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Looks at how prosecution of offenders is evolving in the contemporary legal milieu. Leading prosecution researchers throughout the United States are brought together in this book to illuminate the new environment of prosecution in America, the prosecution of troubling and emerging crime problems, prosecutorial problem-solving and community prosecution, and the future of prosecution in the twenty-first century. The contributors explore how American prosecutors are moving away from a traditional, reactive approach to the crime problem, and, instead, how they are developing creative problem-solving strategies for dealing with crime and disorder. "...provides a fascinating look at the potential promise a prosecutor's power presents for rectifying many of the ills that currently afflict the criminal justice system." Harvard Law Review "Worrall and Nugent-Borakove argue that as prosecutors are becoming more open to public scrutiny and organized pressure, they are also becoming more innovative and proactive in their efforts to control crime... Many of the contributors are themselves empirical researchers, and seem well acquainted with recent studies. By organizing and applying these rece

Author

John L. Worrall and M. Elaine Nugent-Borakove.

Publisher

Albany, N.Y.: State University of New York Press

Published

2008

Language

EN

ISBN

9780791475911

Subjects

Science, Law, Social_sciences