Crime and Justice in America

Joycelyn M. Pollock (Ph.D., State University of New York at Albany; J.D., University of Houston) is Professor of Criminal Justice at Texas State University. She has published more than 25 books (including subsequent editions) in the areas of ethics, female criminality, corrections, and law. In 2011, she was appointed to the U.S. Office of Justice Programs Science Advisory Board.

SECTION I: THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM AS SOCIAL CONTROL 1. Criminal Justice as Social Control 2. Crime in Society 3. Why Do People Commit Crime? SECTION II: LAW ENFORCEMENT AS SOCIAL CONTROL 4. Police in America 5. Police Operations 6. Policing and the Legal Process SECTION III: THE LAW AS SOCIAL CONTROL 7. Law and Society 8. Courts in America 9. Due Process: Arrest through Sentencing 10. Juvenile Justice and Corrections SECTION IV: CORRECTIONS AS SOCIAL CONTROL 11. The Function of Corrections 12. Pretrial Diversion and Probation 13. Prisons and Jails 14. Parole and Re-Entry 15. Looking Toward the Future: Criminal Justice in the 21st Century