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by Barbara Stolz (Author)
The how and why of criminal justice policy making is frequently overlooked in criminal justice texts. Stolz fills that gap with this reader, which introduces students to the study of criminal justice policy making at the federal level by drawing on the discipline of political science. Each chapter includes
- academic and government publications that acquaint the reader with federal criminal justice policy-making structures and processes
- criminal justice policy-making issues related to each branch of government
- several political science frameworks, used to explain how governmental structures and processes affect criminal justice policy
Author Biography
BARBARA ANN STOLZ is a political scientist and criminologist who has worked in both academia and government./e She has published numerous articles on the role of symbolic politics, interest groups, subgovernments in determining U.S. criminal justice policies regarding capital punishment, juvenile delinquency, drug control, corrections, and domestic violence. As a Fulbright scholar in Russia, she taught American politics at Yaroslavl State University. Currently, she is a senior analyst engaged in research on criminal justice issues at a federal agency.
