Community justice / Todd R. Clear, John R. Hamilton, Jr. and Eric Cadora.

By:

Clear, Todd R

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Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2011.Edition: 2nd edDescription: 1 online resource (x, 156 pages)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780203855805
0203855809

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Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Community justice.DDC classification:

364.6/8 22

LOC classification:

HV9304 .C579 2011eb

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EBSCOhost

Contents:

Criminal justice and the community -- Policing and community justice -- The courts and community justice -- Corrections and community justice -- The future of community justice.

Summary: 'Community Justice discusses concepts of community within the context of justice policy and programs, and addresses the important relationship between the criminal justice system and the community in the USA. Taking a bold stance in the criminal justice debate, this book argues that crime management is more effective through the use of informal (as opposed to formal) social control. It demonstrates how an increasing number of criminal justice elements are beginning to understand that the development of partnerships within the community that enhance informal social control will lead to a stabilization and possible a decline in crime, especially violent crime, and make communities more liveable. Borrowing from an eclectic toolbox of ideas and strategies - community organizing, environmental crime prevention, private-public partnerships, justice initiatives - Community Justice puts forward a new approach to establishing safe communities, and highlights the failure of the current American justice system in its lack of vision and misuse of resources. Providing detailed information about how community justice fits within each area of the criminal justice system, and including relevant case studies to exemplify this philosophy in action, this book is essential reading for undergraduate and postgraduate students of subjects such as criminology, law and sociology. '--Provided by publisher.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Criminal justice and the community -- Policing and community justice -- The courts and community justice -- Corrections and community justice -- The future of community justice.

Print version record.

'Community Justice discusses concepts of community within the context of justice policy and programs, and addresses the important relationship between the criminal justice system and the community in the USA. Taking a bold stance in the criminal justice debate, this book argues that crime management is more effective through the use of informal (as opposed to formal) social control. It demonstrates how an increasing number of criminal justice elements are beginning to understand that the development of partnerships within the community that enhance informal social control will lead to a stabilization and possible a decline in crime, especially violent crime, and make communities more liveable. Borrowing from an eclectic toolbox of ideas and strategies - community organizing, environmental crime prevention, private-public partnerships, justice initiatives - Community Justice puts forward a new approach to establishing safe communities, and highlights the failure of the current American justice system in its lack of vision and misuse of resources. Providing detailed information about how community justice fits within each area of the criminal justice system, and including relevant case studies to exemplify this philosophy in action, this book is essential reading for undergraduate and postgraduate students of subjects such as criminology, law and sociology. '--Provided by publisher.