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An introduction to the criminal justice system and process
CURRENT PUBLICATION ABSTRACTS
Expanding Government Job Opportunities for Ex-Offenders; Laws, Licenses and the Offender’s Right to Work: andRemoving Offender Employment Restrictions by the American Bar Association.
National Clearinghouse on Offender Employment Restrictions (Suite 600, 1705 DeSales Street, N.W.. Washington, D.C. 20036), 1974. unpaged. These three documents are publications of the National Clearinghouse on Offender Employment Restrictions. The Clearinghouse is a project jointly sponsored by the American Bar Association’s Commission on Correctional Facilities and Services and its Criminal Law Section. Its purpose is to develop information about laws, regulations, and administrative practices and procedures which operate as barriers to the employment of ex-offenders, and to provide information about significant offender employment programs. Expanding Gouernment Job Opportunities for Ex-Offenders is essentially a short pamphlet. It gives a quick overview of state laws and practices restricting the public employment of former offenders and recommendations for their modification. Laws, Licenses and the Offenders Rzght to Work is a study of state laws restricting the occupation licensing of former offenders. It defines “license,” describes licensing standards and restrictions, presents the scope of licensing restrictions regarding barbers, cosmetologist/ beauticians, practical nurses, plumbers, alcoholic beverages, and professional occupations, and suggests means to remedy the various situations. Removing Offender Employment Restrzctzons is a handbook on remedial legislation and other techniques for alleviating formal employment restrictions confronting ex-offenders. It contains a statement of the problem, presents ways of removing various employment restrictions, and discusses proposed and model legislation. Appendixes give the texts of the various proposed and model statutes. Society and the Policeman’s Role by Maureen E. Cain.
Routledge and Kegan Paul, Ltd. (9 Park Street, Boston, Massachusetts OZlOg), 1973, 315 pp., hardcover-416.95. The author, an English sociologist, states that her purpose in writing this book was to uncover the sources of “the policemen’s world view” in England. The book is divided into eight chapters. Main areas covered are: the background of the study, rural police work, city police work. and interdependence with the community, family, senior officers, and colleagues. A summary chapter gives conclusions and “a forward look” at the policeman’s future role. Appendixes contain the interview instruments used to survey the policemen and their wives, supplementary information about research techniques. tables, and police discipline regulations. Notes. references, and an index are also included. An introduction to the Criminal Justice System and Process by Alan Coffey, Edward Eldefonso, and
CValter Hartinger.
Prentice-Hall. Inc. (Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey 05632), 197-1, 344 pp., hardcover41 1.95.
88
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The authors state in their preface that they wrote this book because one “cannot fully understand any one segment of criminal justice without concern for all the other segments.” The book therefore describes the workings of the criminal justice system. The work is organized into four parts. Part One. Crime, Justice. and Society contains: An Introduction to the Criminal Justice System, The Policeman’s View of the Criminal Justice System, and Law Enforcement in a Democratic Society. Part Two, The Police Role, Function and Power in Dealing with Criminal Behavior. includes chapters on: Law Enforcement and Scope of Criminal Law; Legal Aspects of Law Enforcement and the Judiciary Process; and An Introduction to Theories Relating to Crime and Delinquency. Part Three, Special Enforcement Problems and the Police Role in Court, consists of: Social Problems: Impact on Law Enforcement. The Prosecution, and The Defense. Part Four, Scope of Juvenile and Adult Corrections, covers: The Justice System and Juveniles. Correctional Institutions, and Community-Based Correctional Programs. A special chapter of selected readings is included to allow the reader to explore selected topics more closely. Appendixes contain sections of the U.S. Constitution significant to police work as well as exrerpts of selected U.S. Supreme Court decisions. An index is also included.
