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The Oxford Handbook of Ethnographies of Crime and Criminal Justice by Sandra M. Bucerius (Editor); Kevin D. Haggerty (Editor); Luca Berardi (Editor) Despite ethnography's long and distinguished history in the social sciences, its use in criminology is still relatively rare. Over the years, however, ethnographers in the United States and abroad have amassed an impressive body of work on core criminological topics and groups, including gangmembers, sex workers, drug dealers, and drug users. Ethnographies on criminal justice institutions have also flourished, with studies on police, courts, and prisons providing deep insights into how these organizations operate and shape the lives of people who encounter them.The Oxford Handbook of Ethnographies of Crime and Criminal Justice provides critical and current reviews of key research topics, issues, and debates that crime ethnographers have been grappling with for over a century. This volume brings together an outstanding group of ethnographers to discussvarious research traditions, the ethical and pragmatic challenges associated with conducting crime-related fieldwork, relevant policy recommendations for practitioners in the field, and areas of future research for crime ethnographers. In addition to exhaustive overview essays, the handbook alsopresents case studies that serve as exemplars for how ethnographic inquiry can contribute to our understanding of crime and criminal justice-related topics.

Violence Against Children in the Criminal Justice System by Wendy O'Brien (Editor); Cédric Foussard (Editor) Children who come into conflict with the law are more likely to have experienced violence or adversity than their non-offending peers. Exacerbating the deleterious effects of this childhood trauma, children's contact with the criminal justice system poses undue risks of physical, sexual, and psychological violence. This book examines the specific forms of violence that children experience through their contact with the criminal justice system. Comprising contributions from leading scholars and practitioners in children's rights and youth justice, this book profiles evidence-based prevention strategies and case studies from around the world. It illustrates the diversity of contexts in which various forms of violence against children unfold and advances knowledge about both the nature and extent of violence against children in criminal justice settings, and the specific situational factors that contribute to, or inhibit, the successful implementation of violence prevention strategies. It demonstrates that specialised child justice systems, in which children's rights are upheld, are crucial in preventing the violence inherent to conventional criminal justice regimes. Written in a clear and accessible style, this book will be of interest to students and researchers engaged in studies of criminology and criminal justice, youth justice, victimology, crime prevention, and children's rights.

Problem-Solving Courts and the Criminal Justice System by David DeMatteo; Kirk Heilbrun; Alice Thornewill; Shelby Arnold Problem-solving courts provide judicially supervised treatment for behavioral health needs commonly found among criminal offenders, including substance abuse and mental health disorders, and they treat a variety of offender populations. These courts employ a team-based approach consisting of ajudge, defense attorney, prosecutor, and treatment providers, representing a significant paradigm shift in how the justice system treats offenders with special needs. Despite the proliferation of problem-solving courts, there remains some uncertainty about how they function, how effective they are,and the most promising ways to implement problem-solving justice.Problem-Solving Courts and the Criminal Justice System provides a comprehensive foundation of knowledge related to problem-solving courts and the role they play in the United States criminal justice system. The book begins with an overview that explores precipitating factors in these courts'development, relevant political influence, and their history, purposes, benefits, and drawbacks, followed by a detailed discussion of specific types of problem solving courts, including drug courts, mental health courts, and veterans courts, among many others. Next a review of the legal and ethicalconsiderations of alternative methods to standard prosecution is complemented by an examination of the methodological challenges faced by researchers when attempting to study the effectiveness of problem-solving courts. The book concludes with a discussion of future directions in terms of research,practice, and policy relating to these courts in the United States. Problem-Solving Courts and the Criminal Justice System is appropriate for professionals, researchers, and students in the fields of mental health, criminal justice, and law.

Women and crime : the essentials Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Foundations of feminist criminology -- Women and crime : introduction -- Data on female offending and victimization -- Theories of victimization -- Theories on victimization and offending -- Woman as victims -- Women and victimization : rape and sexual assaultassault -- Women and victimization : intimate partner abuse and stalking -- International issues in the victimization of women -- Women as offenders -- Girls and juvenile delinquency -- Female offenders : drug, property, and victimless crimes -- Female offenders and their crimes -- Processing and sentencing of female offenders -- The supervision and incarceration of women -- Women professionals and the criminal justice system -- Police corrections, and offender services -- Courts and victim services

Kids, cops, and confessions : inside the interrogation room Interrogating criminal suspects: law on the books and law in action -- Questioning juveniles: law and developmental psychology -- To waive or not to waive: that is the question -- Police interrogation: on the record -- Juveniles respond to interrogation: outcomes and consequences -- Justice by geography: context, race, and confessions -- True and false confessions: different outcomes, different processes -- Policy reforms

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