Books

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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
From guns to gavels	Bill Neal	"Linked accounts of frontier crimes and trials from 1885 to 1929 across West Texas, Indian and New Mexico Territories, and Montana trace the evolution of criminal justice in the American West"--Provi…	OL11994666W
Privilege or punish	Daniel Markel	This work answers two basic questions: how does the American criminal justice system address a defendant's family status? And how should a defendant's family status be recognized in a criminal justic…	OL13648848W
Let's get free	Paul Delano Butler	Paul Butler was an ambitious federal prosecutor, a Harvard Law grad who traded in his corporate law salary to fight the good fight. It was those years on the front lines that convinced him that the A…	OL13691684W
The new Jim Crow	Karen Chilton,Michelle Alexander	This work argues that the War on Drugs and policies that deny convicted felons equal access to employment, housing, education, and public benefits create a permanent under caste based largely on race…	OL13826369W
International crime and justice	Mangai Natarajan	"International crime and justice is an emerging field that covers international and transnational crimes that have not been the focus of mainstream criminology or criminal justice. This book examines…	OL15538029W
Courtroom 302	Steve Bogira	This book is the story of one year in one courtroom in Chicago's Cook County Criminal Courthouse, the busiest felony courthouse in the country. We see the system through the eyes of the men and women…	OL16027371W
Criminal justice essentials	Sue Titus Reid	"Revised and updated to reflect recent research and statutory changes, the Ninth Edition of Sue Titus Reid's Criminal Justice Essentials represents the most comprehensive yet concise overview of the …	OL16461492W
The steps to the Supreme Court	Peter H. Irons	"The Steps to the Supreme Court follows two real cases--one civil, one criminal--as they work their way through the system from initial charges and complaints all the way up to the Supreme Court. Ste…	OL16728731W
Crime Policy In America Laws Institutions And Programs	Shahid Shahidullah	"This book is a systematic examination of the nature of America's crime and criminal justice system as defined by its policy-makers at different times and in disparate contexts of social and politica…	OL17456823W
The roots of justice	Lawrence M. Friedman	xiii, 335 p. : 24 cm	OL1836537W
On crimes and punishments and other writings	Cesare Beccaria,Aaron Thomas,Jeremy Parzen	Published in 1764, On Crimes and Punishments by Cesare Beccaria (1738-1794) was greeted with much attention and debate in Europe and North America. Intellectuals and rulers alike commended the work a…	OL18769437W
POLICING A SAFE, JUST AND TOLERANT SOCIETY: AN INTERNATIONAL MODEL FOR POLICING; ED. BY PETER VILLI…	Rob Adlam,Peter Villiers	This book examined ethical policing and fundamental values.	OL19031716W
The little book of restorative justice	Howard Zehr	"The seminal work on Restorative Justice by one of the founders of the movement, now fully revised and updated. In a time of bitter differences and deep division, how should we as a society respond t…	OL19708599W
From deportation to prison	Patrisia Macias-Rojas	"Criminal prosecutions for immigration offenses have more than doubled over the last two decades, as national debates about immigration and criminal justice reforms became headline topics. What lies …	OL19745122W
America's courts and the criminal justice system	David W. Neubauer	xxv, 624 pages : 26 cm	OL19825973W
Leaning on the arc	M. Gerald Schwartzbach	A memoir by renowned trial lawyer M. Gerald Schwartzbach, who is perhaps best known for successfully defending actor Robert Blake against charges he had murdered his wife. Each chapter details a diff…	OL20017423W
Incarceration nations	Baz Dreisinger	"Beginning in Africa and ending in Europe, Incarceration Nations is a first-person odyssey through the prison systems of the world. Professor, journalist, and founder of the Prison-to-College-Pipelin…	OL20023194W
Boy with a knife	Jean R. Trounstine	"Nearly a quarter of a million youth are tried, sentenced, or imprisoned as adults every year across the United States. On any given day, ten thousand youth are detained or incarcerated in adult jail…	OL20035800W
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission	Mary Ingouville Burton	158 pages ; 18 cm	OL20210644W
Affective justice	Kamari Maxine Clarke	"Since its inception in 2001, the International Criminal Court (ICC) has been met with resistance by various African states and their leaders, who see the court as a new iteration of colonial violenc…	OL20555816W