The Criminal Justice System by George T. Felkenes. Prentice-Hall Inc. (Englewood, Cliffs, New Jersey 07632), 1973, 308 pp., hardcover. Subtitled “Functions and Personnel,” this book describes the criminal justice system from the viewpoint of the particular specialities that combine to make the system a working process. The author of the book has a doctorate in criminology and is professor and chairman of the Department of Criminal Justice at the University of Alabama in Birmingham. The book’s seventeen chapters are organized into five parts. Part I, the introduction, contains the chapter, The Criminal Justice System and Its Processes. Part II, Law Enforcement, comprises the chapters on: Municipal Police Agencies, State Police, The Sheriff, The Criminalist and Criminalistics, Police and Legal Advisors, and Federal Law Enforcement Agencies. Part Ill, Prosecution, contains chapters on: The Prosecutor, The Attorney General, and the Defense Attorney. Part V’, Courts, is composed of chapters on: Judges, Jury and Jurors, The Grand Jury, and Miscellaneous Court Officers. The last part, Part V, is devoted to corrections; its chapters include: Custodial and Institutional Persons and Places; Juvenile, Probation, and Parole Officers; and Innovations in Corrections. Each chapter is divided into sections and contains a summary and questions to assist the reader in comprehension of the material. An index is included.
The Price of Perfect Justice by Macklin Fleming. Basic Books, Inc. (10 East 53rd Street, New York, New York lOO!Z), 1974, 196 pp., hardcover-$10.00. Subtitled “The Adverse Consequences of Current Legal Doctrine in the American Courtroom,” this book was written by a justice of the Court of Appeal in California. Its basic premise is that politicians, law professors, and Supreme Court justices who insist on “perfect justice” in an imperfect court system are largely to blame for the current crisis in the nation’s courts. The author uses numerous judicial horror stories to argue that a more reasonable view of the capabilities of the courts is required so that we do not continue to misallocate resources searching for the unobtainable perfect justice. The book is divided into four sectrons: Perfect Justice, The Mechanics of Perfect Justice, Perfect Justrce in Operation, and The Price 01 Perfect Justice. Notes and an index are included.
Expanding Government Job Opportunities for Ex-Offenders; Laws, Licenses and the Offender’s Right to Work: andRemoving Offender Employment Restrictions by the American Bar Association.
National Clearinghouse on Offender Employment Restrictions (Suite 600, 1705 DeSales Street, N.W.. Washington, D.C. 20036), 1974. unpaged. These three documents are publications of the National Clearinghouse on Offender Employment Restrictions. The Clearinghouse is a project jointly sponsored by the American Bar Association’s Commission on Correctional Facilities and Services and its Criminal Law Section. Its purpose is to develop information about laws, regulations, and administrative practices and procedures which operate as barriers to the employment of ex-offenders, and to provide information about significant offender employment programs. Expanding Gouernment Job Opportunities for Ex-Offenders is essentially a short pamphlet. It gives a quick overview of state laws and practices restricting the public employment of former offenders and recommendations for their modification. Laws, Licenses and the Offenders Rzght to Work is a study of state laws restricting the occupation licensing of former offenders. It defines “license,” describes licensing standards and restrictions, presents the scope of licensing restrictions regarding barbers, cosmetologist/ beauticians, practical nurses, plumbers, alcoholic beverages, and professional occupations, and suggests means to remedy the various situations. Removing Offender Employment Restrzctzons is a handbook on remedial legislation and other techniques for alleviating formal employment restrictions confronting ex-offenders. It contains a statement of the problem, presents ways of removing various employment restrictions, and discusses proposed and model legislation. Appendixes give the texts of the various proposed and model statutes. Society and the Policeman’s Role by Maureen E. Cain.
