For courses in Critical Issues, Intro to Criminal Justice, Comparative Justice Courses, Courses on Terrorism, and Technology in Criminal Justice.   This collection of readings is a one-of-a-kind–examining current policies, practices and issues impacting the field of criminal justice today. Leaving no stone unturned, contributing authors (all leaders in the field) explore a wide range of topics such as  gangs, gender and race, war on drugs, terrorism, crime victims, correctional issues and computer-based technologies. Linking the past, present, and future of criminal justice, the authors discuss the issues currently impacting the system, the challenges that lie ahead, and their visions for how these issues will be handled in the next century.

Table of Contents:
PART I OVERVIEW   CHAPTER 1 The Future of Criminal Justice: Today and Tomorrow 1 Roslyn Muraskin and Albert R. Roberts   PART II TECHNOLOGY IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM   CHAPTER 2 Technoprison: Technology and Prisons Janice Joseph   CHAPTER 3 Criminal Justice and Forensic Science: Partners in Solving Crimes Etta Morgan   CHAPTER 4 “The World Is Flat”: Globalization and Criminal Justice Organizations and Workplaces in the Twenty-First Century Rosemary L. Gido   PART III CRIME CHALLENGES IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY   CHAPTER 5 Gangs: Etiology, Composition, Responses, and Police Implications KennethJ. Peakand Oliver Miller, III   CHAPTER 6 A Multilateral Approach to the Globalization of Gangs: Targeting MS 13 and Transnational Gangs Haco Hoang and Robert J. Meadows   CHAPTER 7 Homicide Victims, Their Families, and the Community 82 Albert R. Roberts and Ann W. Burgess   CHAPTER 8 The War on Drugs: Treatment, Research, and Substance Abuse Intervention in the Twenty-First Century C. Aaron McNeece, Bruce Bullington, Elizabeth Mayfield Arnold, and David W. Springer   CHAPTER 9 Identity Theft: An Overview of the Problem Katherine Slosarik   CHAPTER 10 Juvenile Justice: Persistent Challenges; Promising Strategies Peter J. Benekos and Alida V. Merlo   CHAPTER 11 The Past, Present and Future of Waivers in Juvenile Courts Michael P. Brown   CHAPTER 12 The Situation of Crime Victims in the Early Decades of the Twenty-First Century Andrew Karmen   CHAPTER 13 Murder and Mayhem in the Media: Media Misrepresentation of Crime and Criminality Robert A. Jerin, Charles B. Field, and Ryan B. Baker   CHAPTER 14 Looking for a New Approach to an Old Problem: The Future of Obscenity and Pornography Jay S. Albanese   CHAPTER 15 Militarism and Global Punishment Michael Hallett   CHAPTER 16 Getting Tough on Crime, Community Corrections, and Sentencing Philosophy Etta F. Morgan and Robert Sigler   PART IV ISSUES IN POLICING CHAPTER 17 Advanced Technology, Enhanced Funding, and Specialized Police Domestic Violence Programs in the Twenty-First Century Albert R. Roberts, Karel Kurst-Swanger, and Colleen O’Brien   CHAPTER 18 The Influence of Community-in Community Policing in the Twenty-First Century Michael J. Palmiotto   CHAPTER 19 Contemporary Policewomen: A Working Typology Mark Lanier and Kelly Jockin   CHAPTER 20 Current and Future Practices and Strategies for Managing Police Corruption and Integrity Vincent E. Henry and Charles V. Campisi   PART V LAW CHAPTER 21 The Bill of Rights in the Twenty-First Century Alexander B. Smith (dec), Harriet Pollack, and Matthew Muraskin   CHAPTER 22 Trends in the Use of Capital Punishment: At the Dawn of the Twenty-First Century David V. Baker   CHAPTER 23 The U.S. Supreme Court and Capital Punishment: Past, Present, and Future Kenneth C. Haas   CHAPTER 24 Bias-Motivated Offenses: A Review of Prosecutorial Investigation Reports Silvina Ituarte   CHAPTER 25 The Evolution of the Local Prosecutor from Case Processor to Community Problem-Solver M. Elaine Nugent-Borakove and Gerard Rainville   PART VI CORRECTIONS   CHAPTER 26 Introduction and Overview of Correctional Counseling and Treatment Albert R. Roberts and Pia Biswas   CHAPTER 27 A Significant Challenge for Communities and Families in the Twenty-First Century: The Reintegration Process for Prisoners Coming Home Dale J. Brooker   CHAPTER 28 Prisoner Reentry: Moving Beyond the Identification of Inmate Needs Upon Release Martha Henderson and Dena Hanley   CHAPTER 29 The Current Status of Inmates Living with HIV/AIDS Mark M. Lanier and Roberto Hugh Potter   CHAPTER 30 Counting Children of Incarcerated Parents: A Methodological Critique of Past and Present Literature Bahiyyah M. Muhammad   PART VII TERRORISM   CHAPTER 31 Public Safety and Private Sector Responses to Terrorism and Weapons of Mass Destruction Vincent E. Henry and Douglas H. King   CHAPTER 32 Looking Back: Self-Interest and Terrorism Policy M. A. DuPont Morales and Jibey A. Asthappan   CHAPTER 33 Profiling and Detention in the War on Terror: Human Rights Predicaments for the Criminal Justice Apparatus Michael Welch   PART VIII GENDER, DIVERSITY AND THE LAW   CHAPTER 34 Women: Second-Class Citizens? Roslyn Muraskin   CHAPTER 35 The Response of the U.S. Supreme Court to Sexual Harassment Martin L. O’Connor   CHAPTER 36 The Administration of Justice Based on Gender and Race Etta F. Morgan   CHAPTER 37 Transgender Prisoners and Gender Identity Discrimination Janice Joseph   PART IX EPILOGUE   Summing Up: The Twenty-First Century to Date Roslyn Muraskin