Constitution Day 2018 Locking up our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America

Great reports for background:

• On the topic of Crime and Law Enforcement
• On the topic of Criminal Law and Procedure: Due Process
• On the topic of Sentencing and Corrections.
• On the topic of Juvenile Justice.

• Criminal law --- United States
• Criminal procedure -- United States
• Criminal investigation -- United States
• Criminal justice, Administration of--United States.

​Related subjects;

• Corrections--United States.
• Crime--United States
• Crime--Government policy--United States.
• Crime and race--United States
• Criminal statistics
• Criminology
• Criminology--Methodology.
• Criminology--United States
• Juvenile Justice
• Police--United States
• Prisons--United States.
• Punishment--United States.
• Recidivism--United States
• Restorative justice.
• Victims of crimes.

Even for the broadest concepts of Criminal Justice, there are several different Library of Congress Subject Headings to consider. (by John Henderson)

• Under Criminal justice, Administration of are works on the criminal justice system.
• For works on the causes, detection and prevention of crime, and the treatment or punishment of criminals, use Criminology.
• Works on the crimes themselves and persons who commit them can be found under Crime and Criminals.
• Crimes against is a subdivision that is used with Subject headings for classes of persons and ethnic groups. For example Women--Crimes against and Asian Americans--Crimes against
• There are dozens of headings beginning with the word Criminal, including but not restricted to Criminal Anthropology, Criminal Behavior, Criminal Investigations, Criminal Law, and Criminal Psychology. Most all of these terms have subdivisions of their own, including geographical ones.
• There are also many narrower terms from Juvenile Delinquency to Rape.

• Criminal Law
• Criminal Procedure
• Criminal Justice

Search for:  "mass incarceration"

Search for "mass incarceration"

Search HRW for "criminal justice"

see:  ACLU  "Criminal Reform" issue page

New York State

Academic

Criminology & Public Policy; Aug 2011; V. 10(3) IC Campus:  Access with Netpass. Abstract only; use Interlibrary Loan to borrow fulltext.

• Allen, R. (2011). Justice reinvestment and the use of imprisonment. Criminology & Public Policy, 10(3), 617-627. 
• Austin, J. (2011). Making imprisonment unprofitable. Criminology & Public Policy, 10(3), 629-635.  
• Beckett, K., & Harris, A. (2011). On cash and conviction. Criminology & Public Policy, 10(3), 509-537. 
• Burch,James H.,,II. (2011). Encouraging innovation on the foundation of evidence. Criminology & Public Policy, 10(3), 609-616. 
• Burch, T. R. (2011). Fixing the broken system of financial sanctions. Criminology & Public Policy, 10(3), 539-545. 
• Clear, T. R. (2011). A private-sector, incentives-based model for justice reinvestment. Criminology & Public Policy, 10(3), 585-608. 
• Doob, A. N., & Gartner, R. (2011). American imprisonment and prison officers' unions. Criminology & Public Policy, 10(3), 781-790. 
• Katzenstein, M. F., & Nagrecha, M. (2011). A new punishment regime. Criminology & Public Policy, 10(3), 555-568.  
• Kleiman, M. A. R. (2011). Justice reinvestment in community supervision. Criminology & Public Policy, 10(3), 651-659. 
• Lucken, K. (2011). Leaving mass incarceration: The ways and means of penal change. Criminology & Public Policy, 10(3), 707-714. 
• Lynch, M. (2011). Mass incarceration, legal change, and locale : Understanding and remediating american penal overindulgence. Criminology & Public Policy, 10(3), 673-698.  
• Maruna, S. (2011). Lessons for justice reinvestment from restorative justice and the justice model experience: Some tips for an 8-year-old prodigy. Criminology & Public Policy, 10(3), 661-669. 
• Mauer, M. (2011). Addressing the political environment shaping mass incarceration. Criminology & Public Policy, 10(3), 699-705. 
• Miller, L. L. (2011). The local and the legal : American federalism and the carceral state. Criminology & Public Policy, 10(3), 725-732. 
• O'Malley, P. (2011). Politicizing the case for fines. Criminology & Public Policy, 10(3), 547-553. 
• Page, J. (2011). Prison officer unions and the perpetuation of the penal status quo. Criminology & Public Policy, 10(3), 735-770. 
• Ruback, R. B. (2011). The abolition of fines and fees : Not proven and not compelling. Criminology & Public Policy, 10(3), 569-581.  
• Schoenfeld, H. (2011). Putting politics in penal policy reform. Criminology & Public Policy, 10(3), 715-724.
• Thompson, H. A. (2011). Downsizing the carceral state : The policy implications of prison guard unions. Criminology & Public Policy, 10(3), 771-779. 
• Tonry, M. (2011). Making peace, not a desert : Penal reform should be about values not justice reinvestment. Criminology & Public Policy, 10(3), 637-649.