NCJ Number
172497
Editor(s)
D R Karp
Date Published
1998
Length
396 pages
Annotation
This collection of 14 articles examines the central concerns of community justice.
Abstract
The volume's Introduction discusses (1) The Community Justice Movement and the second section, Community Action, contains essays on: (2) Community Organizations and Crime; (3) The Takoma Orange Hats: Fighting Crime and Building Community in Washington, DC; and (4) Building Community Capacity to Prevent Violence Through Coalitions and Partnerships. Section Three, Race and Class, includes: (5) Toward a Theory of Race, Crime, and Urban Inequality and (6) Crime and the Racial Fears of White Americans. Section Four, Community Policing, discusses: (7) A Tale of Two Targets: Limitations of Community Anticrime Actions; (8) "Angels in Marble": Problems in Stimulating Community Involvement in Community Policing; (9) Civil Liberties and Aggressive Enforcement: Balancing the Rights of Individuals and Society in the Drug War; and (10) Disorder and the Court. Section Five, Community Prosecution and Sanctioning, reviews: (11) Community Prosecution: Portland's Experience; (12) Conditions of Successful Reintegration Ceremonies: Dealing With Juvenile Offenders; and (13) The "Community" in Community Justice: Issues, Themes, and Questions for the New Neighborhood Sanctioning Models. The volume's conclusion examines (14) Community Justice in a x Perspective. Notes, references, figures, tables, appendix, index