Details

Subject(s)

• Criminal justice—United States—Encyclopedias [Browse]

Editor

• Lewandowski, Carla [Browse]
• Bumgarner, Jeffrey B. [Browse]

Related name

• Gale (Firm) [Browse]

Series

Gale eBooks

Summary note

This set provides a comprehensive overview of issues and trends in crime, law enforcement, courts, and corrections that encompass the field of criminal justice studies in the United States.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Source of description

Description based on print version record.

Contents

• Air Marshals
• Alcatraz
• Alibi
• Alternative Dispute Resolution
• AMBER Alerts
• Appellate Courts
• Arraignment
• Arrests
• Assault and Battery
• Asset Forfeiture
• Asylums
• Atkins volume Virginia (2002)
• Attica Riot
• Bail and Bail Reform
• Beccaria, Cesare
• Behavioral Profiling
• Bentham, Jeremy
• Beto, George J.
• Bill of Rights
• Bill of Rights, Incorporation of the
• Boot Camps
• Broken Windows
• Brown, Michael, Killing of
• Brown volume Mississippi (1936)
• Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
• Bureau of Justice Statistics
• Burger Court
• Burglary
• Central Park Five
• Citizen's Arrest
• Civil Commitment
• Civil Law
• Civilian Review Boards
• Code of Hammurabi
• Coker volume Georgia (1977)
• Columbine High School Shooting
• Commerce Clause
• Common Law
• Community Corrections
• Community Policing
• Comparative Statistics
• Concealed Carry Laws
• Consent Decrees
• Contraband
• Convict Lease System
• Convict Social Systems
• CoreCivic
• Correctional Officers
• Courtroom Workgroup
• Courts of Limited and General Jurisdiction
• Courts of Original Jurisdiction
• Crime Data Collection
• Crime Prevention through Environmental Design
• Crime Scene Investigation
• Crimes against Children
• Crimes against Humanity
• Crimes against Public Morality
• Cruel and Unusual Punishment
• Custody
• Customs and Border Protection Agency
• Cybersecurity
• Date Rape
• Death Penalty
• Death Penalty Public Opinion
• Deconfliction
• Defense Attorneys
• Deinstitutionalization
• Department of Homeland Security
• De-Policing
• Deprivation Model
• Desistance
• Determinate and Indeterminate Sentencing
• Deterrence
• Deviance
• Diallo, Amadou
• "Dirty Harry" Problem
• Discretionary Release
• Diversion
• Domestic Violence Courts
• Drug Enforcement Administration
• Due Process
• Duress
• DWI Courts
• Early Release Programs
• Eastern State Penitentiary
• Elderly Inmates
• Electronic Monitoring
• Escobedo volume Illinois (1964)
• Estelle volume Gamble (1976)
• Evidence, Rules of
• Exclusionary Rule
• Exoneration
• Expert Witnesses
• Eyewitness Testimony
• Federal Bureau of Investigation
• Federal Court System
• Federal Prison System
• Felony Murder Rule
• Female Criminals
• Fifth Amendment
• Fourteenth Amendment
• Fourth Amendment
• Fraud
• Furloughs
• Fusion Centers
• Get Tough Laws
• Good Time Credits
• Graham volume Connor (1989)
• Grand Jury
• Gregg volume Georgia (1976)
• Guantǹamo Bay
• Halfway Houses
• Hands-Off Doctrine
• Hearsay
• Hearst, Patty, Trial of
• High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas
• Homeland Security Act of 2002
• Homeland Security Investigations
• Homicide
• Hoover, J. Edgar
• Hot Spots Policing
• Human Trafficking
• Immigration and Crime
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
• Impeachment/Removal of Judges
• Importation Model
• In re Gault (1967)
• Incarceration
• Inchoate Offenses
• Index Crimes
• Indictment and Information
• Inmate Demographics
• Innocence Project
• Intelligence-Led Policing
• Internal Affairs
• Interrogation and Confession
• Jails versus Prisons
• Joint Terrorism Task Force
• Judicial Remedies
• Judicial Scrutiny
• Judiciary Act of 1789
• Jurisdiction
• Jurors/Jury Selection
