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The history of crime and punishment is an important, yet under-resourced area of criminology and criminal justice. This valuable book provides concise but robust definitions of key terms and concepts, going well beyond a simple explanation of the word or theme. Offering a succinct approach to the vocabulary and terminology of historical and contemporary approaches to crime and punishment, it includes entries from expert contributors in a user-friendly A-Z format with clear direction to related entries and further reading. Including explanations of terms ranging from 'garrotting' to The Bow.

Introduction to criminal and economic justice -- Violence against women as a social justice issue / by Nicole Wilkes -- Decriminalizing poverty / by Erin Grant -- Key theories of justice / by Melissa Thorne and Robert D. Hanser -- Can justice reinvestment deliver social justice? / by Kevin Wong -- Economic justice in specific situations -- Equal pay, the wage gap, and sexual harassment / by Shelly Clevenger and Brittany Acquaviva -- Death penalty and the poor / by Amanda K. Cox -- Education inequality in america / by Dwayne Roberson -- Police power and human rights / by Jason Jolicoeur -- Bias based policing and racial profiling / by Ralph E. Ioimo -- Police management and social justice / by John A. Eterno and Eli B. Silverman -- Sexual assault on the margins / by Jordana N. Navarro -- Importance of language and communication for social justice / by Tamara L. Wilkins -- International and transnational issues -- National status/immigration and social justice / by Robert D. Hanser -- Juveniles and social justice in the united kingdom / by Daniel Marshall -- Lgbq and social justice / by N. Asquith, VR Panfil, and A. Dwyer -- American indian rights/justice / by Larry French -- Social justice and security in mexico / by Elena Azaola -- Punishment and social justice in slovenia / by Benjamin Flander, Gorazd Mesko, and Matijaz Ambroz -- Criminal justice and social status -- Effective assistance of counsel / by Melanie Worsley and Michelle Watson -- Age and social justice / by J. Harrison Watts -- Transitioning to social justice : transgender and non-binary individuals / by Allyson Walker, Lori Sexton, Jace Valcore, Jennifer Sumner, and Aimee Wodda -- Disposable labor / by Andrea Gomez Cervantes and Daniel Ryan Alvord -- Organizations that promote and protect social justice / by Kathryn Elvey and Danielle Marie Carkin -- Systemic effects of privatization on human service agencies / by Maren B. Trochmann -- Government and social justice -- 10 key elements to enhance procedural justice / by Matthew O¿Deane -- Data protection and the right to privacy involved in gathering and international intelligence exchange / by David Lowe -- Social justice contextualized / by Jason Jolicoeur and Erin Grant -- Waiving juveniles to criminal court / by Jordan Papp -- Mass incarceration / by Ross Kleinstuber -- Social security fraud verses white-collar crime / by Petter Gottschalk and Lars Gunnesdal -- No hope: life without the possibility of parole / by Patricia Dahl -- List of contributors

1. What is ethics? -- 2. Historical development of ethical reasoning -- 3. Understanding ethics -- 4. Ethical schools -- 5. Unethical themes in criminal justice -- 6. Abuse of authority and power -- 7. Lying and deception -- 8. Prejudice and discrimination -- 9. Ethics and the present criminal justice system -- 10. Ethics and criminal prosecutions -- 11. Ethics and the police -- 12. Ethics and corrections -- 13. Ethical issues involving victims' services

"After five decades of punitive expansion, the entire U.S. criminal justice system (mass incarceration, the War on Drugs, police practices, the treatment of juveniles and the mentally ill, glaring racial disparity, the death penalty and more) faces challenging questions. What exactly is criminal justice? How much of it is a system of law and how much is a collection of situational social practices? What roles do the Constitution and the Supreme Court play? How do race and gender shape outcomes? How does change happen, and what changes or adaptations should be pursued? The New Criminal Justice Thinking addresses the challenges of this historic moment by asking essential theoretical and practical questions about how the criminal system operates. In this thorough and thoughtful volume, scholars from across the disciplines of legal theory, sociology, criminology, critical race theory, and organizational theory offer crucial insights into how the criminal system works in both theory and practice. By engaging both classic issues and new understandings, this volume offers a comprehensive framework for thinking about the modern justice system"--Publisher's website.

Crime in England, 1815-1880 provides a unique insight into views on crime and criminality and the operation of the criminal justice system in England from the early to the late nineteenth century. This book examines the perceived problem and causes of crime, views about offenders and the consequences of these views for the treatment of offenders in the criminal justice system. The book explores the perceived causes of criminality, as well as concerns about particular groups of offenders, such as the 'criminal classes' and the 'habitual offender', the female offender and the juvenile criminal. I.