The Oxford Handbook of Crime and Criminal Justice

This handbook provides an accessible, high-quality, and comprehensive introduction to and overview of the operation of the American criminal justice system. It is divided into five sections covering the purposes and functions of the system, its problems and priorities, and its main institutions-police and policing, prosecution and sentencing, and community and institutional corrections. Highly regarded in the field, Michael Tonry brings together a mix of established, senior scholars and up-and-coming writers to provide authoritative and cutting-edge contributions on hot-button topics, from the justice system's handling of immigration and terrorism to racial profiling, parole, and re-entry, as well as bread-and-butter issues like incapacitation, jails, drugs, and police strategy. As countries vary substantially in the detailed operation of some agencies and few scholars have detailed knowledge of the operation of two or more countries' systems, the focus is principally, though not exclusively, on the American justice system.

1. Crime and Criminal Justice, Michael Tonry; 2. Crime Trends, Eric Baumer; 3. Evidence-based Crime Policy, Brandon C. Welsh and David P. Farrington; Part I, Purposes and Functions; 4. Punishment, Michael Tonry; 5. Crime Prevention, Brandon C. Welsh; 6. Treatment and Rehabilitation, Frank T. Cullen and Paula Smith; 7. General Deterrence, Robert Apel and Daniel Nagin; 8. Reparation and Restoration, Kathy Daly and Gitana Proietti-Scifoni; 9. Reassurance, Reinforcement, and Legitimacy, Matt Matravers; Part II, Problems and Priorities; 10. Drugs and Crime, Jonathan P. Caulkins and Mark A. R. Kleiman; 11. Race, Ethnicity, and Crime, Cassia Spohn; 12. Sex, Gender, and Crime, Rosemary Gartner; 13. Immigrants and Crime, Sandra Bucerius; 14. Guns and Crime, Charles Wellford; 15. Work and Crime, Aaron Chalfin and Steven Raphael; Part III, Police and Policing; 16. Police Organization, Stephen D. Mastrofski and James J. Willis; 17. Police and Crime Control, Lawrence W. Sherman; 18. Community and Problem-oriented Policing, Michael D. Reisig; 19. Legitimacy and Lawful Policing, Sanja Kutnjak Ivkovic; Part IV, Juvenile Justice; 20. Juvenile Justice, Barry C. Feld and Donna M. Bishop; Part V, Prosecution and Sentencing; 21. Prosecution, Candace McCoy; 22. Sentencing, Brian Johnson; 23. Mandatory Penalties, Michael Tonry; 24. Capital Punishment, Ray Paternoster; Part VI, Community and Institutional Corrections; 25. Jails and Pretrial Release, Brandon Applegate; 26. Probation and Community Penalties, Stan C. Proband; 27. Drug and Other Specialty Courts, Ojmarrh Mitchell; 28. Prisons, Yvonne Jewkes; 29. Women's Prisons, Candace Kruttschnitt; 30. Parole and Prisoner Reentry, Joan Petersilia

Michael Tonry is Russell M. and Elizabeth M. Bennett Chair in Excellence at the University of Minnesota Law School.