Asphalt justice: a critique of the criminal justice system in America
In this book, John Raymond Cook challenges the current criminal justice emphasis on incarceration and punishment and encourages instead a focus on rehabilitation and treatment. Cook argues that the failure to encourage treatment and rehabilitation is extremely shortsighted and serves only to postpon...
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Westport, Conn. [u.a.]
Praeger
2001
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| Summary: | In this book, John Raymond Cook challenges the current criminal justice emphasis on incarceration and punishment and encourages instead a focus on rehabilitation and treatment. Cook argues that the failure to encourage treatment and rehabilitation is extremely shortsighted and serves only to postpone societal ills. He examines the prison experience as a psychological experience and suggests that restructuring the prison environment to focus on changing the behavior of criminals will ultimately be more cost effective and more beneficial to society. Approaching the problem of crime in a coordinated and systematic way will produce more results than the current reliance on political posturing and media sound bites. Recent formulation of crime policy often seems driven by statistically rare and exceptional events, and the new laws passed in response to sensational events have actually resulted in an ever-growing and increasingly violent criminal underclass. Similarly, the trend toward incarceration and extreme punishment as the primary means of correction has led to unfortunate consequences. Overcrowding, massive prison construction, and the siphoning of funds from the rest of the public sector are all "get tough" byproducts. This study proposes solutions to current systemic problems aimed at those interested in trying to develop plans or treatment strategies within correctional settings. |
| Physical Description: | XII, 211 S. graph. Darst. |
| ISBN: | 0275968278 |
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JOHN RAYMOND COOK PRAEGER SERIES IN CRIMINOLOGY AND CRIME CONTROL POLICY
STEVEN A. EGGER, SERIES EDITOR WESTPORT, CONNECTICUT LONDON CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS VII PREFACE BE 1. GET SMART ON CRIME 1 2. A HOUSE BUILT ON
SAND 15 3. TWO SIDES OF THE SAME COIN 33 4. POLITICIANS AND BUREAUCRATS:
GARBAGE IN, GARBAGE OUT 47 5. BALL FOUR: SOLUTIONS THAT MISS THE PLATE
61 6. GANGS, MILITIAS, AND ORGANIZED CRIME 75 7. JUVENILE CRIME 89 8.
INSANITY AND MENTAL HEALTH 105 9. COERCIVE TREATMENT, CIVIL LIBERTIES,
AND CHANGE 117 10. THE NEW GULAG: THE FAILURE OF PRISON ARCHITECTURE 127
11. GET SMART ON CRIME, PART H 143 12. CLASSIFICATION AND TREATMENT:
EARNING RELEASE 157 13. PREVENTION IS NOT A FOUR-LETTER WORD 173
GLOSSARY 189 BIBLIOGRAPHY 195 INDEX 207
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