Critical Issues in Crime and Justice: Thought, Policy, and Practice

PREFACEACKNOWLEDGMENTS1. Introduction: The Many Voices in Justice - Mary Maguire and Dan OkadaPART I. Criminal Justice and Criminological Paradigms2. The Importance of Ethics in Criminal Justice - Cyndi Banks3. Criminological Theory and Crime Explanation - Dan Okada4. Unleashing the Power of Criminal Justice Theory - Peter B. KraskaPART II. Offenses and Offenders5. Juvenile Delinquency - David L. Parry6. Gender Matters: Trends in Girls' Criminality - Meda Chesney-Lind7. Race and Crime - Helen Taylor Greene8. Culture, Media and Crime - Dimitri A. Bogazianos9. Crime and Economics: Consumer Culture, Criminology and the Politics of Exclusion - Stephen L. Muzzatti10. Sex Crimes - Mary Maguire11. Terrorism and the Criminal Justice System: Questions, Issues and Current Applicable Law - Sharla J. "Kris" Cook12. Developments in Cyber Criminology - Johnny Nhan and Michael BachmannPART III. Policing and Law Enforcement13. A History of American Policing - Craig D. Uchida14. Police Theory - John Crank, Dawn Irlbeck and Connie M. Koski15. Contemporary Policing: Police Work in the 21st Century - Christopher C. CooperPART IV. Policy and Jurisprudence16. Police Organization and Administration - Thomas W. Nolan17. Public Policy - Frank P. Williams III and Janice Ahmad18. American Courts - Cassia Spohn19. The Juvenile Justice System - Randall G. SheldenPART V. Corrections and Societal Response20. The Philosophical and Ideological Underpinnings of Corrections - Anthony Walsh and Ilhong Yun21. Community Corrections, Rehabilitation, Reintegration and Reentry - Marilyn D. McShane and Traqina Emeka22. Restorative Justice in Theory - Lois Presser23. Garbage In, Garbage Out? Convict Criminology, the Convict Code and Participatory Prison Reform - Alan MobleyABOUT THE EDITORSABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS

Born in Northern Ireland but moved to Manchester to train as a youth worker, having been turned down for a job in Mecca Leisure for being 'overqualified'. Studied law by distance learning, in Nottingham and graduated in 1999. More study and an MA in Law Medicine and Ethics in 2005. Have worked in and around Manchester raising twins and working mainly in local government for half a lifetime and have only been to Old Trafford once. Dan Okada received his degree from the University of Maryland. He is an Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice at California State University Sacramento and is engaged in several diverse community, discipline, and university activities,