Criminal (In)Justice

A Critical Introduction
2. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-1-0718-6210-0
Verlag: SAGE Publications
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Criminal (In)Justice: A Critical Introduction examines the American criminal justice and the social forces that shape it. Using a conversational voice, the book engages readers and challenges them to consider the inequalities in the criminal justice system as well as in the broader society it is designed to protect, then ask, "What can I do to make this better?". Author Aaron Fichtelberg uses a unique, critical perspective to encourage students to look closer at the intersection of race, class, gender, and inequality in the criminal justice system. Covering each of the foundational areas of the criminal justice system - policing, courts, and corrections - this book takes an in-depth look at the influence of social inequality, making it ideal for instructors who want students to critically assess and understand the American criminal justice system in a very open and approachable way.
This 2nd edition comes at a time when there is a profound awareness that the criminal justice system reflects deep and systematic inequalities in American society and has been updated to include some of these monumental changes.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fichtelberg, Aaron

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kriminalsoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Section I: Crime
Chapter 1: Defining, Classifying, and Measuring Crime
Chapter 2: Criminal Law

Chapter 3: Criminology

Chapter 4: Crime and Inequality

Section II: Policing

Chapter 5: The Nature and History of Policing

Chapter 6: Modern Policing

Chapter 7: Police Deviance

Section III: Courts and Trials

Chapter 8: Courts

Chapter 9: Criminal Trials

Section IV: Corrections and Special Topics

Chapter 10: The Theory and History of Punishment

Chapter 11: Prison Life

Chapter 12: Alternatives to Prison

Chapter 13: The Death Penalty

Chapter 14: Juvenile Justice

Über Autor(innen)

Fichtelberg, Aaron
Aaron Fichtelberg received his BA from UC San Diego, a Master’s Degree from DePaul University, an LLM from Utrecht University in the Netherlands, and a PhD from Emory University. He is currently an Associate Professor at the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice at the University of Delaware, where he has taught criminal law and criminal justice for 15 years. Criminal (In)Justice: A Critical Introduction is his fourth book. His earlier works are: Crime Without Borders: An Introduction to International Criminal Justice, Law at the Vanishing Point, and Hybrid Tribunals: A Comparative Examination. He has also published in journals such as The Journal of International Criminal Justice, Criminal Justice Ethics, the Journal of Science and Engineering Ethics, and the Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Criminology. His work generally combines the study of criminal justice with a critical perspective provided by the humanities.