The Handbook of Crime & PunishmentMichael H. Tonry Oxford University Press, 2000 - 803 من الصفحات Crime is one of the most significant political issues in contemporary American society. Crime control statistics and punishment policies are subjects of constant partisan debate, while the media presents sensationalized stories of criminal activity and over-crowded prisons. In the highly politicized arena of crime and justice, empirical data and reasoned analysis are often overlook or ignored. The Handbook of Crime and Punishment, however, provides a comprehensive overview of criminal justice, criminology, and crime control policy, thus enabling a fundamental understanding of crime and punishment essential to an informed public. Expansive in its coverage, the Handbook presents materials on crime and punishment trends as well as timely policy issues. The latest research on the demography of crime (race, gender, drug use) is included and weighty current problems (organized crime, white collar crime, family violence, sex offenders, youth gangs, drug abuse policy) are examined. Processes and institutions that deal with accused and convicted criminals and techniques of punishment are also examined. While some articles emphasize American research findings and developments, others incorporate international research and offer a comparative perspective from other English-speaking countries and Western Europe. Editor Michael Tonry, a leading scholar of criminology, introduces the 28 articles in the volume, each contributed by an expert in the field. Designed for a wide audience, The Handbook is encyclopedic in its range and depth of content, yet is written in an accessible style. The most inclusive and authoritative work on the topic to be found in one volume, this book will appeal to those interested in the study of crime and its causes, effects, trends, and institutions; those interested in the forms and philosophies of punishment; and those interested in crime control. |
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Crime Criminal Justice and Public Opinion | 31 |
Minorities Crime and Criminal Justice | 58 |
Gender Crime and Criminology | 85 |
Street Gangs | 111 |
WhiteCollar Crime | 133 |
Organized Crime | 159 |
Family Violence | 178 |
Drug Control | 207 |
American Policing | 429 |
Prosecution | 457 |
Jails | 474 |
The Juvenile Court | 509 |
Sentencing | 542 |
Probation and Parole | 563 |
Prisons | 589 |
Private Prisons | 626 |
Individual Differences and Offending | 241 |
Communities and Crime | 269 |
Economic Conditions Work and Crime | 302 |
Restorative Justice | 323 |
Deterrence and Incapacitation | 345 |
Crime Prevention | 369 |
Treatment of Sex Offenders | 403 |
Penal Theories | 659 |
Intermediate Sanctions | 683 |
Correctional Treatment | 712 |
Capital Punishment | 739 |
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الصفحة 770 - To identify before the fact those characteristics of criminal homicides and their perpetrators which call for the death penalty, and to express these characteristics in language which can be fairly understood and applied by the sentencing authority, appear to be tasks which are beyond present human ability.