Crime and Justice

Carolyn Boyes-Watson is professor of sociology and director for the Center for Restorative Justice at Suffolk University. She is co-author of Youth, Crime, and Justice: Learning through Cases.Susan T. Krumholz is professor in the Department of Crime and Justice Studies at the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth.

• PrefacePart I - Exploring Crime and JusticeChapter 1: Crime, Law and JusticeCase #1: A 17th Century Crime Wave: The Salem Witch TrialsChapter 2: The Justice ProcessCase #2: A “Run of the Mill” CrimeChapter 3: The Struggle for JusticeCase #3: The Scottsboro Trials Part II - Crime and the LawChapter 4: Understanding The Crime PictureCase # 4: Can Corporations Commit Murder? The Prosecution of Ford Motor CompanyChapter 5: Principles of the Criminal LawCase #5: Accident or Homicide?: The Shooting of Yoshi HattoriChapter 6: Understanding Victims in The Criminal Justice SystemCase #6: Facing the Demons: Making Amends for Drunk DrivingPart III - Policing in a Democratic SocietyChapter 7: Police and The LawCase #7: Security or Dignity: Rosa at the Border Chapter 8: Policing in the 21st Century: Past, Present and FutureCase #8: The Thin Blue Line: Rodney King and the LAPD Chapter 9: The Impact of 9/11 on Civil Liberties and Law EnforcementCase #9: False Patriots: The Oklahoma City Bombing and the Politics of FearPart IV - Courts and American JusticeChapter 10: The Structure of The American JudiciaryCase #10: It’s Never Too Late for Justice: The Prosecution of Edgar Ray KillenChapter 11: Trials, Juries and JudgmentCase #11: America in Black and White: The Celebrity Trial of O.J. SimpsonChapter 12: The Workings of the CourtCase #12: Bargaining for Justice: Bordenkircher v. HayesPart V - Punishment and Social InequalityChapter 13: The Justice of SentencingCase #13: The Crime of Punishment: The Story of Kemba SmithChapter 14: Inside the Prison WorldCase #14: Surviving Time: The Case of Rubin “Hurricane” CarterChapter 15: Community and CorrectionsCase #15: Making Parole in California

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