Routledge and Kegan Paul, Ltd. (9 Park Street, Boston, Massachusetts OZlOg), 1973, 315 pp., hardcover-416.95. The author, an English sociologist, states that her purpose in writing this book was to uncover the sources of “the policemen’s world view” in England. The book is divided into eight chapters. Main areas covered are: the background of the study, rural police work, city police work. and interdependence with the community, family, senior officers, and colleagues. A summary chapter gives conclusions and “a forward look” at the policeman’s future role. Appendixes contain the interview instruments used to survey the policemen and their wives, supplementary information about research techniques. tables, and police discipline regulations. Notes. references, and an index are also included. An introduction to the Criminal Justice System and Process by Alan Coffey, Edward Eldefonso, and
CValter Hartinger.
Prentice-Hall. Inc. (Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey 05632), 197-1, 344 pp., hardcover41 1.95.
88
C URRENT P UBLICATIONS ABSTRACI
89
The authors state in their preface that they wrote this book because one “cannot fully understand any one segment of criminal justice without concern for all the other segments.” The book therefore describes the workings of the criminal justice system. The work is organized into four parts. Part One. Crime, Justice. and Society contains: An Introduction to the Criminal Justice System, The Policeman’s View of the Criminal Justice System, and Law Enforcement in a Democratic Society. Part Two, The Police Role, Function and Power in Dealing with Criminal Behavior. includes chapters on: Law Enforcement and Scope of Criminal Law; Legal Aspects of Law Enforcement and the Judiciary Process; and An Introduction to Theories Relating to Crime and Delinquency. Part Three, Special Enforcement Problems and the Police Role in Court, consists of: Social Problems: Impact on Law Enforcement. The Prosecution, and The Defense. Part Four, Scope of Juvenile and Adult Corrections, covers: The Justice System and Juveniles. Correctional Institutions, and Community-Based Correctional Programs. A special chapter of selected readings is included to allow the reader to explore selected topics more closely. Appendixes contain sections of the U.S. Constitution significant to police work as well as exrerpts of selected U.S. Supreme Court decisions. An index is also included.
The Criminal Justice System by George T. Felkenes. Prentice-Hall Inc. (Englewood, Cliffs, New Jersey 07632), 1973, 308 pp., hardcover. Subtitled “Functions and Personnel,” this book describes the criminal justice system from the viewpoint of the particular specialities that combine to make the system a working process. The author of the book has a doctorate in criminology and is professor and chairman of the Department of Criminal Justice at the University of Alabama in Birmingham. The book’s seventeen chapters are organized into five parts. Part I, the introduction, contains the chapter, The Criminal Justice System and Its Processes. Part II, Law Enforcement, comprises the chapters on: Municipal Police Agencies, State Police, The Sheriff, The Criminalist and Criminalistics, Police and Legal Advisors, and Federal Law Enforcement Agencies. Part Ill, Prosecution, contains chapters on: The Prosecutor, The Attorney General, and the Defense Attorney. Part V’, Courts, is composed of chapters on: Judges, Jury and Jurors, The Grand Jury, and Miscellaneous Court Officers. The last part, Part V, is devoted to corrections; its chapters include: Custodial and Institutional Persons and Places; Juvenile, Probation, and Parole Officers; and Innovations in Corrections. Each chapter is divided into sections and contains a summary and questions to assist the reader in comprehension of the material. An index is included.
The Price of Perfect Justice by Macklin Fleming. Basic Books, Inc. (10 East 53rd Street, New York, New York lOO!Z), 1974, 196 pp., hardcover-$10.00. Subtitled “The Adverse Consequences of Current Legal Doctrine in the American Courtroom,” this book was written by a justice of the Court of Appeal in California. Its basic premise is that politicians, law professors, and Supreme Court justices who insist on “perfect justice” in an imperfect court system are largely to blame for the current crisis in the nation’s courts. The author uses numerous judicial horror stories to argue that a more reasonable view of the capabilities of the courts is required so that we do not continue to misallocate resources searching for the unobtainable perfect justice. The book is divided into four sectrons: Perfect Justice, The Mechanics of Perfect Justice, Perfect Justrce in Operation, and The Price 01 Perfect Justice. Notes and an index are included.