Forensic Criminologist Meets Career Criminal: Failure in the American Justice System
Edition: 1
Copyright: 2022
Pages: 194
Edition: 1
Copyright: 2022
Pages: 194
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The goal of Forensic Criminologist Meets Career Criminal: Failure in the American Justice System is manifold. First, the effort will educate on the angst and tasks faced by victim families when a loved one has been killed by a criminal. Second, the book highlights the imbroglios faced when attempting to garner research information via open records, court documents, police reports, corrections reports, district attorney files, and interviews. Third, a career criminal is examined. Lastly, the failures of the criminal justice system are emphasized along with lessons learned and indicates ways for solving the problems.
While academics and professionals will garner new insights from a very personal account and examination, laymen may use this book to educate themselves as they attempt to negotiate the criminal and civil justice systems.
Prologue
CHAPTER 1 Notification
CHAPTER 2 Tasks to Complete
CHAPTER 3 Early Learning
CHAPTER 4 Researching the Driver
CHAPTER 5 Analysis of August 13, 2020
CHAPTER 6 Adjudication
CHAPTER 7 The Tasks Continue
CHAPTER 8 Homology Principle—Birds of a Feather
CHAPTER 9 Failures in the Criminal Justice System
CHAPTER 10 Victims and Their Families
CHAPTER 11 Deliberate Indifference, Failure to Direct, and Failure to Protect
CHAPTER 12 An Analysis of Kevin Dressler
APPENDIX A Cobb County Police Department Standard Operating Procedure Selective Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP Unit)
APPENDIX B Transcribed Court Actions October 18, 2021
APPENDIX C To Whom It May Concern
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About the Author
Dr. Stan Crowder is a retired U.S. Army MILITARY POLICE COLONEL. During his military career, Stan served in numerous positions including MP COMMANDER, CHIEF OF INVESTIGATIONS FOR THE INSPECTOR GENERAL OF GEORGIA, COUNTERDRUG COMMANDER, BATTALION COMMANDER, AND CHIEF OF PERSONNEL. He served seven years as a civilian police officer: 5 years with Cobb County (GA) Police Department and 2 years with Marietta (GA) Police Department. He teaches at Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, Georgia, the United States, where he has been teaching since 1999 and was selected as the 2007 recipient of the Betty L. Siegel Award for teaching. His teaching areas include criminal investigations, serial offenders, forensic victimology, criminal profiling, and ethics in criminal justice.
Stan holds a PhD, an MBA, and a BS degrees. He is the past president of the International Association of Forensic Criminologists and the past president of the Cobb County Law Enforcement Association. In June 2017, Dr. Crowder was appointed to the Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council as an advisory member. He has written three textbooks with Dr. Brent Turvey: Ethical Justice: Applied Issues for Criminal Justice Students and Professionals (2013), Anabolic Steroid Abuse in Public Safety Personnel: A Forensic Manual (2015), and Forensic Investigations: An Introduction (2017), all published by Elsevier. He has contributed chapters to other textbooks and has published articles on teaching and criminal profiling.