Public Policy, Crime, and Criminal Justice

The third edition of Public Policy, Crime, and Criminal Justice presents current public policy articles covering the major areas of the criminal justice system. It continues to combine theoretical perspectives and discussions of the most difficult issues the criminal justice system faces beginning in the new millennium. The focus is on general public policy and specific areas of the criminal justice system as well as innovative approaches that hold the promise of effectively addressing especially problematic areas.

• An update of many of the articles, topics, and the inclusion of new articles
• Ideology, politics and the relationship to media
• The failure of crime control
• The political sentencing game
• Myths of a lenient criminal justice system
• Reconciliation and human rights enforcement
• Updated questions for discussion