Plough Library offers a variety of resources on criminal justice, criminology, and forensic science topics. These are just a few recent books available through the library.
The Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice by
(Credo eBook) Comprising over 500 entries on the essential topics and informed by the latest theory and research, this reference resource offers a state-of-the-art survey of the fields of criminology and criminal justice.
Ages of Anxiety : Historical and Transnational Perspectives on Juvenile Justice by
(EBSCO eBook) Ages of Anxiety presents six case studies of juvenile justice policy in the twentieth century from around the world, adding context to the urgent and international conversation about youth, crime, and justice.
American Prison by
A ground-breaking and brave inside reckoning with the nexus of prison and profit in America: in one Louisiana prison and over the course of our country's history. In 2014, Shane Bauer was hired for $9 an hour to work as an entry-level prison guard at a private prison in Winnfield, LA. An award-winning investigative journalist, he used his real name; there was no meaningful background check. Four months later, his employment came to an abrupt end. But he had seen enough, and in short order he wrote an exposé about his experiences that won a National Magazine Award and became the most-read feature in the history of the magazine Mother Jones In American Prison, Bauer weaves a much deeper reckoning with his experiences together with a thoroughly researched history of for-profit prisons in America from their origins in the decades before the Civil War.
The Citizen and the State: Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties in Conflict by
(EBSCO eBook) The Citizen and the State conducts an essential criminological analysis of contemporary justice systems, combining critical criminology and human rights perspectives. Using a range of real-world case studies, the book conducts a critical analysis of contemporary criminal justice and examines the challenges in achieving a balance between effective criminal justice and upholding civil liberties.
Free justice : A History of the Public Defender in Twentieth-Century America
(EBSCO eBook) Though often taken for granted, the modern American public defender has a surprisingly contentious history--one that offers insights not only about the'carceral state,'but also about the contours and compromises of twentieth-century liberalism. First gaining appeal amidst the Progressive Era fervor for court reform, the public defender idea was swiftly quashed by elite corporate lawyers who believed the legal profession should remain independent from the state. Public defenders took hold in some localities but not yet as a nationwide standard. By the 1960s, views had shifted. Gideon v. Wainwright enshrined the right to counsel into law and the legal profession mobilized to expand the ranks of public defenders nationwide. Yet within a few years, lawyers had already diagnosed a'crisis'of underfunded, overworked defenders providing inadequate representation--a crisis that persists today. This book shows how these conditions, often attributed to recent fiscal emergencies, have deep roots, and it chronicles the intertwined histories of constitutional doctrine, big philanthropy, professional in-fighting, and Cold War culture that made public defenders ubiquitous but embattled figures in American courtrooms.
Prison by Any Other Name : The Harmful Consequences of Popular Reforms by
(EBSCO eBook) Locked-down drug treatment centers. House arrest. Mandated psychiatric treatment. Data-driven surveillance. Extended probation. These are some of the key alternatives held up as cost-effective substitutes for jails and prisons. But many of these so-called reforms actually widen the net, weaving in new strands of punishment and control, and bringing new populations, who would not otherwise have been subject to imprisonment, under physical control by the state. As mainstream public opinion has begun to turn against mass incarceration, political figures on both sides of the spectrum are pushing for reform. But—though they're promoted as steps to confront high rates of imprisonment—many of these measures are transforming our homes and communities into prisons instead.
Social Inequality, Criminal Justice, and Race in Tennessee by
This book examines the national criminal justice system's and the state of Tennessee criminal justice system's policies in terms of how they balance the citizens' need for prisons with the private sector's desire for profits and the policies' effects on the incarceration rate of African American males in the state of Tennessee.
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