Theorizing criminal justice : eight essential orientations /
Peter B. Kraska
- Long Grove, Ill. : Waveland Press, c2004.
- xii, 340 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Criminal justice theory: why ask why? -- Criminal justice and rational/legalism -- Criminal justice as a system -- Criminal justice as crime control vs. due process -- Criminal justice as politics -- Criminal justice as socially constructed reality -- Criminal justice as growth complex -- Criminal justice as oppression -- Criminal justice as late modernity -- Conclusion.