Crime and the Justice System in America: An Encyclopedia / Edition 1

by Gordon M. Armstrong, Frank Schmalleger

Overview

An inter-disciplinary survey of crime and violence in America with historical perspective, but primary entry emphasis focused on the 20th century. Addressing specifically the period from 1960 to the present, this reference also projects into the 21st century with contemporary terminology covering aspects of violent crime, DNA evidence, terrorism, riots, gangs, guns and gun control, AIDS, drug and drug related crime, and corporate and political crime. A Bibliographic Essay, Table of Cases, and Index enrich this work designed for students, scholars, and professionals in criminal justice and related fields.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780313294099
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	11/25/1997
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	312
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.75(d)

About the Author

FRANK SCHMALLEGER is currently the Director of the Justice Research Association in Hilton Head Island, S.C. He was formerly a Professor and Chairman of the Department of Sociology, Social Work, and Criminal Justice at Pembroke State University. His previous work for Greenwood was Criminal Justice Ethics: An Annotated Bibliography and Research Guide (1991).

Gordon M. Armstrong

Table of Contents

Preface
The Encyclopedia
Bibliographic Essay
Table of Cases
Index

Editorial Reviews

An interdisciplinary survey of crime and violence in the US, focusing on the 20th century and most specifically since 1960. Includes entries on the crime-control model of justice, the federal probation system, the insanity defense, the Magna Carta, jury nullification, private corrections, the Scotttsboro Case, Associate US Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, the President's Task Force on Victims of Crime, and the criminality of women. Entry-specific reading recommendations are augmented with an overall bibliographic essay. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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