NCJ Number
2414
Date Published
1968
Length
396 pages
Annotation
PRESENTATION OF TWELVE KEY CRIMINAL JUSTICE ISSUES, ARGUMENTS PRO AND CON, AND THE AUTHOR'S OPINION ON THE PROBABLE DIRECTION OF RESOLUTION.
Abstract
'CRIME AND THE PUBLIC', PART I OF THIS VOLUME, FOCUSES UPON THE EXTENT OF CRIME, THE QUESTION OF CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE AND LEGITIMATE PROTEST, THE NATURE OF THE ABORTION PROBLEM, AND THE CONFUSION SURROUNDING THE DISSEMINATION OF PORNOGRAPHIC MATERIALS. PART II, 'THE PROCESS OF ENFORCEMENT', INTERPRETS THE PROBLEM OF POLICE IMAGE, THE CONCERN FOR WIRETAPPING AND DUE PROCESS, THE ABUSES OF PRETRIAL AND TRIAL PUBLICITY, AND THE CONSTITUTIONAL REQUISITES OF THE RIGHT TO COUNSEL. 'THE SETTING OF JUSTICE AND CORRECTIONS', PART III, PROBES THE VALUE OF THE GRAND JURY, THE PROBLEMS OF THE JUVENILE COURT, THE EMERGING PHILOSOPHY OF SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE CRIMINAL VICTIM, AND THE CONCERN FOR SEX IN A PRISON SETTING. THE EPILOGUE PROVIDES A FINAL OVERVIEW OF THE CRIME SITUATION. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)