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245 00 $aCriminal justice in the United States and Germany :$bhistory, modernization, and reform = Strafrecht in den Vereinigten Staaten und Deutschland : Geschichte und neuere Entwicklungen /$cedited by Manfred Berg, Stefan Kapsch, Franz Streng.
246 11 $aStrafrecht in den Vereinigten Staaten und Deutschland
260 $aHeidelberg :$bUniversitätsverlag Winter,$cc2006.
300 $avii, 222 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
440 0 $aPublikationen der Bayerischen Amerika-Akademie ;$vBd. 6
546 $a8 English and 5 German contributions.
500 $aEssays from a series of symposia held in 2003 in several German cities and sponsored by the Fulbright Senior Specialist Program, the German-American Fulbright Program, and the Bavarian American Academy.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references.
505 0 $aAfrican Americans and criminal justice in the American South: the convict lease system, 1868-1928 / Simon Wendt -- Criminal justice, law enforcement and the end of lynching in the South / Manfred Berg -- "Cruel and unusual punishments": on the history and constitutionality of executions and the death penalty in the United States / Jürgen Martschukat -- Why does America still have a death penalty? / Peter A. Ozanne -- Domestic violence in the United States of America: a reform success / Annette Jolin -- The Constitution and the sentencing process: does modern presumptive sentencing respect defendants' rights? / Emily Silverman -- American criminal justice as four metaphors / Stefan J. Kapsch -- Bürgernahe und gemeinwesenorientierte Polizeiarbeit in Deutschland / Wiebke Steffen -- Bekämpfung der häuslichen Gewalt in Deutschland / Andreas Peilert -- Entwicklungen in der Strafzumessung / Bernd von Heintschel-Heinegg -- Strafvollzugsreformen in Deutschland / Frank Arloth -- The German pilot program on electronic monitoring / Markus Mayer -- Bürgerstrafrecht oder Feindstrafrecht? / Frank Streng.
520 $aCriminal justice is a salient and controversial political issue in both Germany and the United States. Public perception is often dominated by media sensationalism and dramatized images of popular culture, while experts tend to focus on institutions and procedures. This volume brings together contributions from German and American scholars representing various disciplines, including criminology, criminal law, political science, sociology, and history. The essays address both broader social issues, such as race, gender, and the death penalty, and specific problems of administering criminal justice, including sentencing, corrections, or electronic monitoring. Their unifying themes are the dynamics of legal and social change and the quest for reform to make the criminal justice system both fairer and more efficient. Some of the essays invoke a comparative perspective, while others focus on national case studies.
650 0 $aCriminal justice, Administration of$zUnited States$vCongresses.
650 0 $aCapital punishment$zUnited States$vCongresses.
650 0 $aCriminal justice, Administration of$zGermany$vCongresses.
700 1 $aBerg, Manfred,$d1959-
700 1 $aKapsch, Stefan.
700 1 $aStreng, Franz,$d1947-
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