Routledge Handbook of U.S. Federal Criminal Justice

This collection provides readers with a comprehensive overview of the American federal criminal justice system.

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Jeff Bumgarner, PhD, is a professor and director of the School of Criminal Justice and Criminology at Texas State University. He holds a BA in political science from the University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign, an MA in public administration and policy from Northern Illinois University, and a PhD in organization development from the University of Minnesota, the focus of which was on criminal justice organizational contexts. He is the author, coauthor, or editor of 10 different books and many articles and book chapters. His scholarly interests include federal law enforcement, homeland security, and federal crime policy. In addition to his academic experience, Dr Bumgarner has several years of experience in local and federal law enforcement.

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Part I: Overview

1. American Federal Criminal Justice

   Jeff Bumgarner

2. Overview of Federal Law Enforcement

   Julie Barrows

Part II: Federal Law Enforcement Agencies

3. America's Premier Detective Bureau: The FBI

   Eric Dlugolenski

4. Enforcement of Federal Drug Policy: The DEA and the War on Drugs

   Gillian Munoz and John Stogner

5. Protecting the President: The U.S. Secret Service

   Thorvald Dahle

6. Federal Law Enforcement for Natural Resource Protection in the United States

   Tom Mrozla

Part III: The Federal Correctional System

7. Federal Bureau of Prisons and Mental Health Treatment

   Michele P. Bratina and Timothy L. Chesnik

8. Federal Sentencing: The Past, Present, and Future

   Ming-Li Hsieh

9. The Federal Death Penalty

   Nancy Marion

Part IV: The Federal Judiciary and Legal Processes

10. The Federal Courtroom Work Group

    Michele Bisaccia Meitl and Rashann Deshay

11. Special Counsels: Independent Prosecutors in an Era of Political Polarization

    Jeff Bumgarner

12. RICO vs. Organized Crime (and Beyond)

    Nancy Marion

13. Youth in the Federal Criminal Justice System

    Sara N. Lucak and Jennifer H. Peck

Part V: Contemporary Issues

14. Federal/State/Local Criminal Justice Partnerships

    Carla Lewandowski

15. Federal Consent Decrees: Pattern or Practice Investigations and Intervention

    T. Mark Brown