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"At approximately noon on Saturday, August 9, 2014, Officer Darren Wilson of the Ferguson Police Department (FPD) shot and killed Michael Brown, an unarmed 18-year-old. The Criminal Section of the Department of Justice Civil Rights Division, the United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Missouri, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) (collectively, "The Department") subsequently opened a criminal investigation into whether the shooting violated federal law. The Department has determined that the evidence does not support charging a violation of federal law. This book details the Department's investigation, findings, and conclusions"--Preface

In The Realities of the International Criminal Justice System, Rothe, Meernik, and Ingadottir bring together expert scholars from the disciplines of law, criminology, sociology and political science to critically analyze the current state of and impact of the international criminal justice system. Through a systematic evaluation of the existing courts and their effects in the real world on states, victims, and offenders, and their impact on the development of the law related to their jurisdictions, both on the international and national level, the authors hope that lessons can be drawn for a more promising future delivery of criminal justice by international and domestic judicial bodies. [From Amazon.com] ; https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/sociology_criminaljustice_books/1021/thumbnail.jpg

"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.

Indonesian state based on Pancasila, any rule of law (criminal) and their enforcement should always contains/is inspired by the values of Pancasila. The policy of enforcing criminal law means upholding justice, and the justice for the Indonesian people is equity based on Pancasila. The direction and policies for the development of national law (criminal law) in realizing the ideals of legal development based on justice should always be based on religious values, customs and socio-cultural values of Indonesian society which crystallized in the Pancasila philosophy. Therefore, the essence of criminal law policy is that efforts to achieve social welfare should always be inspired by and based on the basic values of the Pancasila philosophy as Grundnorm / Staatsfundamentalnorm (fundamental norms of the state) of the Indonesian nation. Pancasila is the values, principles, soul and spirit of the Indonesian people. Pancasila is the basic norm (grundnorm), and at the same time the basic values (grundwerten), which are the spirit of Indonesian law. Law is always rooted in "a peculiar form of social life", therefore a legal system is a uniqueness, an institution rooted in the cosmology, values and traditions of the nation concerned.

Indonesian state based on Pancasila, any rule of law (criminal) and their enforcement should always contains/is inspired by the values of Pancasila. The policy of enforcing criminal law means upholding justice, and the justice for the Indonesian people is equity based on Pancasila. The direction and policies for the development of national law (criminal law) in realizing the ideals of legal development based on justice should always be based on religious values, customs and socio-cultural values of Indonesian society which crystallized in the Pancasila philosophy. Therefore, the essence of criminal law policy is that efforts to achieve social welfare should always be inspired by and based on the basic values of the Pancasila philosophy as Grundnorm / Staatsfundamentalnorm (fundamental norms of the state) of the Indonesian nation. Pancasila is the values, principles, soul and spirit of the Indonesian people. Pancasila is the basic norm (grundnorm), and at the same time the basic values (grundwerten), which are the spirit of Indonesian law. Law is always rooted in "a peculiar form of social life", therefore a legal system is a uniqueness, an institution rooted in the cosmology, values and traditions of the nation concerned.

Criminal Justice Social Work: A South African Practice Framework is a text for those working with criminal offenders and victims of crime. It offers readers a grounding in theory, research, practice and clinical expertise for practising effectively in the field of criminal justice. Readers are exposed to a wide range of methods, techniques and interventions situated in a uniquely South African practice framework for addressing criminal justice issues and challenges.

Throughout U.S. history, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people have been pathologized, victimized, and criminalized. Reports of lynching, burning, or murdering of LGBTQ people has been documented for centuries Prior to the 1970s, LGBTQ people were deemed as having psychological disorders and subsequently subject to electroshock therapy and other ineffective and cruel treatments. LGBTQ people have historically been arrested or imprisoned for crimes like sodomy, cross-dressing, and gathering in public spaces. And while there have been many strides to advocate for LGBTQ rights in contemporary times, there are still many ways that the criminal justice system works against LGBTQ and their lives, liberties, and freedoms. Queering Law and Order: LGBTQ Communities and Fight for Justice examines the state of LGBTQ people within the criminal justice system. Intertwining legal cases, academic research, and popular media, the author reviews a wide range of issues - ranging from historical heterosexist and transphobic legislation to police brutality to the prison industrial complex to family law. Grounded in Queer Theory and intersectional lenses, each chapter provides recommendations for queering and disrupting the justice system. The book serves as both an academic resource and a call to action for readers who are interested in advocating for LGBTQ rights

American criminal justice may be one of the best known - and most influential - systems of criminal justice in the world, but also the least understood: countless films and television series portray American police officers, prosecutors and lawyers, but over 95 percent of criminal matters result in guilty pleas, and trials are becoming vanishingly scarce as people accused of crime choose to strike a deal with increasingly powerful prosecutors. Sentencing 'reform' has led to a burgeoning prison population that is by far the highest among economically advanced countries. Meanwhile, American prosecutors have gained increasing (and largely unchecked) power to apply US criminal laws to worldwide corporations and individuals with little or no connection with the country. American Criminal Justice: An Introduction provides a readable, comprehensive review of the American criminal process behind these and other problems.