Police Pursuing Justice

Reframing Law Enforcement for the Twenty-First Century

AvSamantha L. Bennett,Jonathon A. Cooper

Inbunden, Engelska, 2023

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Beskrivning

Using the commonwealth of Pennsylvania as a case-study, along with two other states as controls, this book examines how BARJ legislation “trickles down” to the law enforcement level through Pennsylvania’s Juvenile Justice System Enhancement Strategy (PJJSES) and the Juvenile Justice Act (JJA). This legislation is a direct application of the BARJ model to law enforcement, essentially directing police discretion in the direction of informal dispositions. The decision to dispose formal action (such as, a referral to either juvenile court/probation, criminal court, or adult criminal court) or informal action (for instance, handling the situation within the department and/or releasing the juveniles to parents with a warning), play an integral role in determining which juveniles contact the justice system. To this end, while the overall focus of our volume and research is specifically on the impact of the PJJSES and its 2012 amendments on the number of formal dispositions of juvenile suspects by law enforcement officers, it speaks more broadly to the ability of the BARJ model to affect police officer behavior through influencing their decision-making processes.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2023-06-08
Mått:158 x 236 x 16 mm
Vikt:331 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Policing Perspectives and Challenges in the Twenty-First Century
Antal sidor:128
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9781666911053

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Samantha L. Bennett is assistant professor of criminal justice at Muskingum University.Jonathon A. Cooper is dean's associate for academic affairs in the College of Health and Human Services and associate professor of criminology and criminal justice at Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

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Police Pursuing Justice is an engaging and well-written book that provides a thorough examination of the impact of BARJ legislation on policing in three states of the United States. This book can be an excellent resource for students/scholars who are interested in restorative justice policing.

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AcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter 1: A Primer on the Historical Development of Juvenile JusticeChapter 2: Balanced and Restorative JusticeChapter 3: Police and DiscretionChapter 4: Our Questions and How We Answered ThemChapter 5: BARJ and the Police in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and MinnesotaChapter 6: Does Legislation Matter? What it All Means.Chapter 7: Policy and Behavior: Policing Juveniles in the 21st CenturyAppendix A: Data ManagementAppendix B: Change ScoresReferencesAbout the Authors