Toward Justice : Broadening the Study of Criminal Justice

Designed as a text for Criminal Justice and Criminology capstone courses, Toward Justice encourages students to engage critically with conceptions of justice that go beyond the criminal justice system, in order to cultivate a more thorough understanding of the system as it operates on the ground in an imperfect world—where people aren't always rational actors, where individual cases are linked to larger social problems, and where justice can sometimes slip through the cracks. Through a combined focus on content and professional development, Toward Justice helps students translate what they have learned in the classroom into active strategies for justice in their professional lives—preparing them for careers that will not simply maintain the status quo and stability that exists within our justice system, but rather challenge the system to achieve justice. Cover 1 Half Title 2 Title Page 4 Copyright Page 5 Dedication 6 Contents 8 Journals Cooperation Sheet 11 Part I: Understanding Justice 14 Chapter 1 Defining Justice 16 Selected Reading Universal Declaration of Human Rights 30 Selected Reading Student Conceptions of Justice 40 Chapter 2 Gaps in Justice 50 Selected Reading “It Was Basically College to Us”: Poverty, Prison, and Emerging Adulthood 65 Selected Reading Pretrial Detention and Guilty Pleas: If Th ey Can’t Afford Bail They Must Be Guilty 78 Chapter 3 Justice, Privilege, and Identity 94 Selected Reading Where the Margins Meet: A Demographic Assessment of Transgender Inmates in Men’s Prisons 108 Selected Reading A Feminist Analysis of the American Criminal Justice System’s Response to Human Trafficking 140 Part II: Locating Justice in Criminal Justice 160 Chapter 4 Ideology in Criminal Justice 162 Selected Reading Worlds Apart: The Views on Crime and Punishment among White and Minority College Students 172 Selected Reading Perceived Criminal Threat from Undocumented Immigrants: Antecedents and Consequences for Policy Preferences 195 Chapter 5 Injustice in Criminal Justice 221 Selected Reading Women and Drug Use: The Case for a Justice Analysis 234 Selected Reading Race, Neighborhood Context, and Risk Prediction 239 Chapter 6 Linking Theory, Research, and Policy 260 Selected Reading Broken Windows or Window Breakers: The influence of Physical and Social Disorder on Quality of Life 270 Selected Reading Build to Sustain: Collaborative Partnerships Between University Researchers and Criminal Justice Practitioners 290 Part III: Creating Justice 308 Chapter 7 Writing and Speaking for Justice 310 Selected Reading A Writing-Intensive Approach to Criminal Justice Education: The California Lutheran University Model 327 Chapter 8 Working in Criminal Justice 337 Selected Reading Women in Policing: Changing the Organizational Culture by Adopting a Feminist Perspective on Leadership 347 Selected Reading Exploring Academic Discourse on Criminal Justice Ethics: Where Are We? 376 Chapter 9 Translating Justice into Practice 400 Selected Reading The Ecology of Homelessness 413 Selected Reading Serious Youth Violence and Innovative Prevention: On the Emerging Link Between Public Health and Criminology 460 Index 484 Part One: Understanding Justice Chapter 1: Defining Justice Selected Readings Chapter 2: Gaps in Justice Selected Readings Chapter 3: Justice, Privilege and Identity Selected Readings Part Two: Locating Justice in Criminal Justice Chapter 4: Ideology in Criminal Justice Selected Readings Chapter 5: Injustice in Criminal Justice Selected Readings Chapter 6: Linking Theory, Research and Policy Selected Readings Part Three: Creating Justice Chapter 7: Writing and Speaking for Justice Selected Readings Chapter 8: Working in Criminal Justice Selected Readings Chapter 9: Translating Justice into Practice Selected Readings