The Criminal Justice Club

Author : Jason Hardy
Publisher : Simon & Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1982128607
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Second Chance Club written by Jason Hardy and published by Simon & Schuster. This book was released on 2021-02-16 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A former parole officer shines a bright light on a huge yet hidden part of our justice system through the intertwining stories of seven parolees striving to survive the chaos that awaits them after prison in this illuminating and dramatic book. Prompted by a dead-end retail job and a vague desire to increase the amount of justice in his hometown, Jason Hardy became a parole officer in New Orleans at the worst possible moment. Louisiana’s incarceration rates were the highest in the US and his department’s caseload had just been increased to 220 “offenders” per parole officer, whereas the national average is around 100. Almost immediately, he discovered that the biggest problem with our prison system is what we do—and don’t do—when people get out of prison. Deprived of social support and jobs, these former convicts are often worse off than when they first entered prison and Hardy dramatizes their dilemmas with empathy and grace. He’s given unique access to their lives and a growing recognition of their struggles and takes on his job with the hope that he can change people’s fates—but he quickly learns otherwise. The best Hardy and his colleagues can do is watch out for impending disaster and help clean up the mess left behind. But he finds that some of his charges can muster the miraculous power to save themselves. By following these heroes, he both stokes our hope and fuels our outrage by showing us how most offenders, even those with the best intentions, end up back in prison—or dead—because the system systematically fails them. Our focus should be, he argues, to give offenders the tools they need to re-enter society which is not only humane but also vastly cheaper for taxpayers. As immersive and dramatic as Evicted and as revelatory as The New Jim Crow, The Second Chance Club shows us how to solve the cruelest problems prisons create for offenders and society at large.

Author : Walt Lewis
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Criminal Justice Club written by Walt Lewis and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jesse Eisinger
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1501121383
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Chickenshit Club written by Jesse Eisinger and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-07-11 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2018 Excellence in Financial Journalism Award From Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Jesse Eisinger, “a fast moving, fly-on-the-wall, disheartening look at the deterioration of the Justice Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission…It is a book of superheroes” (San Francisco Review of Books). Why were no bankers put in prison after the financial crisis of 2008? Why do CEOs seem to commit wrongdoing with impunity? The problem goes beyond banks deemed “Too Big to Fail” to almost every large corporation in America—to pharmaceutical companies and auto manufacturers and beyond. The Chickenshit Club—an inside reference to prosecutors too scared of failure and too daunted by legal impediments to do their jobs—explains why in “an absorbing financial history, a monumental work of journalism…a first-rate study of the federal bureaucracy” (Bloomberg Businessweek). Jesse Eisinger begins the story in the 1970s, when the government pioneered the notion that top corporate executives, not just seedy crooks, could commit heinous crimes and go to prison. He brings us to trading desks on Wall Street, to corporate boardrooms and the offices of prosecutors and FBI agents. These revealing looks provide context for the evolution of the Justice Department’s approach to pursuing corporate criminals through the early 2000s and into the Justice Department of today, including the prosecutorial fiascos, corporate lobbying, trial losses, and culture shifts that have stripped the government of the will and ability to prosecute top corporate executives. “Brave and elegant…a fearless reporter…Eisinger’s important and profound book takes no prisoners” (The Washington Post). Exposing one of the most important scandals of our time, The Chickenshit Club provides a clear, detailed explanation as to how our Justice Department has come to avoid, bungle, and mismanage the fight to bring these alleged criminals to justice. “This book is a wakeup call…a chilling read, and a needed one” (NPR.org).

Author : David Rose
Publisher : The New Press
ISBN 13 : 1595586717
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Big Eddy Club written by David Rose and published by The New Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Award-winning "Vanity Fair" reporter Rose has written a gripping, revealing drama that is also a compelling, accessible, and timely exploration of race and criminal justice as it addresses the corruption of due process as a tool of racial oppression.

Author : Lee Martin
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 1475916167
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Justice Club written by Lee Martin and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2012-06 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Former Marine sniper and CIA target man Atticus Steed, turned professional hit man, now only takes down special targets...people who for one reason or another have literally gotten away with murder. Directed by an unknown, unseen employer who identifies himself simply as Omega, Steed receives his sketchy instructions for the hits via text message from a burner phone. But who is Atticus Steed, really? And how does his employer gain knowledge about cases from all over the country...cases involving those murderers who for whatever reason have been set free by the system? Finally, who is funding the kind of money that pays the best hit man out there? Traveling with Steed is his beautiful lady friend, Maria Cortez, who believes from Atticus' night and day surveillance, he is simply a high-priced private investigator for a large nationwide detective firm. Only days after they met two years before and fell in love, she gave up a career to go on the road with him, finding herself enjoying not only their ever-developing relationship but a lavish lifestyle made possible by the man about whom she actually knows very little. But as she now seems to be tiring of the hotels, boredom and nomadic life, she doesn't realize that Atticus' non-committal attitude in their relationship is actually his way of keeping her from danger. Hot on Steed's trail are two tenacious Special Agents for the FBI, John Hickcock and Maggie Larsen, who having figured out who he is, find that their investigation of him leads them to the very hierarchy of the Department of Justice. As the agents continue tracking Steed, they are suddenly alarmed to learn the name of his next target. But will Steed carry out the hit? If he refuses, he knows there will be a new and final target in the making. Him. Will you hope he is caught or root for him to get away? Down to the last chapter, you still may not have your mind made up.

