Book Review: Law, Order, and Justice
| DOI | 10.1177/000486588001300215 |
| Published date | 01 June 1980 |
| Date | 01 June 1980 |
| Author | Paul Winch |
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BOOK
REVIE\VS
ANZJ
Crim
(1980) 13
This
book
should
be
compusory
reading
for all
politicians,
criminologists
and,
(dare
Isay it?) policemen.
Undoubtedly,
it
ranks
as
one
of
the
very
best
sociological
studies
of
policing
in
urban
centres.
I
cannot
recommend
it
too
highly.
PAUL
R
WILSON
Brisbane
Law,
Order,
and
Justice.
David
TNaylor,
Hayden
Book
Co,
New
Jersey,
(1979)
pp
108, $7..50.
The
teaching
of
legal
studies
courses
in
secondary
schools has
gained
momentum
and
popularity
in
Australia
over
recent
years
and
a
gro\ving
number
of
publications
are
being
released
to
cater
f(HO
the
market.
Some
are
designed
as
teaching
aids
while
others
like [Jute,
Order,
and
Justice
are
specifically
produced
for
use
by
students
in
the
classroom.
The
tone
of
this
slim
volume
mav
be
seen
in
the
author's
exhortation
to
students
to
"invite
to class a
police
officer, a
prosecutor,
and
a
defense
attorney
to
discuss
the
'Miranda
decision".
'The
quote
is
not
only
indicative
of
the
style
but
also
deinoustrutes
the
reason
why
this
exceptionally
well-produced
and
written
hook
is
unlikelv
to
achieve
volume
sales in Australia, it is
based
on
the
law
of
the
United
States
~)f
America,
Much
of
the
content
is
irrelevant
to
Australian
conditions
and
could
possibly
create
confusion
and
uncertainty
in
the
minds
of
school
children
who
do
not
already
have
a
strong
grasp
of
the
Australian
criminal
justice
system
and
their
rights
within
it.
The
presentation
and
production
can
only
he
described
as
excellent.
The
author
uses
quizzes
to
lorce
the
reader
to clarify
values
as
well
as
cartoons,
news
clippings,
fictional
vignettes
and
portions
of
actual
United
States
Supreme
Court
rulings
to
illustrate
and
locus
the
issues
under
consideration.
Such
issues
include:
what
is
crime:
how
much
crime
is
there
and
its
cost
the
role
and
power
of
the
police:
powers
of
arrest:
gun
control
laws:
and
the
death
penalty.
The
author
presents
hoth
sides
of
the
controversies
fairly.
though
bias
can
perhaps
be
seen
in
the
inclusion
of
an
horrific
eye-witness
account
of
the
execution
by
electric
chair
of
Julius
Rosenberg.
It
is a
visually
stimulating
book
with
charts
and
photographs
included
imuginutively
to
emphasize
the
script
which
is itself
headed
in a variety of
bold
type
styles.
The
pity
for
Australian
students
is
that
the
content
relates
so
particularly
to
the
American
criminal
justice
svstem.
..
PAlTL
VVINCH
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