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"This edition has been thoroughly revised. It includes the latest crime and criminal justice statistics available as the book went to production, and it discusses the latest research on crime and criminal justice issues that had appeared by that time, with more than one hundred new references added and some older ones deleted. In addition, each theory chapter now ends with a new Theory and Policy section that discusses the implications of the chapter's theories for strategies to reduce crime. This seventh edition continues the popular features of the previous one, including the chapter-opening Crime in the News vignettes ripped from the headlines (all new from 2016) that engage students' attention and demonstrate the text's relevance for real-life events and issues; the Crime and Controversy and International Focus boxes, several of them new or revised for this edition, that respectively highlight crime and justice issues within the United States and abroad; and the What Would You Do? feature at the end of each chapter that presents hypothetical scenarios on real-world situations faced by criminal justice professionals and average citizens alike"--

Race, crime, and justice in American society -- Race and public opinion about crime and justice -- Race and criminal behavior -- Race and criminal victimization -- Race and policing -- Race, prosecution, and punishment -- Epilogue: where do we go from here? : the future of race, crime, and justice in the United States.

What no one is telling you about crime and justice -- The crime problem -- How much crime is there and who commits it? -- Robbers, rapists, and serial killers: violent crime in America -- Hookers, dopers, and corporate crooks: economic, exploitive, and consensual crime -- Victims and victimization: will you be next? -- Crime and criminal law: order, liberty, and justice for all? -- Why they break the law -- Taking it to the streets: cops on the job -- Pre-trial procedures and plea bargaining: from arrest to "let's make a deal" -- Criminal trials and courtroom issues: convicting the innocent, exonerating the guilty -- Prisons and jails: punishment at any cost? -- Community corrections and juvenile justice -- Conclusion: what every American should know

Many studies have used survey data on perceived everyday mistreatment to assess the extent and health impact of racial discrimination and of discrimination based on weight, sexual orientation, and other reasons. Some surveys use the word "discrimination" in the initial question put to respondents, while other surveys do not use this word. This research note argues that including "discrimination" in the initial question may depress reports of perceived mistreatment, particularly among whites. It tests this possibility with data from the 1995–1996 National Survey of Midlife Development in the United States, which used "discrimination" in the initial question, and the 2001–2003 National Survey of American Life, which did not use this word. Findings suggest that using "discrimination" in the initial question considerably depresses whites' reports of everyday mistreatment.

Criminal prosecutions & trials are normal events in the life cycle of many protest efforts & often have important consequences for the struggle between social movements & their opponents. Even so, social movement & law & society scholars have neglected protest prosecutions & trials since some initial work twenty to thirty years ago. This article discusses the relevance of these legal events for issues in contemporary research & offers several hypotheses for future investigation. More generally, it argues that the study of the social control of social movements will benefit from addressing the criminal proceedings arising from political dissent. References. Adapted from the source document.

Objective.The literature on environmentalism includes many more studies of environmental concern than of the public's practical support for the environmental movement. This article develops several categories of predictors of such support from the civic voluntarism model of Verba and associates.Methods.These predictors are tested with data from the 2000 General Social Survey, which included a special module of items on environmental attitudes and activities.Results.Findings generally suggest the utility of the civic voluntarism model for explaining public support for the environmental movement. Additional analysis attempts to untangle reasons for gender and racial differences in the level of this support.Conclusion.This study elucidates several predictors of practical support by the U.S. public for the environmental movement that merit further attention. Such research should pay attention to the proper operationalization of the kind of movement participation studied here.

The literature on environmentalism includes many more studies of environmental concern than of the public's practical support for the environmental movement. This article develops several categories of predictors of such support from the civic voluntarism model of Verba & associates. Methods. These predictors are tested with data from the 2000 General Social Survey, which included a special module of items on environmental attitudes & activities. Results. Findings generally suggest the utility of the civic voluntarism model for explaining public support for the environmental movement. Additional analysis attempts to untangle reasons for gender & racial differences in the level of this support. Conclusion. This study elucidates several predictors of practical support by the US public for the environmental movement that merit further attention. Such research should pay attention to the proper operationalization of the kind of movement participation studied here. 4 Tables, 49 References. Adapted from the source document.