1. Dynamics of Criminal Justice 2. Police: Maintaining a Delicate Balance 3. The Court Conundrum: Confronting the Consequences of Policy 4. Punishment and Prisons: Correctional Policy in Crisis 5. Juvenile Justice: Deconstructing Adolescence and Dismantling the Juvenile Court 6. Criminal Justice Policy: The Legacy of Get-Tough Legislation 7. Changing Course
Peter J. Benekos is Professor Emeritus of the Criminal Justice
Department at Mercyhurst University. He has conducted research and
published in the areas of juvenile justice, corrections, and public
policy, and is the co-author of a number of books. Before his
long career in teaching and research, he served
as corrections counselor with the Pennsylvania Department of
Corrections in both prison and community-based corrections
settings. Dr. Benekos is a recipient of the Mercyhurst University
Teaching Excellence Award as well as the Founders Award and
Outstanding Mentor Award from the Academy of Criminal Justice
Sciences (ACJS). He is past president of the Northeastern
Association of Criminal Justice Sciences and an
ACJS trustee.
Alida V. Merlo is Professor in the Department of Criminology and
Criminal Justice at Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP). Her
current research interests include juvenile justice, criminal
justice policy, and women and the law. She is the past president of
the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS), and is the
recipient of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Fellow Award,
Founder’s Award, and Outstanding Mentor Award, as well as the 2016
Coramae Richey Mann Leadership Award from the ACJS Minorities and
Women Section. Dr. Merlo serves on the editorial board of Crime &
Delinquency, the International Journal of Police Science and
Management, and Women & Criminal Justice. Merlo was selected as IUP
Distinguished University Professor in 2020–21.
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