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Crime and Criminal Justice
Concepts and Controversies
Stacy L. Mallicoat
California State University, Fullerton
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Names: Mallicoat, Stacy L., author.
Title: Crime and criminal justice: concepts and controversies / Stacy L. Mallicoat, California State University, Fullerton.
Description: First Edition. | Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2016. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Subjects: LCSH: Crime. | Law enforcement. | Criminal justice, Administration of.
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Brief Contents
1. Preface
2. Acknowledgments
3. About the Author
4. PART I FOUNDATIONS OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE
1. Chapter 1: Crime and Criminal Justice
2. Chapter 2: Concepts of Law and Justice
3. Chapter 3: Defining and Measuring Crime
4. Chapter 4: Explanations of Criminal Behavior
5. Chapter 5: Victims and the Criminal Justice System
6. Chapter 6: Criminal Justice Policy
5. PART II POLICING
1. Chapter 7: Policing Organizations and Practices
2. Chapter 8: Issues in Policing
6. PART III COURTS
1. Chapter 9: Courts and Crime
2. Chapter 10: Punishment and Sentencing
7. PART IV CORRECTIONS
1. Chapter 11: Prisons and Jails
2. Chapter 12: Community Corrections
8. PART V SPECIAL TOPICS IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE
1. Chapter 13: Juvenile Justice
2. Chapter 14: Emerging Issues for the 21st Century
9. Glossary
10. Endnotes
11. Index
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Detailed Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Author
PART I: FOUNDATIONS OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Chapter 1: Crime and Criminal Justice
Stages of the Criminal Justice System
Policing
The Courts
Corrections
Discretion and Ethics in the Criminal Justice System
• CAREERS IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE: SO YOU WANT TO WORK IN
CRIMINAL JUSTICE?
The Wedding Cake Model of Justice
Models of Criminal Justice
The Crime Control Model
The Due Process Model
The Influence of the Media on the Criminal Justice System
• AROUND THE WORLD: CRIME, LAW, AND JUSTICE FROM A
GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE
The CSI Effect
Reality TV
The Media and Perception of Crime Rates
Influencing Public Policy
• SPOTLIGHT: THE STATE V. JODI ARIAS
Conclusion
Current Controversy 1.1: Is Justice Served by Our Criminal Justice System?
Current Controversy 1.2: Does Mental Illness Cause Crime?
Key Terms
Discussion Questions
Learning Activity
Suggested Websites
Student Study Site
Chapter 2: Concepts of Law and Justice
Types of Law
Civil Cases
Criminal Cases
Federal Criminal Laws
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State Criminal Laws
Municipal Criminal Laws
Sources of Law
Constitutional Law
Statutory Law
Federal Statutory Law
State Statutory Law
Administrative Law
• SPOTLIGHT: CONCEALED WEAPONS ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES
Case Law
Criminal Law
• AROUND THE WORLD: INTERNATIONAL LAW
Components of a Criminal Act
Substantive Criminal Law
Procedural Criminal Law
Criminal Defenses
Innocence
Necessity, Duress, and Entrapment
• CAREERS IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE: SO YOU WANT TO BE A DEFENSE
ATTORNEY?
Self-Defense
Intoxication
Insanity
The M’Naghten Rule
The Irresistible Impulse Test
Guilty but Mentally Ill
Conclusion
Current Controversy 2.1: Should Marijuana Be Legalized?
Current Controversy 2.2: Should Miranda Warnings Be Abolished?
Key Terms
Discussion Questions
Learning Activities
Suggested Websites
Student Study Site
Chapter 3: Defining and Measuring Crime
Defining Crime
Violent Offenses
Murder
Sexual Assault
Assault
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Robbery
• SPOTLIGHT: THE STEUBENVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RAPE CASE
Property Offenses
Status Offenses
Victimless Crimes
White-Collar Offenses
• SPOTLIGHT: THE BOSTON MARATHON BOMBING
Crimes Against the Government
Uniform Crime Reports
Data Collected
Rates of Crime
Data on Offenders
Limitations of the UCR
• CAREERS IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE: SO YOU WANT TO BE A
RESEARCH ANALYST?
National Incident-Based Reporting System
Data Collected
Limitations of NIBRS
National Crime Victimization Survey
• AROUND THE WORLD: INTERNATIONAL CRIME DATA
Data Collected
Self-Reported Offending Datasets
Data Collected
Limitations of Self-Reported Offending Datasets
Conclusion
Current Controversy 3.1: Is White-Collar Crime Harmful to Society?
Current Controversy 3.2: Is Burglary a Violent Crime?
Key Terms
Discussion Questions
Learning Activities
Suggested Websites
Student Study Site
Chapter 4: Explanations of Criminal Behavior
What Is a Theory of Crime?
Classical Theories of Crime
Cesare Beccaria
• SPOTLIGHT: THEORIES AND RESEARCH ON CRIME
Jeremy Bentham
Biological and Psychological Theories of Crime
Foundations of Biological Theories of Crime
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