Description: Exceptionally current and complete, this collection of readings examines -- in detail -- critical criminal justice policies and practices as evident in all criminal justice agencies throughout the United States. Linking the past, present, and future of criminal justice, the authors discuss important issues currently impacting the system, address the challenges that lie ahead in criminal justice in the 21st century, and outline their vision for how these issues will be handled in the next century. Covers a wide range of topics -- including gangs, international terrorism, crime victims, policing, constitutional law and the courts, correctional issues, technology, gender and race issues, etc. Discusses policy implications into the next century and examines the most promising and reform-oriented policies, programs, and technological advancements for the 21st century. For anyone interested in a state-of-the-art discussion of critical criminal justice policies and practices as evident in all criminal justice agencies throughout the United States.

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