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An evidence-based roadmap for how the American criminal justice system can be reformedThis important volume brings together today's leading criminal justice scholars and practitioners to offer a roadmap for those who want to change the face of the American criminal justice system. This collection of essays addresses thirteen significant issues in justice reform, starting from a suspect's first interaction with the police and continuing to gun violence, prosecutorial innovation, sentencing reform, eliminating bail, recidivism and re-entry, collateral consequences of crime, and eliminating false convictions. A common theme emerges in this volume: the American criminal justice system is riddled with weaknesses that cause harm and require greater accountability. Each chapter is both educational and prescriptive, helping readers to understand the problems that plague the criminal justice system, how those problems can be addressed, and who should take responsibility for them. Part scholarly research, part account of the justice system's workings and failings, and part agenda for action, Transforming Criminal Justice aims to educate and move readers to effect change.

Access to justice. --- American Indians. --- Appellate process. --- Bail. --- Body worn cameras. --- Charging. --- Civil justice. --- Corrections. --- Courts. --- Criminal justice reform. --- Defendants. --- Defense. --- Empirical research. --- Exonerations. --- Firearm relinquishment. --- Firearm violence. --- Firearms. --- Gun violence. --- Guns. --- Indigenous women and girls. --- Inmates. --- Innocence. --- Invisible victims. --- Jails. --- Judges. --- Justice reform. --- Legal education. --- Legal services. --- Legal silos. --- Mass incarceration. --- Money bail. --- Near misses. --- Organizational accidents. --- Parole. --- Participatory Defense. --- Police reform. --- Police review. --- Policing. --- Post-conviction relief. --- Pretrial detention. --- Prisons. --- Probation. --- Prosecuting. --- Prosecutors. --- Public defender. --- Public defense. --- Recidivism. --- Reentry. --- Reform. --- Revolving door. --- Rural areas. --- Rural communities. --- Rural criminal justice. --- Rural justice. --- Second Amendment. --- Sentencing. --- Sentinel events. --- Victims. --- Wrongful convictions. --- United States.