NCJ Number
31963
Editor(s)
D R CRESSEY
Date Published
1971
Length
298 pages
Annotation
A COLLECTION OF TWENTY-ONE ARTICLES DEALING WITH SUCH SUBJECTS AS THE NATURE AND EXTENT OF THE CRIME PROBLEM, THE EFFECTS OF RECENT LAWS ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE, CRIMINAL JUSTICE OPERATIONS, AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORMS.
Abstract
AMONG THE SPECIFIC TOPICS COVERED IN THIS ANTHOLOGY ARE THE EFFECTS OF BUSINESS AND GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION, AN HISTORICAL REVIEW OF THE GROWTH OF POLICE LEGAL LIMITATIONS, AND THE EFFECTS OF LAWS PROTECTING THE RIGHTS OF THE OFFENDER. ALSO DISCUSSED ARE THE NATURE OF POLICE WORK, THE OPERATIONS OF THE SUPREME COURT, THE PRISON SUBCULTURE, AND USE OF EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES SUCH AS WORK FURLOUGHS, ROLE PLAYING, AND DRUG REHABILITATION PROGRAMS. A FINAL SECTION IS DEVOTED TO PROPOSALS FOR IMPROVING VARIOUS ELEMENTS OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM WITHOUT DAMAGING THE SOCIAL ORDER OR THE CIVIL LIBERTIES OF CITIZENS. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)