Criminal Justice: An Urban Perspective

Author(s): Stefan Williams

Edition: 1

Copyright: 2025

Pages: 202

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ISBN 9798385135431

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Preface
Acknowledgments 

CHAPTER 1 Introduction/Overview
CHAPTER 2 The Criminal Justice System
CHAPTER 3 Social Structure and Inequality
CHAPTER 4 Family Court, Child Welfare, and Housing
CHAPTER 5 Women and Girls
CHAPTER 6 Subjugated: Policing the Lives of Black and Latino Boys and Men
CHAPTER 7 Policing
CHAPTER 8 Black Lives Matter: Separating Fact from Fiction
CHAPTER 9 Juveniles
CHAPTER 10 Corrections
CHAPTER 11 Crime Rates and Victimization: What to Know
CHAPTER 12 The Violence We Condone
CHAPTER 13 Solutions
CHAPTER 14 Conclusion

References

Stefan Williams

Professor Stefan Williams was born raised in The Bronx. He has worked in various courts throughout New York City, most notably at the Brooklyn Criminal Court, where he began his legal career as a public defender. He earned his law degree from Touro University Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center on Long Island. He also holds a cum laude bachelor’s degree in International Criminal Justice, with a double minor in Political Science and Economics, from John Jay College of Criminal Justice. 

Professor Williams currently works full-time as an attorney in New York and serves part-time as an Adjunct Professor at the Borough of Manhattan Community College, where he lectures in criminal justice, constitutional law, and business law.

Preface
Acknowledgments 

CHAPTER 1 Introduction/Overview
CHAPTER 2 The Criminal Justice System
CHAPTER 3 Social Structure and Inequality
CHAPTER 4 Family Court, Child Welfare, and Housing
CHAPTER 5 Women and Girls
CHAPTER 6 Subjugated: Policing the Lives of Black and Latino Boys and Men
CHAPTER 7 Policing
CHAPTER 8 Black Lives Matter: Separating Fact from Fiction
CHAPTER 9 Juveniles
CHAPTER 10 Corrections
CHAPTER 11 Crime Rates and Victimization: What to Know
CHAPTER 12 The Violence We Condone
CHAPTER 13 Solutions
CHAPTER 14 Conclusion

References

Stefan Williams

Professor Stefan Williams was born raised in The Bronx. He has worked in various courts throughout New York City, most notably at the Brooklyn Criminal Court, where he began his legal career as a public defender. He earned his law degree from Touro University Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center on Long Island. He also holds a cum laude bachelor’s degree in International Criminal Justice, with a double minor in Political Science and Economics, from John Jay College of Criminal Justice. 

Professor Williams currently works full-time as an attorney in New York and serves part-time as an Adjunct Professor at the Borough of Manhattan Community College, where he lectures in criminal justice, constitutional law, and business law.