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Criminal Justice Reform

An Evidence-Based Agenda for Reform
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An evidence-based roadmap for how the American criminal justice system can be reformed This important volume brings together today's leading criminal justice scholars and practitioners to offer a roadmap for those who want to change the face of the American criminal justice system. This collection of essays addresses thirteen significant issues in justice reform, starting from a suspect's first interaction with the police and continuing to gun violence, prosecutorial innovation, sentencing reform, eliminating bail, recidivism and re-entry, collateral consequences of crime, and eliminating false convictions. A common theme emerges in this volume: the American criminal justice system is riddled with weaknesses that cause harm and require greater accountability. Each chapter is both educational and prescriptive, helping readers to understand the problems that plague the criminal justice system, how those problems can be addressed, and who should take responsibility for them. Part scholarly research, part account of the justice system's workings and failings, and part agenda for action, Transforming Criminal Justice aims to educate and move readers to effect change.
Jon B. Gould (Editor) Jon B. Gould is Dean of the School of Social Ecology at the University of California, Irvine, where he is also Professor in the Department of Criminology, Law and Society and affiliated with the School of Law. He is the author of The Innocence Commission: Preventing Wrongful Convictions and Restoring the Criminal Justice System. Pamela R. Metzger (Editor) Pamela R. Metzger is Professor of Law and Director of the Deason Criminal Justice Reform Center at Southern Methodist University.
This book does two things - both important - and it does them exceedingly well. First, in an era in which reform of the criminal legal system is a top priority for many, it provides a collection of essays across the entire system, from policing to incarceration and re-entry. Second, it does so from a deeply evidence-based perspective, so reform can be both effective and enduring. The editors are to be congratulated in assembling this impressive gathering of expertise, in a volume that many will find informative and engaging. * Barry Friedman, author of Unwarranted: Policing without Permission *
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