COMPASSION

Affirmation of life is the spiritual act by which man ceases to live thoughtlessly and begins to devote himself to his life
with reverence in order to give it true value.
— Albert Schweitzer

7/26/2013

Prison Nation

QUOTATION OF THE DAY


"This is the beginning of the end of mass incarceration."
NATASHA FROST, associate dean of Northeastern University's school of criminology and criminal justice, on a decline in the nation's prison population.

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Contemporary Issues in Criminal Justice Policy: Policy Proposals from the American Society of Criminology Conference

by Natasha Frost, Joshua Freilich, Todd Clear

Featuring all 23 policy proposals and 30 response essays presented at the American Society of Criminology's 2009 annual meeting, CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE POLICY is an outstanding new anthology of policy-focused essays.

This thought-provoking text presents sections on justice policy, drug policy, terrorism policy, immigration policy, policing policy, juvenile  justice policy, and corrections policy, and includes essays by some of the leading criminologists in the field.

Edited by ASC President Todd Clear along with Natasha Frost and Joshua Freilich, this book's succinct format makes it an invaluable resource for those studying criminology and criminal justice, and one that readers will reference again and again.



Paperback, 406 pages
Published October 1st 2009 by Wadsworth Publishing Company


Contemporary Issues in Criminal Justice Policy: Policy Proposals from the American Society of Criminology Conference







Link:  http://www.nytimes.com/indexes/2013/07/26/todaysheadlines/index.html




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