our Punitive Society: Race, Class, Gender, and Punishment in America (ISBN 9781577666325).
 Other title also available from Waveland Press: Barlow-Barlow, Police in a Multicultural Society: An American Story, Second Edition (ISBN 9781478636113).

Controlling the Dangerous Classes: A History of Criminal Justice in America

Pavel V. Vasiliev

What is delinquency? What are the pathways to offending? What prevention strategies exist? To understand delinquency, we need to overcome stereotypical thinking and implicit biases. This engaging, affordable text explores the impact of gendered, racial, and class attitudes on decisions to arrest, detain, adjudicate, and place youths in the juvenile justice system.
 Shelden and Troshynski highlight the social, legal, and political influences on how the public perceives juveniles. They look at the influences of family and schools on delinquency, as well as the impact of gender, trauma, and mental health issues. Discussions of topics such as the school-to-prison pipeline, disproportionate minority contact, and inequality provide a nuanced perspective on delinquency a critical examination of social policies intended to control delinquency and the populations most likely to enter the juvenile justice system.
 The authors also examine the dramatically declining juvenile crime rate and advances in neuroscience that have fostered substantive reforms. These alternatives to confinement are replacing the institutions that have repeatedly produced failure with rehabilitative programs that offer hope for a more promising future.
 Not-for-sale instructor resource material available to college and university faculty only; contact publisher directly.

Delinquency and Juvenile Justice in American Society, Third Edition

Emily I. Troshynski

Waveland Pr Inc.

This reader-friendly exploration of the primary forces relevant to punishment—poverty and political powerlessness—highlights the necessity for humane alternatives to our current incarceration binge. This provocative overview looks at the business of punishment and at the historical patterns of control regarding slavery, the death penalty, women, the LGBTQ community, juveniles, and supervision. 
 The United States has the world's highest rate of incarceration—a form of punishment that separates the least privileged from the rest of society, creating populations of damaged lives. All of society pays the price for overly punitive sanctions. Equal justice is not possible in an unequal society. Up-to-date statistics illustrate the race, class, and gender inequalities in the criminal justice system. 
 The criminal justice system has expanded for half a century. Will challenges to policing succeed in narrowing the net of social control? Will the cost of maintaining a massive system stimulate a transformation, or will stakeholders support minimal reforms that do not threaten their interests? The public is largely unaware of most of the workings of the criminal justice system. Through this engaging text, the authors hope to provide insights that encourage readers to examine the collateral effects of policies to address crime and the role of punishment. 
 Also available from Randall G. Shelden by Waveland Press: with Vasiliev, Controlling the Dangerous Classes: A History of Criminal Justice in America, Third Edition (ISBN 9781478634867); Shelden et al., Crime and Criminal Justice in American Society, Second Edition (ISBN 9781478607656); and with Troshynski, Delinquency and Juvenile Justice in American Society, Third Edition (ISBN 9781478634874). 
 Titles of related interest also available from Waveland Press: Jessie, On the Patio: Serving Time in a Women's Correctional Facility (ISBN 9781478638209) and Shichor, The Meaning and Nature of Punishment (ISBN 9781577663874).

Our Punitive Society: Race, Class, Gender, and Punishment in America, Second Edition

Morghan Vélez Young

This engaging textbook encourages students to think critically about the causes of delinquency and possible solutions and to make certain that arguments are grounded in facts not myth. The author provides a solid link between the history of juvenile delinquency and contemporary juvenile issues. Unique to this book is a chapter on social inequality, an essential topic for understanding delinquency and crime. The special problems of girls growing up in a patriarchal society and their experiences in the juvenile justice system are discussed thoroughly in two chapters and throughout the text. Statistics and theory are balanced by descriptions of the everyday realities encountered by juveniles. Delinquency is considered in the context of family, community, school, peers, social class, and culture. Prevention and diversion are twin themes, with particular attention to whether current practices are effective. Thoughtful discussions of racial and socioeconomic inequality, media sensationalism, and zero tolerance provide insight into issues students might have accepted without question. Not-for-sale instructor resource material available to college and university faculty only; contact publisher directly.

Delinquency and Juvenile Justice in American Society

The problem of crime touches many lives and is the subject of many heated debates. Throughout the past two centuries, society has succumbed to an edifice complex. We build new prisons, new police stations, new courthouses, and new correctional centers spending billions of dollars. Yet the public continues to fear crime, even though the crime rate has remained relatively stable. The laws that are passed that define what is a crime generally reflect the beliefs and attitudes of people in advantaged positions and maintain the existing order against any perceived threats. This text looks at the components and processes of the criminal justice system and offers an alternative interpretation for the statistics and facts about crime and criminal justice. Facts need context, and the facts of the criminal justice system differ depending on one s perspective and experience. African Americans, Hispanics, whites, the rich, and the poor experience crime and the criminal justice system differently. The authors encourage readers to move beyond labeling individual behaviors and to contemplate how societal attitudes and actions contribute to the problem of crime and to the type of justice that exists in the United States. Not-for-sale instructor resource material available to college and university faculty only; contact publisher directly.

Crime and Criminal Justice in American Society

Despite declines in youth crime rates over the past twenty years, public perceptions of youth violence have contributed to widespread support for dismantling the juvenile court system and trying children as adults&38212;replacing rehabilitation with incarceration as the solution to juvenile delinquency. This collection debunks the argument that incarceration reduces crime and advocates social policy that seeks workable alternatives. The articles in Part I look at critical areas within the juvenile justice system, such as aftercare and the double standard that exists for girls. Throughout each selection, the issues of class and racial bias are underscored, along with gender bias. Part II offers specific recommendations for reform, emphasizing the need to think outside the box in seeking alternatives to secure confinement. Also by Randall G. Shelden and available from Waveland Press: Delinquency and Juvenile Justice in American Society, Second Edition (ISBN 9781577667070); Crime and Criminal Justice in American Society (ISBN 9781577664789); and Our Punitive Society: Race, Class, Gender, and Punishment in America (ISBN 9781577666325). Titles of related interest also available from Waveland Press: Dawley, A Nation of Lords: The Autobiography of the Vice Lords, Second Edition (ISBN 9780881336283); Vigil, Gang Redux: A Balanced Anti-Gang Strategy (ISBN 9781577666547); and Weisheit-Culbertson, Juvenile Delinquency: A Justice Perspective, Fourth Edition (ISBN 9781577660903).

Juvenile Justice In America: Problems and Prospects

Daniel Macallair

This text identifies the macroeconomic forces relevant to imprisonment--poverty and political powerlessness--and explores viable and humane alternatives to our current incarceration binge.
 Titles of related interest available from Waveland Press: Edwards et al., Case Studies in Corrections, Sixth Edition (ISBN 9781478637189) and Olson Jessie, On the Patio: Serving Time in a Women's Correctional Facility (ISBN 9781478638209).

Our Punitive Society: Race, Class, Gender and Punishment in America

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