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Authors from across the criminal justice field provide essays on topics ranging from cybercrime to juvenile justice to DNA. This annual publication examines and reports on the major issues, trends and significant changes in the criminal justice system. As one of the cornerstones of the Section's work, the publication serves as an invaluable resource for policy-makers, academics, and students of the criminal justice system alike.
The 2006 volume is considerably expanded from earlier annual volumes and is noted for input and submission of chapters from the Section committees. Leading off is the analysis of criminal law decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court during its 2005-2006 term. Following in Part II are several chapters relating to the Criminal Justice Standards, the ABA's signal project begun in 1964. White collar crime is a major focus of the Criminal Justice Section, and the chapters in Part III deal with various issues within this topic: public corruption prosecutions, consideration of tax fraud prosecutions, computer-related crimes, parallel proceedings, and transnational issues.
Part IV includes chapters addressing professional development and specialized practice: rules of criminal procedure and evidence, needed changes to rules and procedures for release of inmates and integration back into the community, increasing effects of science and technology, analysis of a specialized practice of critical concern dealing with homeland security, and treatment of international crime.
The next part includes chapters from the Section's Equal Justice division: growing involvement of victims and victims' rights in the criminal justice process, women in criminal justice, disparate effects of race and racism in criminal justice, and juvenile justice issues Corrections and sentencing issues are covered in Part VI: effective criminal sanctions, high profile issues of exonerations of innocent and wrongly convicted individuals, and issues surrounding the death penalty and the apparent decline in its use.
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