Crime and Justice
Subtitle: Learning through cases
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Lanham, MD
Language: eng
Number of pages: 505
ISBN-13: 9781442220898
Table of contents: title: PART 1; title: Chapter 1; title: Case #1: A 17th-Century Crime Wave: The Salem Witch Trials; title: Crime, Law, and Justice; title: Chapter 2; title: Case #2: The Scottsboro Trials; title: The Struggle for Justice; title: Chapter 3; title: Case #3: Execution or Self Defense? When Women Kill Their Partners; title: The Legacy of Gender Injustice; title: Chapter 4; title: Case #4: A “Run of the Mill” Crime; title: The Justice Process; title: Chapter 5; title: Case #5: Winning at All Costs: The Rise and Fall of Enron; title: Understanding the Crime Picture; title: Chapter 6; title: Case #6: Accident or Homicide?: The Shooting of Yoshi Hattori; title: Principles of the Criminal Law; title: Chapter 7; title: Case #7: Facing the Demons: Making Amends for Drunk Driving; title: Understanding Victims in the Criminal Justice System; title: PART 2; title: Chapter 8; title: Case #8: Security or Dignity: Rosa at the Border; title: Police and the Rule of Law; title: Chapter 9; title: Case #9: The Thin Blue Line: Rodney King and the LAPD; title: Beyond the Limits of the Law; title: Chapter 10; title: Case #10: A Woman in Charge: The Case of Paula Meara; title: The Mission of Policing in the 21st Century; title: Chapter 11; title: Case #11: A Businessman of Crime: The Rise and Fall of Al Capone; title: Prohibition and Policing: Rethinking the War on Drugs; title: Chapter 12; title: Case #12: False Patriots: The Oklahoma City Bombing and the Politics of Fear; title: The Impact of 9/11 on Civil Liberties and Law Enforcement; title: PART 3; title: Chapter 13; title: Case #13: It’s Never Too Late for Justice: The Prosecution of Edgar Ray Killen; title: The Structure of the American Judiciary; title: Chapter 14; title: Case # 14: Can Corporations Commit Murder? The Prosecution of Ford Motor Company; title: Understanding the Courtroom Workgroup; title: Chapter 15; title: Case #15: O. J. Simpson Trial: American in Black and White Trials, Juries, and Judgment; title: Chapter 16; title: Case #16: Bargaining for Justice: Bordenkircher v. Hayes; title: Plea Bargains in the Criminal Justice System; title: PART 4; title: Chapter 17; title: Case #17: The Crime of Punishment: The Story of Kemba Smith; title: The Justice of Sentencing; title: Chapter 18; title: Case #18: Surviving Time: The Case of Rubin “Hurricane” Carter; title: Inside the Prison World; title: Chapter 19; title: Case #19: Making Parole in California; title: Community and Corrections; title: Index; title: About the Author