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Criminal Justice Policy

Contents of This Chapter:

  1. Chapter Overview and Learning Objectives
    1. Learning Objectives
    2. Key Terms
    3. Critical Thinking Questions
    4. Licenses and Attributions for Chapter Overview and Learning Objectives
      1. Open Content, Shared Previously
  2. Importance of Policy in Criminal Justice
    1. Fake News Exercise
    2. Licenses and Attributions for Importance of Policy in Criminal Justice
      1. Open Content, Shared Previously
  3. The Myth of Moral Panics
    1. Moral Panics, Sex Offender Registration, and Youth
      1. How Fake News Does Real Harm
      2. Criminal Justice Frames and Examples of Narratives
    2. Licenses and Attributions for The Myth of Moral Panics
      1. Open Content, Shared Previously
  4. The Stages of Policy Development
    1. Identifying the Issue
    2. Placement on the Agenda
    3. Formulation of the Policy
    4. Implementation of the Policy
    5. Evaluation of the Policy
    6. Licenses and Attributions for The Stages of Policy Development
      1. Open Content, Shared Previously
  5. Criminal Justice Policies
    1. Colonialism
    2. Disproportionate Minority Contact
    3. Racial and Political Divide
    4. Licenses and Attributions for Criminal Justice Policies
      1. Open Content, Shared Previously
      2. All Rights Reserved Content
  6. Re-Evaluating Policy
    1. The Sentencing Project
    2. The Sentencing Project – Black Lives Matter: Eliminating Racial Inequity in the Criminal Justice System by Nazgol Ghandoosh (Pages 19-20 Excerpt)
    3. Hate Crimes
      1. Profile: Anti-LGBTQIA+ Hate Crimes In The United States: Histories and Debates by Ariella Rotramel.
      2. What Are Hate Crimes?
      3. Historical Hate Crime Policy
      4. Debating Hate-Crime Laws
    4. Licenses and Attributions for Re-Evaluating Policy
      1. Open Content, Shared Previously
      2. All Rights Reserved Content
  7. Conclusion
    1. Learning Objectives
    2. Review of Key Terms
    3. Self-Comprehension Check
    4. Review of Critical Thinking Questions
    5. Licenses and Attributions for Conclusion
  8. References

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