Carolyn Boyes-Watson ; with contributions by Susan T. Krumholz and Aviva M. Rich-Shea
Second edition
xi, 505 pages :
illustrations ;
28 cm
Revised edition of the author's Crime and justice : a casebook approach, published in 2003
Includes bibliographical references and index
A seventeenth-century crime wave: the Salem witch trials : Crime, law and justice -- The Scottsboro trials: the struggle for justice -- Execution or self defense? When women kill their partners : The legacy of gender injustice -- A "run of the mill" crime: The justice process -- Winning at all costs: the rise and fall of Enron: Understanding the crime picture -- Accident or homicide: the shooting of Yoshi Hattori: Principles of the criminal law -- Facing the demons: making amends for drunk driving: Understanding victims in the criminal justice system -- Security or dignity: Rosa at the border: Police and the rule of law -- The thin blue line: Rodney King and the LAPD: Beyond the limits of the law -- A women in charge: the case of Paula Meara: the mission of policing in the twenty-first century -- A businessman of crime: the rise and fall of Al Capone: Prohibition and policing: Rethinking the war on drugs -- False patriots: the Oklahoma City bombing and the politics of fear: The impact of 9/11 on civil liberties and law enforcement -- It's never too late for justice: the prosecution of Edgar Ray Killen: The structure of the American judiciary -- Can corporations commit murder? The prosecution of Ford Motor Company: Understanding the courtroom workgroup -- America in black and white: The celebrity trial of O. J. Simpson: trials, juries, and judgment -- Bargaining for justice: Bordenkircher v. Hayes: Plea bargains in the criminal justice system -- The crime of punishment: the story of Kemba Smith: The justice of sentencing -- Surviving time: the case of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter: inside the prison world -- Making parole in California: Community and corrections
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Criminal justice, Administration of-- United States, Case studies
Criminal justice, Administration of-- United States, Cases