Law and Courts: Current Perspective from InfoTrac

Cover Page......Page 1
Title Page......Page 2
Copyright Page......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
Preface......Page 7
About the Author......Page 11
Part I: Overview of Law and Courts......Page 13
1: Redefining Criminal Courts: Problem-Solving and the Meaning of Justice......Page 15
I. PROBLEM-SOLVING COURTS......Page 16
II. THERAPEUTIC JURISPRUDENCE AND RESTORATIVE JUSTICE......Page 19
III. DRUG COURTS: THEORY, PRACTICE, AND CULTURE......Page 24
IV. THE CONSEQUENCES OF JUST TREATMENT......Page 27
V. CONCLUSION......Page 36
2: Conference Report: New York City's Criminal Courts: Are We Achieving Justice?......Page 45
I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY......Page 50
II. WORKING GROUP REPORTS......Page 57
3: The Criminalization of Poverty......Page 87
I. INTRODUCTION......Page 88
II. THE HISTORY OF THE CRIMINALIZATION OF POVERTY......Page 91
III. THE CRIMINALIZATION OF POVERTY TODAY......Page 100
IV. CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND THE CRIMINALIZATION OF POVERTY......Page 119
V. POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONCLUSIONS......Page 129
Part II: Courts, Crime and Controversy......Page 165
4: When Procedure Trumps Justice......Page 167
5: Investigating the 'CSI Effect' Effect: Media and Litigation Crisis in Criminal Law......Page 171
I. TYPOLOGY OF CSI EFFECTS......Page 176
II. EVIDENCE OF THE CSI EFFECT......Page 180
III. MEDIA COVERAGE OF THE CSI EFFECT......Page 193
IV. A SELF-FULFILLING OR SELF-DENYING PROPHECY?......Page 197
CONCLUSION......Page 199
Part III: Law and Crime......Page 219
6: Crime Data......Page 221
7: Internet Fraud on the Rise: Spike in Internet Crime Complaints Concerns U.S. Law Enforcement......Page 223
8: Deterrence in a Sea of “Just Deserts”: Are Utilitarian Goals Achievable in a World of “Limiting Retributivism”?......Page 225
I. INTRODUCTION......Page 226
II. BACKGROUND......Page 228
III. MODERN RETRIBUTIVISM......Page 232
IV. LIMITING RETRIBUTIVISM......Page 236
V. LIMITING RETRIBUTIVISM, UTILITARIANISM, AND COGNITIVE BIASES......Page 240
VI. ACHIEVING UTILITARIAN GOALS......Page 246
VII. CONCLUSION......Page 250
Part IV: Federal and State Courts......Page 259
9: Threats to the Rule of Law: State Courts, Public Expectations and Political Attitudes......Page 261
10: Getting Terror's Number......Page 271
THE PATRIOT ACT......Page 272
NOTHING EXTRAORDINARY......Page 273
CONNECTING THE DOTS......Page 274
Part V: Civil Law......Page 277
11: Charges are Enough to Create Standing......Page 279
Part VI: Criminal Courts – Prosecutors and Defense Attorneys......Page 283
12: Prosecutor's Errors Bring New Trial on 1993 Verdict......Page 285
13: Drawing the Line: Court Looks Again at How Much Immunity Prosecutor's Have......Page 291
DOCTRINAL DISCOURSE......Page 292
COERCION ALLEGED......Page 293
QUALIFIED PROTECTION......Page 294
14: Fashioning a Top Career: Prosecutor's Memoir Details Work From Watergate to the 9/11 Probe......Page 295
PYRRHIC VICTORY?......Page 297
15: “A Prosecutor is a Lawyer with Convictions”......Page 299
INFOMARKS: MAKE YOUR MARK......Page 305