• Jury Sequestration
• Just Deserts
• Juvenile Court
• Kant, Immanuel
• King, Rodney
• Legal Defenses
• Life without Parole
• Los Angeles Police Department
• Malice Aforethought
• Manhattan Bail Project
• Manslaughter
• Mapp volume Ohio (1961)
• Marbury volume Madison (1803)
• Marijuana Use
• Martin, Trayvon, Killing of
• Mass Incarceration
• Mass Murder
• Mass Shootings
• Media Portrayal of Crime
• Mens Rea
• Militarization of the Police
• Miller volume Alabama (2012)
• Minimum-, Medium-, and Maximum- Security Prisons
• Miranda volume Arizona (1966)
• Miranda Warnings
• Model Penal Code
• Modus Operandi
• Money Laundering
• Mothers in Prison
• Municipal Courts
• Municipal Police
• National Crime Victimization Survey
• National Incident-Based Reporting System
• New York City Police Department
• Nolo Contendere
• Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity
• Offender Classification
• Officer Safety
• Opioid Addiction
• Organized Crime
• Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs
• Overcriminalization
• Pardon
• Parole and Shock Parole
• Parole Board
• Patriot Act
• Peel, Sir Robert
• Penal Abolition.
• Penal Institutions for Women
• Plea Bargain
• Pleas
• Police Academies
• Police as a Social Service
• Police Brutality
• Police Corruption
• Police Discretion
• Police Paramilitary Units/SWAT
• Police, Public Perception of
• Police Pursuit
• Police Subculture
• Police Suicide
• Policing the Mentally Ill
• Predictive Policing
• Presentence Investigation
• Pretrial Detention
• Pretrial Motions
• Prison Argot
• Prison Education
• Prison Gangs
• Prison Health Care
• Prison Industrial Complex
• Prison Labor
• Prison Overcrowding
• Prison Rape
• Prison Recreation
• Prison Violence
• Prisoner Drug and Alcohol Abuse
• Prisoner Mental Health
• Prisoner Reentry
• Prisons, Costs of
• Prisons in the United States
• Privatization of Corrections
• Probable Cause
• Probation
• Problem-Oriented Policing
• Procedural Law
• Professionalization of Police
• Property and Economic Crime
• Prosecutorial Discretion
• Prostitution
• Psychopaths and Sociopaths
• Public Defender
• Racial Profiling
• Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act
• Rape
• Reasonable Suspicion
• Recidivism
• Reformatory
• Rehabilitation
• Rehabilitation Model
• Rehnquist Court
• Religion in Prison
• Restitution
• Restorative Justice
• Retributive Justice
• Risk and Needs Assessments
• Roper volume Simmons (2005)
• Same-Sex Relations in Prison
• Sanctuary Cities and Counties
• Search and Seizure
• Secret Service
• Selective Incapacitation
• Selective Prosecution
• Sentence Disparity
• Sentencing Guidelines
• September 11, 2001, Terrorist Attacks
• Serial Murder
• Serpico, Frank
• Sex Offender Registry
• Sexual Assault
• Sheriffs
• Simpson, O. J., Trial of
• Sixth Amendment
• Solitary Confinement
• Special District Police
• Stalking
• Stare Decisis
• State Courts
• State Police/State Patrol
• State Prison System
• Statute of Limitations
• Stop and Frisk
• Straw Purchase
• Street Gangs
• Suicide by Cop
• Supreme Court of the United States
• Tennessee volume Garner (1985)
• Terrorism
• Three Strikes
• Tribal Courts
• Undercover/Sting Operations
• Uniform Crime Reporting
• U.S. Attorneys
• U.S. Marshals Service
• U.S. Penitentiary Administrative Maximum
• Use of Force
• Use of Force Continuum
• Veterans Courts
• Victims' Rights Movement
• Violent Crimes
• Vocational Training
• Voir Dire
• Vollmer, August
• War on Drugs
• Warrant Requirement
• Warrantless Searches
• Warren Court
• White-Collar Crime
• Wickersham Commission Report
• Wilson, James Q.

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ISBN

9781440862632 ((electronic book))

OCLC

1154119320

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