Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Dedication
Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1. Legitimacy at Stake: Criminal Justice, Criminology, and Learning Race
(Sarah Daly and London Smith, Saint Vincent College, Latrobe, PA, US)
Chapter 2. Doctoral Programs and the Power of Privilege: Widening the Net of Educational Opportunity
(Daniel Scott, University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL, US)
Chapter 3. Educating the Incarcerated: An Examination of the Benefits and Major Barriers in Prison Education
(Blair Hillegass, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA, US)
Chapter 4. Integral Criminology: Quadrants, Levels and Lines of Criminality
(David R. Champion, Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, PA, US)
Chapter 5. A Case for the Police: An Investigation into Law Enforcement and the Communities They Serve
(Eric Kocian, Saint Vincent College, Latrobe, PA, US)
Chapter 6. Community-Based Research in a Rural Community
(Katie Ely and Ed Bowman, Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania, Lock Haven, PA, US, and others)
Chapter 7. Community Policing as a Progressive Model: The Role of Race and Implications for Training
(Andrea Weathersby, Licensed Psychologist, Consultant, Charlotte, NC, US)
Chapter 8. Police, Force, and Exploitation by the Media
(Lindsey Smathers and Samantha Bennett, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA, US)
Chapter 9. The Effect of Citizens’ Perceptions of Police Legitimacy on Violence: Redefining the Ferguson Effect as a Legitimacy Problem
(Liana Marmolejos, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA, US)
Chapter 10. Mental Health and CIT in a Prison Setting
(Kayla Jachimowski and Carley Smathers, Saint Vincent College, Latrobe, PA, US)
Chapter 11. Aging Inmates: The Graying of America’s Prisons
(Selye Lee, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR, US)
Chapter 12. Juvenile Justice in the United States and Germany: A Comparative Perspective
(Sarah Kuehn and Kerry Edwards, Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, PA, US)
Chapter 13. The U.S. Marijuana Neutral State
(Shavonne Arthurs, Seton Hill University, Greensburg, PA, US)
Index
Keywords: Criminology, criminal justice, crime, deviance, police, comparative justice, higher education
This book is best suited in senior seminars, capstone, or contemporary issues courses; master’s level classes on the criminal justice system; and is also important for faculty members and doctoral students with a vested interest in the current tempo of criminal justice practice, research, education, and thought. Politicians serving on criminal justice committees and criminal justice administrators may also be interested in its contents.
Reviews
“The editors have gathered a rich collection of chapters, each providing valuable insight into important topics and each providing an instructional tool for the effective teaching of subjects in which student interest will be high.” – Nicholas P. Lovrich, Regent Professor Emeritus, Claudius O. and Mary W. Johnson Distinguished Professor, Washington State University, Pullman, WA
