Annual Editions Criminal Justice 03/04

UNIT 1. Crime and Justice in America 1. What Is the Sequence of Events in the Criminal Justice System?, Report to the Nation on Crime and Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics , January 1998 This report reveals that the response to crime is a complex process, involving citizens as well as many agencies, levels, and branches of government. 2. The Road to September 11, Evan Thomas, Newsweek , October 1, 2001 For a decade, America has been fighting a losing war against terrorism. This article chronicles the missed clues and missteps in a manhunt that is far from over. 3. Crime Without Punishment, Eli Lehrer, The Weekly Standard , May 27, 2002 Crime has hit record highs in Europe and Canada, while American streets have become safer. The simple explanation is that the American justice system does a better job because of its reliance on local police departments. Almost all of the law enforcement in nearly all of the other industrialized countries is provided by massive regional or national agencies. 4. Cyber-Crimes, Brian Hansen, CQ Researcher , April 12, 2002 Hackers and virus writers regularly cause problems in cyberspace. Brian Hansen warns that one of the most prevalent and insidious Internet -assisted scams is identity theft; some merchants have their customers' credit card data just sitting on servers, waiting to be hacked. 5. Making Computer Crime Count, Marc Goodman, FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin , August 2001 To combat computer crime, law enforcement must build an internal capacity to define, track, and analyze these criminal offenses, claims Marc Goodman. 6. Enough Is Enough, Clifton Leaf, Fortune , March 18, 2002 Of all the factors that lead to corporate crime, none comes close to the role of top management in tolerating and even shaping a culture that allows for it. Accounting fraud often starts this way, and prosecutors can make these crimes too complicated. According to Clifton Leaf, they can be boiled down to basic lying, cheating, and stealing. 7. Trust and Confidence in Criminal Justice, Lawrence W. Sherman, National Institute of Justice Journal , Number 248, 2002 The criminal justice system is a paradox of progress. It is less corrupt, brutal, and racially unfair than it has been in the past. It has also become more effective, with greater diversity in its staffing. Yet Americans today have less confidence in the criminal justice system than in many other institutions. 8. So You Want to Be a Serial-Murderer Profiler ..., John Randolph Fuller, The Chronicle of Higher Education , December 7, 2001 John Randolph Fuller helps to guide his students by sketching out the various career options that are available in criminal justice. While it may sound exciting, being a serial-murderer profiler is not a realistic option for most students. UNIT 2. Victimology 9. What Is a Life Worth?, Amanda Ripley, Time , February 11, 2002 Until the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, resulted in the government's need to establish an unprecedented fund to compensate the surviving families, the mathematics of loss was a little-known science. Now the process is on display as the government attempts to deal with wrenching decisions. 10. Coping After Terrorism, OVC Handbook for Coping After Terrorism: A Guide to Healing and Recovery , September 2001 The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, have deeply shaken our sense of safety, security, and emotional well-being. The information in this handbook is intended to help people understand their reactions to an act of terrorism or mass violence. 11. Telling the Truth About Damned Lies and Statistics, Joel Best, The Chronicle of Higher Education , May 4, 2001 We should not ignore all statistics or assume that every number is false. Some statistics are bad, but others are useful. Joel Best thinks that we need good statistics to talk sensibly about social problems. 12. Violence and the Remaking of a Self, Susan J. Brison, The Chronicle of Higher Education , January 18, 2002 The horror and violence associated with the crime of rape is clearly evident in the words of Susan Brison as she describes her victimization, attempts at coping with the aftereffects, and the eventual remaking of herself into a survivor of this terrible crime. 13. Prosecutors, Kids, and Domestic Violence Cases, Debra Whitcomb, National Institute of Justice Journal , Number 248, 2002 The results of new research strongly suggest that prosecutors can bring together people with disparate views and hammer out ways to overcome distrust and conflict toward a common goal: protection of battered women and their children. 14. Strengthening Antistalking Statutes, OVC Legal Series , January 2002 Stalking is a crime of intimidation. Stalkers harass and even terrorize through conduct that causes fear and substantial emotional distress in their victims. Work must be done in the future to better protect stalking victims by strengthening antistalking laws, according to this U.S. Department of Justice report. UNIT 3. The Police 15. The Changing Roles and Strategies of the Police in Time of Terror, Melchor C. de Guzman, Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS) Today , September/October 2002 Melchor deGuzman, in a speech on the changing role of the police in the wake of the terrorist attacks on the United States, argues that crime analysis and police strategies need to be changed, with a view toward coordination, focus, and education. 16. Racial Profiling and Its Apologists, Tim Wise, Z Magazine , March 2002 Racial profiling cannot be justified on the basis of general crime rate data. But, according to Tim Wise, "unless and until the stereotypes that underlie [it] are attacked and exposed as a fraud, the practice will likely continue...." The fact remains that the typical offender in violent crime categories is white. 17. Early Warning Systems: Responding to the Problem Police Officer, Samuel Walker, Geoffrey P. Alpert, and Dennis J. Kenney, National Institute of Justice Journal , July 2001 Problem police officers are well known to their peers, their supervisors, and the public, but little is done about them. A study shows that an early-warning system may have a dramatic effect on reducing citizen complaints. 18. Crime Story: The Digital Age, John D. Cohen, Adam Gelb, and Robert Wasserman, Blueprint , Winter 2001 This article explores how new dVictor, Joseph is the author of 'Annual Editions Criminal Justice 03/04', published 2003 under ISBN 9780072838275 and ISBN 0072838272.