The American system of criminal justice / George F. Cole.

Contents;

Part 1. The Criminal Justice Process
1. Crime and Justice in America
Themes of the book
Crime and justice as public policy issues
The goals of criminal justice
Criminal justice in a federal system
Criminal justice as a system, etc.

2. Crime, Victimization and Criminal Behavior
Origins of criminal law
Types of crime
The crime problem today, etc.

3. Criminal Justice and the Rule of Law
Foundations of criminal law
Substantive criminal law
Procedural criminal law
The supreme court today, etc.

Part 2. Police
4. Police
The development of police in the United States
Organization of the police
Police policy
Police Actions, etc.

5. Police Operations
Organization of the police
Police Response and Actions
Delivery of police services
Comparative perspective-patrol in Japan
Police Actions and the rule of law

6. Policing: Issues and Trends
Who are the police?
The police Subculture
Police and the community
Police Abuse of power, etc.

Part 3. Courts
7. Court
The structure of American courts
Effective management of the state courts
To be a Judge
Comparative Perspective erosion of judicial legitimacy in Italy
The courtroom: How it functions

8. Prosecution and Defense
The prosecutorial system
Comparative perspective- Prosecutors in Germany
The defense attorney: Image and reality

9. Pretrial Processes
From Arrest to Trial or Plea
Bail: Pretrial Release
Pretrial detention
Plea Bargaining

10. Trial and Post Trial processes
Trial: The Exceptional Case
Comparative perspective- A murder Trial in Moscow
Trial: The Impact of Delay
Appeals


11. Punishment and Sentencing
The Goals of Punishment
Forms of the Criminal Sanction
Comparative perspective- Corporal Punishment in Singapore
The Sentencing Process

Part 4. Corrections
12. Corrections
Development of Corrections
Comparative perspective- Corrections in Sweden
Organization of corrective in the united states
Issues in corrections


13. Community Corrections: probation and Intermediate Sanctions
Community Corrections: Assumptions
Probation: Corrections without Incarceration
Intermediate sanctions in the community
Comparative perspective- Day fines in Germany: Could the concept work Here?
Community Corrections: Approaching the Twenty-First century

14. Prisons: Their Goals and Management
The modern prison: Legacy of the past
Goals of Incarceration
Prison Organization
Who is in prison?
Governing a society of captives, etc.

15. Prison Society
The convict world
Women in prison
Prison programs
Violence in prison
Decreasing prison violence, etc.

16. Release and Supervision in the Community
Parole: Reentry into society
Release mechanisms
Supervision in the community
Comparative perspective- Community corrections in Japan
Pardon
Civil Disabilities of Ex-Felons, etc.

Part 5. The Juvenile Justice System
17. Juvenile Justice
Youth Crime in the United states
The development of Juvenile Justice
The Juvenile Justice System
Juvenile Justice operations
Problems and perspectives

References : p. 637-648 . _ Glossary : p. 649654 . _ Name index : p. 655-658 . _ Subject index : p. 659-666