Browsing by Subject "Criminal justice, Administration of -- United States"

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    Consideration for the Predetermined Urban Outlaw: An Analysis of the Racialized Other within Just Punishment Aims in the United States
    (2011) Contreras, Stephanie; Delpech-Ramey, Joshua; Yurdin, Joel
    In this paper, I will rehearse H.L.A Hart’s standard definition of punishment to reintroduce the elements that constitute state punishment, and Michael Davies’s methodology for discussing just punishment.
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    Empathy, Sentimental Education, and Restorative Justice: Providing a Larger Participatory Role for Victims in the American Criminal Justice System
    (2014) Gallagher, Megan; Macbeth, Danielle
    Research on crime victims and their experiences within the American criminal justice system suggests that victims can be unjustly harmed throughout the criminal justice process. I argue that this results from victims' lack of a participatory role in the criminal justice process. Restorative justice initiatives have emerged in response to this issue, but have failed to make significant improvements. In an effort to understand why these current restorative initiatives are insufficient, three approaches of restorative justice are considered in light of two different groups of victims-–victims of sexual and domestic violence, and bereaved victims. This consideration suggests that in order to respond to the unjust harm of victims, restorative values must be woven into the criminal justice process. I claim that in an effort to remain fair and just our criminal justice system has inadvertently treated victims as less than rational, and therefore less than human, by marginalizing them within the criminal justice process. A solution would begin with a conceptual shift regarding the value of sentiments in a legal context and the re-articulation of objectivity. Through sentimental education, empathy and restorative values can begin to be woven into the criminal justice system, allowing us to adequately address the needs of victims and their larger participatory role within the criminal justice process.
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    “Surprise the Cynics”: Evolving Consensus on Bipartisan Criminal Justice Reform
    (2016) Hoffman, Tamar; McGovern, Stephen J., 1959-
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    The Options We Face In Regard To Prison Overcrowding
    (1986) Terhanian, George; Matthews, R.