Table of Contents

Part One: Law Enforcement

Chapter 1 – De-escalation and Police Use of Excessive Force

Chapter 2 – Reforming, Transforming, Reimagining, or Defunding the Police

Chapter 3 – Mental Health of United States Law Enforcement Officers

Part Two: Courts and Attorneys

Chapter 4 – Cash Bail and Unequal Justice

Chapter 5 – Ineffective Assistance of Defense Counsel

Chapter 6 – Prosecutorial Misconduct, Consequences, Remedies, and Immunity

Part Three: Sentencing and Corrections

Chapter 7 – Sentencing

Chapter 8 – Capital Punishment

Chapter 9 – Mass Incarceration and Prison Privatization

Chapter 10 – Mentally Ill Offenders

About the Author

Charles E. MacLean, J.D., Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the School of Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice at the Metropolitan State University in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota. Prior to entering the Academy, Chuck served for twenty years as a state felony prosecutor in Minnesota.

Adam Lamparello, J.D., LL.M., is an Assistant Professor of Public Law at Georgia State College and University in Milledgeville, Georgia. Adam has published over seventy-five law review articles and three textbooks that focus on constitutional law, criminal law, and legal education.