NCJ Number
173810
Editor(s)
R Muraskin,
A R Roberts
Date Published
1996
Length
376 pages
Annotation
This text contains papers that examine critical criminal justice policies and practices used by all criminal justice agencies throughout the United States; it links the past, present, and future of criminal justice as the Nation approaches the 21st century.
Abstract
Following a chapter that provides an overview of the future of criminal justice in America, five papers are grouped under the topic, "Linking Crime Challenges in the Twenty-First Century." These papers address the origin, outlook, and policy regarding gangs; international terrorism and the United States; media coverage of crime and how it impacts public perceptions of crime; the situation of crime victims in the year 2020; and the future of obscenity and pornography. Three papers focus on "Policing Now and Into the Twenty-First Century." These papers consider the police response to domestic-violence complaints, legal issues in policing, and the influence of "community" in community policing in the 21st century. Two papers on "The Courts and Future Law" examine the U.S. Supreme Court and the future of capital punishment and the Bill of Rights in the 21st century. Five papers pertain to "Correctional Issues of the Future." They address new directions in probation, prison violence in America, critical issues in jail overcrowding and court-ordered reform, correctional health care, and sentence enhancement and life without parole. The various impacts of technology in the 21st century are discussed in four papers, with topics including organizational change and work force planning, prosecuting environmental crime in the 21st century, and the impact of computer-based technologies on criminal justice. Three papers focus on gender issues now and in the next century. Topics are the future for women in the law, justice for incarcerated women with HIV in the 21st century, and women as police supervisors in the 21st century. Study questions, tables and figures, and notes and references accompany the papers