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Conceptualizes the US Supreme Court as a political institution whose decision-making behavior over time can be effectively explained and predicted. Influence of the institution's political composition, attitudes of its members, its policymaking priorities, and the political environment in predicting the outcome of criminal cases, 1946-86.

Intro -- Contents -- Fears and Fascinations -- 1: Crime and Punishment in the United States -- 2: Throw Away the Key? -- 3: Rehab on Trial -- 4: Women in the Jailhouse -- 5: The Youthful Offender -- 6: The Death Penalty -- 7: Where Do We Go From Here? -- Further Reading -- Index -- Picture Credits.

The International Criminal Court (ICC) is the first international criminal justice institution that explicitly promises to deliver justice for victims by providing for the rights of victims to participation and reparation in criminal proceedings. More than a decade after its establishment, the time is right to consider how this new idea of justice for victims has developed at the ICC. While analysis of the ICC's framework has benefited from international law and other academic disciplines, such as international relations and politics, there has been too little attention paid to international criminal justice by mainstream criminologists and victimologists. To fill this gap, this article will systematically reflect on the similarities and differences in the evolution of the idea of justice for victims at domestic criminal courts and the ICC from a criminological and victimological perspective. Overall, the comparison suggests that while the concept of justice for victims has been mainly understood in terms of the benefits and problems of incorporating victims' rights into criminal law procedure in the domestic context, at the ICC, it has led to broader contestations and redefinitions of the very meaning of justice. These contestations on justice have to be understood in the institutional context of a still young and sui generis court that is unsure of the kind of justice it can and should deliver.

Thompson explores the process through which criminal responsibility is constructed and reproduced on the basis of race and gender. While feminist literature points to constructions of female offenders as "mad" and male offenders as "bad," this research do not support this perspective. Instead, major findings include strong and consistent evidence that African American defendants are less likely to receive psychiatric evaluations to determine mental status at the time of the offense. This implies that criminal justice officials have racial perceptions about the causes of crime; consequently, Af.

"Weil im neuen Jugendstrafrecht schuldhaftes Handeln als Rechtsfolge immer eine Strafe nach sich zieht, werden sich die Strafbehörden vermehrt mit der Schuldfähigkeit und
Fragen des Unrechtsbewusstseins der Täterschaft befassen müssen. Unrechtsbewusstsein
wird als Teilaspekt der Veränderungsmotivation beschrieben. Bisherige Evaluations- und
Wirksamkeitsstudien zu Interventionen der Jugendstrafrechtspflege weisen beides als
zentrale Wirkfaktoren aus. In der Studie wird der Frage nachgegangen, wie das Unrechtsbewusstsein definiert und erfasst werden kann und welche Bedeutung es in der
jugendstrafrechtlichen Praxis hat." (Autorenreferat)

"Bringing together contributions from leading scholars--many of them Native Americans--that explore key issues fundamental to understanding the relationships between Native peoples and contemporary criminal justice, editor Laurence Armand French draws on more than 40 years of experience with Native American individuals and groups to provide contextual material that incorporates criminology, sociology, anthropology, cultural psychology, and history to give readers a true picture of the wrongs perpetrated against Native Americans and their effects on the current operation of Native American justice. This compilation analyzes the nature of justice for Native Americans, including unique and emerging problems, theoretical issues, and policy implications. It is a valuable resource for all scholars with an interest in Native American culture and in the analysis and rectification of the criminal justice system's disparate impact on people of color"--