15. SHOULD WE REALLY "BAN" PLEA BARGAINING?: THE CORE CONCERNS OF PLEA BARGAINING CRITICS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. PREFACE ix
4. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xi
5. PART I. FOUNDATIONAL ISSUES OF JUSTICE 1
6. 1. CRIMINAL JUSTICE THEORIES AND IDEOLOGIES 5
7. 2. SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES ON PUNISHMENT 14
8. 3. TWO MODELS OF THE CRIMINAL PROCESS 27
9. 4. CRIMINAL JUSTICE THEORY: IT'S TIME TO ASK WHY 40
10. PART II. POLICING
11. 5. POLICING A FREE SOCIETY 61
12. 6. THE EVOLVING STRATEGY OF POLICE: A MINORITY VIEW 74
13. 7. POLICEWOMEN OR POLICEWOMEN? DOING GENDER AND POLICE WORK 92
14. 8. THE SOCIAL ORGANIZATION OF ARREST 103
15. 9. WHAT CAN POLICE DO TO REDUCE CRIME, DISORDER, AND FEAR? 115
16. 10. DRIVING WHILE BLACK: BIAS PROCESSES AND RACIAL DISPARITY IN POLICE STOPS 127
17. 11. LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THE RULE OF LAW: IS THERE A TRADEOFF? 138
18. PART III. THE COURTS
19. 12. PROSECUTORIAL JUSTIFICATIONS FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT CASE REJECTION: GUARDING THE "GATEWAY TO JUSTICE" 157
20. 13. THE PUBLIC DEFENDER: "BUT HOW CAN YOU SLEEP NIGHTS?" 173
21. 14. JUDGES' RACE AND JUDICIAL DECISION MAKING: DO BLACK JUDGES SENTENCE DIFFERENTLY? 183
22. 15. SHOULD WE REALLY "BAN" PLEA BARGAINING?: THE CORE CONCERNS OF PLEA BARGAINING CRITICS 191
23. 16. THE CONVERGENCE OF RACE, ETHNICITY, GENDER, AND CLASS ON COURT DECISIONMAKING: LOOKING TOWARD THE 21ST CENTURY 203
24. 17. RACIALLY BASED JURY NULLIFICATION: BLACK POWER IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM 219
25. 18. THE SOCIAL CONTEXT OF GUIDELINES CIRCUMVENTION: THE CASE OF FEDERAL DISTRICT COURTS 235
26. 19. HOW DRUG TREATMENT COURTS WORK: AN ANALYSIS OF MEDIATORS 249
27. PART IV. CORRECTIONS
28. 20. FROM THEORY TO POLICY: EVIDENCE-BASED CORRECTIONS 267
29. 21. THE CHANGING NATURE OF DEATH PENALTY DEBATES 282
30. 22. SEX OFFENDER COMMUNITY NOTIFICATION LAWS: ARE THEIR EFFECTS SYMBOLIC OR INSTRUMENTAL IN NATURE? 293
31. 23. WOMEN'S ACCOUNTS OF THEIR PRISON EXPERIENCES: A RETROSPECTIVE VIEW OF THEIR SUBJECTIVE REALITIES 304
32. 24. COLLECTIVE ACTION IN PRISONS: PROTESTS, DISTURBANCES, AND RIOTS 319
33. PART V. CRIME CONTROL IN THE 21ST CENTURY
34. 25. SOCIAL INSECURITY: THE TRANSFORMATION OF AMERICAN CRIMINAL JUSTICE, 1965-2000 335
35. 26. THE POLITICS OF CRIME 345
36. 27. INCARCERATION AND STRATIFICATION 358
37. 28. BIG BROTHER AND HIS SCIENCE KIT: DNA DATABASES FOR 21ST CENTURY CRIME CONTROL? 370
38. 29. THE NEW MCCARTHYISM: REPEATING HISTORY IN THE WAR ON TERRORISM 385
39. 30. FINDING ALTERNATIVES TO THE CARCERAL STATE 397
40. INDEX 401