2nd Edition
Social Justice, Criminal Justice The Role of American Law in Effecting and Preventing Social Change
Part 1: Law and Justice 1. Justice and Social Justice Theories and Human Rights 2. American Values, Founding Documents and Social Justice 3. Criminal Justice System: Law, Crime, Police, Courts and Corrections Part 2: Examining Categories of Difference 4. Social Construction of Difference, Stratification and Institutions 5. Race, Ethnicity, Discrimination and Social Justice 6. African Americans and the Law: Slavery, Civil Rights and Black Lives Matter 7. Latinos, Immigration and Social Justice 8. Native Americans, Legal History and Self-Determination 9. Asian Americans, Immigration, Discrimination and Criminal Justice 10. Social Class, Inequality and the Law 11. Women’s Rights and Social Justice 12. Sexuality, LGBTQ+ Rights and Social Justice 13. Summary and Conclusions
Biography
Cyndy Caravelis is Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Western Carolina University. Her current research interests include social justice, inequality and crime, and interpersonal violence. Her research on sentencing inequality has been published in journals such as Justice Quarterly and the Journal of Quantitative Criminology. Recent work has included an examination of race and crime and the Black Lives Matter Movement. In addition to her academic endeavors, Caravelis has worked as a Crime Intelligence Analyst for the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and as an expert witness on criminal sentence, as an academic instructor in correctional institutions. She currently serves on the Board of Directors for a domestic violence agency.
Matthew Robinson is a Professor of Government & Justice Studies at Appalachian State University. Robinson is the author of more than a dozen books on varied topics, including criminological theory, crime prevention, corporate crime, criminal justice, capital punishment, and the drug war. He is Past President of the North Carolina Criminal Justice Association and Past President of the Southern Criminal Justice Association.
Ophir Sefiha received his PhD in Justice Studies from Arizona State University and is an Associate Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Western Carolina University. His research centers on the interplay among deviance and social control, media, and crime and has published articles on topics including media coverage of sport scandals, performance enhancing drugs and sport culture, and sport and social justice.
