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Covering Criminal Justice

NCJ Number
179487
Author(s)
Liza Featherstone
Date Published
1999
Length
40 pages
Annotation
This resource guide provides information and resource organizations related to criminal justice topics and issues; the manual is intended as an aid to journalists who are covering crime and the criminal justice system and want both to provide details on crimes and provoke public discussion about policy choices.
Abstract
The guide presents background information and resources on juvenile justice, including legal and policy issues, gangs, and alternatives; data and resources that support and oppose gun control; hate crimes, domestic assault, and sexual assault. It also provides information and information sources related to victims, restorative justice, sentencing, capital punishment, prisoners and corrections, policing, crime rate statistics, and drugs and drug policies. Further topics include attorneys, courts, crime costs, race, violence as a public health issue, mental health, public attitudes, violence and the media, and journalists' groups. The information for each resource lists the individual or organization name, mailing address, telephone number, fax number, e-mail address, Web site address, and summary description. List of other guides