Profiling and Criminal Justice in America: A Reference Handbook

Profiling and Criminal Justice in America: A Reference Handbook
ISBN-10
1851094695
ISBN-13
9781851094691
Category
Social Science
Pages
299
Language
English
Published
2004
Publisher
ABC-CLIO
Author
Jeffrey B. Bumgarner

Description

A much-needed reference work on one of the hottest subjects today—profiling and its use and misuse by legal and police authorities. * Includes a chronology of key events in American criminal justice including discussions of key court cases, developments in criminal procedure, the development of sentencing guidelines, civil rights milestones, and examples of court-sanctioned profiling such as the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II * Includes brief biographies of key people such as Jean-Jacques Rousseau, John Douglas, Jesse Jackson, and Janet Reno

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