THIS SECOND EDITION ADDS A SECTION ON CORRECTIONS TO SECTIONS ON POLITICS AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE, POLICE, PROSECUTION, DEFENSE ATTORNEYS, AND COURTS. SEVERAL ARTICLES IN THE FIRST EDITION HAVE BEEN REPLACED, INTRODUCTORY MATERIALS HAVE BEEN REWRITTEN, AND BIBLIOGRAPHIES HAVE BEEN EXPANDED. AS IN THE FIRST EDITION, THE WRITINGS ARE BASED ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT CRIMINAL JUSTICE IS ACHIEVED THROUGH BARGAINS, OR EXCHANGE RELATIONSHIPS, ARRIVED AT AMONG PARTICIPANTS IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROCESS AND INFLUENCED BY POLITICS, ADMINISTRATIVE NEEDS, AND THE COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENT. EACH SECTION EXAMINES A SPECIFIC SUBUNIT OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, MAKING POSSIBLE CONSIDERATION OF THE TREATMENT OF DEFENDANTS, THE ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT OF DECISIONMAKING, AND THE INFLUENCE OF POLITICS AT EACH STEP OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROCESS. TOPICS COVERED INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: FORMER ATTORNEY GENERAL RAMSEY CLARK'S VIEWS ON THE PROBLEMS OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM; THE ROLE OF POLITICS IN THE REVISION OF NEW YORK'S PROSTITUTION LAWS; MODELS OF THE CRIMINAL PROCESS; THE IMPACT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE POLICY ON BLACKS IN TRIAL COURTS OF A SOUTHERN STATE; THE PROBLEM OF OVERCRIMINALIZATION; POLICE DISCRETION NOT TO INVOKE THE CRIMINAL PROCESS; THE POLICEMAN'S 'WORKING PERSONALITY'; POLICE CORRUPTION; POLITICS AND THE POLICE; POLITICS AND CRIMINAL PROSECUTION IN NEW ORLEANS; THE DECISION TO PROSECUTE; AND DECISIONMAKING BY PUBLIC DEFENDERS IN LOS ANGELES. OTHER TOPICS INCLUDE: ORGANIZATION COOPTATION OF THE LAW PROFESSION; PUBLIC DEFENDERS; SOCIAL CONTROL IN THE ADVERSARY SYSTEM; THE CRIMINAL COURT AS ORGANIZATION AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM; BAIL SETTING; COURTS FOR THE COMMON MAN; URBAN POLITICS AND POLICY OUTCOMES FOR THE CRIMINAL COURTS; THE EVOLUTION OF THE NEW YORK PRISON SYSTEM; THE PRISON EXPERIENCE; THE DILEMMA OF PAROLE DECISIONMAKING; AND PROSPECTS FOR PRISON REFORM. FOR INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES, SEE NCJ-13377, 14572, 25795, 25797-25802, 25805-25811, AND 44418-44423.