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NCJ Number:	62849

Title:	CRIME AND JUSTICE IN AMERICA - CRITICAL ISSUES FOR THE FUTURE

Corporate Author:	Pergamon Press, Inc United States of America

Editor(s):	J T O'BRIEN; M MARCUS

Date Published:	1979

Page Count:	381

Sponsoring Agency:	Pergamon Press, Inc Elmsford, NY 10523

Publication Number:	28

Sale Source:	Pergamon Press, Inc Maxwell House Fairview Park Elmsford, NY 10523 United States of America

Language:	English

Country:	United States of America

Annotation:	AUTHORITIES ON LAW ENFORCEMENT, THE COURTS, CORRECTIONS, AND ALLIED SUBJECTS FORECAST DEVELOPMENTS IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM FOR 1984 AND BEYOND.

Abstract:	THE BOOK IS INTENDED FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE SCHOLARS, PRACTITIONERS, AND STUDENTS, AS WELL AS FOR PRIVATE CITIZENS INTERESTED IN THE FIELD. ITS MAJOR THRUST IS THE NEED TO DEVELOP GREATER UNITY IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM WITH REGARD TO THEORY, PROFESSIONAL PRACTICES, AND BRANCHES AND LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT. SEVENTEEN ARTICLES ARE ORGANIZED INTO SECTIONS REFLECTING BROAD PROBLEM AREAS: (1) PUBLIC LAW ENFORCEMENT (THE ROLES OF LOCAL, COUNTY, AND STATE POLICE AND OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT); (2) PRIVATE POLICE (THE INTERACTION BETWEEN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE POLICE, THE GROWTH OF CAMPUS AND SCHOOL POLICE AGENCIES); (3) INTELLIGENCE-GATHERING PROBLEMS AND SPECIFIC TYPES OF CRIME (ORGANIZED CRIME, TERRORISM, HOSTAGE-TAKING); (4) COURTS AND CORRECTION (CHANGES IN THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM AND IN CORRECTIONS, THE FUTURE OF THE FEMALE OFFENDER); AND (5) CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM PERSONNEL (POLICE LEADERSHIP, LATERAL ENTRY, MINORITY RECRUITMENT AND PROFESSIONALIZATION, THE ROLE OF THE POLICE IN POLLUTION CONTROL). AN INDEX IS PROVIDED. FOR ABSTRACTS OF INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES, SEE NCJ-62850-62864. (LKM)

Index Term(s):	Campus police; County police; Court system; Federal government; Female offenders; Future trends; Hostages; Intelligence acquisition; Law enforcement; Municipal police; Organized crime; Private police; State police

Note:	PERGAMON POLICY STUDIES ON CRIME AND JUSTICE



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