Author : Ronald J. Berger
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 642 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Crime, Justice, and Society written by Ronald J. Berger and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 642 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in its third edition, this innovative core text provides a comprehensive and critical introduction to key theories and topics in criminology. Highlighting issues of class, race, and gender, the authors navigate the study of crime and criminals in an accessible and compelling manner. Notably, the text: ¿ Investigates a breadth of topics¿ranging from street crime to corporate fraud ¿ Explores pivotal theories for understanding crime and victimization ¿ Promotes critical thinking by analyzing media constructions of crime ¿ Includes the voices of offenders, victims, and criminal justice personnel ¿ Engages students through discussion of issues drawn from the headlines

Author : Tereza Kuldova
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 331976120X
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Outlaw Motorcycle Clubs and Street Gangs written by Tereza Kuldova and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-04-25 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited collection offers in-depth essays on outlaw motorcycle clubs and street gangs. Written by sociologists, anthropologists and criminologists, it asks the question of how the self-proclaimed ‘outlaws’ integrate into society. While these groups may cultivate a deviant image, these original studies show that we should not let ourselves be deceived by appearances. These ‘outlaws’ are, paradoxically, well integrated into mainstream society. The essays read the relationship of these groups to the media, law enforcement and society through the lens of their strategies of ‘scheming legality’ and ‘resisting criminalization’. These reveal most strikingly how the knowledge of social codes, norms and mechanisms is put to use by these groups. This groundbreaking volume provides answers to previously understudied questions through well-researched case studies drawn from across Europe and United States. With wide-reaching implications for communities around the world, this exciting collection of essays will be of great interest to academics and governmental institutions as well as students and general readers of anthropology, sociology and criminology.

Author : Patrick M. Shanahan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780692245842
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Justice Club written by Patrick M. Shanahan and published by . This book was released on 2014-07-31 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ray, a city kid from the wrong side of the tracks meets Elizabeth, a person of privilege. After coping with opposition from her socialite mother and an unexpected pregnancy, the young couple eventually marry and start living the American dream. Their life is shattered when a child molester abducts their young son. Acting upon reliable information, Elizabeth confronts the kidnapper and she also goes missing. When the predator is named as a person of interest, Ray-although warned by police-breaks into the man's house and beats him nearly to death. Charged and convicted of various crimes he serves an eight-year prison sentence while the molester goes free on a technicality and eventually wins a civil suit stripping Ray of all his assets. Bitter and vengeful, Ray enlists other victims of legal indifference or limitations, and the grieving relatives form THE JUSTICE CLUB, a group that circumvents the judicial system acting as judge, jury and executioner for unpunished crimes against children. Just as Ray is finally about to lay his ghosts to rest, fate has yet another hand to deal.

Author : Cliff Roberson
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1420086723
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ethics for Criminal Justice Professionals written by Cliff Roberson and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2009-12-08 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Increasing concerns about the accountability of criminal justice professionals at all levels has placed a heightened focus on the behavior of those who work in the system. Judges, attorneys, police, and prison employees are all under increased scrutiny from the public and the media. Ethics for Criminal Justice Professionals examines the myriad of e

Author : Preet Bharara
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0525521135
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Doing Justice written by Preet Bharara and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2019-03-19 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *A New York Times Bestseller* An important overview of the way our justice system works, and why the rule of law is essential to our survival as a society—from the one-time federal prosecutor for the Southern District of New York, and host of the Doing Justice podcast. Preet Bharara has spent much of his life examining our legal system, pushing to make it better, and prosecuting those looking to subvert it. Bharara believes in our system and knows it must be protected, but to do so, he argues, we must also acknowledge and allow for flaws both in our justice system and in human nature. Bharara uses the many illustrative anecdotes and case histories from his storied, formidable career—the successes as well as the failures—to shed light on the realities of the legal system and the consequences of taking action. Inspiring and inspiringly written, Doing Justice gives us hope that rational and objective fact-based thinking, combined with compassion, can help us achieve truth and justice in our daily lives. Sometimes poignant and sometimes controversial, Bharara's expose is a thought-provoking, entertaining book about the need to find the humanity in our legal system as well as in our society.