Lloyd E. Ohlin is Touroff-Glueck Professor of Criminal Justice Emeritus at Harvard Law School. Frank J. Remington is Professor of Law at the University of Wisconsin Law School.

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Acknowledgments Foreword by Michael Tonry 1. Surveying Discretion by Criminal Justice Decision Makers Lloyd E. Ohlin The American Bar Foundation Survey The Survey Origins Research Methodology Major Observations of the Survey The Pilot Project Reports and the Survey Books The Impact of Ideology on Practice and Research Policy Choices 2. Confronting the Complexity of the Policing Function Herman Goldstein Introduction The State of Knowledge Before the ABF Survey The American Bar Foundation Survey Methodology Substantive Findings Developments Since the ABF Survey The Varied Nature of the Police Function The Infinite Variety of Situations Police Are Called on to Handle The Varied Uses of Arrest The Prevalence of Discretion on Policing The Police Decision Not to Arrest The Criminal Justice System as a System Conclusion 3. The Decision to Charge, the Decision to Convict on a Plea of Guilty, and the Impact of Sentence Structure on Prosecution Practices Frank J. Remington Introduction The Charging and Guilty Plea Decisions as Seen in the Pre-ABF Research The Charging Decision The Guilty Plea Decision Summary The Charging and Guilty Plea Decisions in the ABF Research The Charging Decision The Guilty Plea Decision Lessons Learned in the ABF Research on Charging and Guilty Plea Decisions Post-ABF Developments The Charging Decision The Guilty Plea Decision The Changing of Roles of Trial Judge, Prosecuter, Defense Counsel, and Victim in the Charging and Guilty Plea Decisions Conclusion 4. Sentencing, Parole, and Community Supervision Walter J. Dickey Introduction Pre-ABF Research and Developments Classical and Positivist Theories Implementation of Rehabilitative Theory in American Practices Ideological Framework of the Pre-ABF Research Pre-ABF Research Findings Sentencing Discretion in Pre-ABF Research Conclusions on Pre-ABF Research The American Bar Foundation Research Trial Judge Sentencing in Wisconsin as Described by the ABF Research Parole Release in Wisconsin Probation and Parole Supervision in Wisconsin Significance of the ABF Research Post-ABF Research and Developments The Experience in Wisconsin After the ABF Survey--Sentencing and Parole Release Conclusion: Discretion in Sentencing and Corrections on the National Scene 5. Criminal Justice Responses to Domestic Violence Raymond I. Parnas The ABF Survey's Contribution to Domestic Violence Issues Related Developments on Domestic Violence Issues Influences on the Development of Full Enforcement Policies Research Findings on Full Enforcement The Future: From Low Visibility to High Visibility; From Adjustment to Arrest; So What? 6. Police Rule Making and the Fourth Amendment: The Role of the Courts Wayne R. LaFave Police Rule Making and the Fourth Amendment Impoundments and Inventories: The Bertine "Standardized Procedure" Requirement Inspections: The Camera "Reasonable ...Administrative Standards" Requirement Stops: By "Plan" or By "Profile" Arrests: Police Limits on Force and Custody The Role of the Courts to Date Remaining Problem Areas Denouement 7. The American Bar Foundation Survey and the Development of Criminal Justice Higher Education Donald J. Newman Criminal Justice Education Development of Educational Materials Summer Seminars for Legal and Social Science Scholars Law Student Summer Field Placements in Criminal Justice Agencies Problems with Teaching and Researching Criminal Justice in Law School Settings Creation of the State University of New York and the First School of Criminal Justice Governor Nelson Rockefeller and the State University of New York Origins of the School of Criminal Justice at Albany The Role of Eliot Lumbard Meeting the Personnel Needs of Criminal Justice Agencies Early Consultants to the Albany School The Planning Year: Creation of the Albany Model Criminal Justice Education Defined Graduate Curriculum in Criminal Justice: The Albany Model Structure of the School: Faculty and Student Criteria The Albany School After Twenty Years The Spread of Criminal Justice Higher Education The Federal Office of Manpower and Training Criminal Justice Education Proselytizers The Creation of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Survival After the Demise of LEAA Location and Identity in Universities and Colleges Location on New and Secondary Campuses Why Survival and Growth? The American Bar Foundation Survey and Criminal Justice Education Today Major Contributions of the ABF Survey to Criminal Justice Higher Education Contrary Developments and Unanticipated Consequences in the Academic Field of Criminal Justice The Future off Criminal Justice Education Solidifying the Field Location on Prestigious Campuses New Student Populations Curriculum Standardizations Research Trends Increased Professionalism of On-Line Personnel Conclusion Appendix A: About the Authors Appendix B: Project Participants Index