Dangerous Offenders

The Elusive Target of Justice

Mark H. Moore

Susan Estrich

Daniel McGillis

William Spelman

    Introduction

    I. SELECTIVE JUSTICE

    1. Public Danger and the Problem of Crime

    2. Dangerous Offenders

    3. Threshold Objections to Selective Policies

    II. SELECTIVE PROGRAMS

    4. Sentencing

    5. Pretrial Detention

    6. Prosecution

    7. Police Practices

    8. Criminal Justice Records

    9. A Qualified Endorsement of Selective Policies

    Appendix A: Estimating

    Appendix B: Indirect Estimates of Bias in Criminal Justice Agencies

    Notes

    Index

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Mark H. Moore is Daniel and Florence Guggenheim Professor at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.

Susan Estrich is Robert Kingsley Professor of Law and Political Science at the University of Southern California.