Criminal Justice Today: An Introductory Text for the Twenty-first CenturyTHE bestselling four-color book/multimedia package in the field, this introduction to criminal justice provides a "realistic" description of the American criminal justice system and how it works--police, courts, and corrections. Using a three-pronged thematic approach, it provides an "intricately woven picture" of contemporary American criminal justice, assumes a forward-looking perspective that recognizes the importance of individual rights, social order, multiculturalism, and high-technology as they affect the day-to-day practice of criminal justice, and gives serious emphasis to "terrorism" as a crime. Incorporates the most authoritative, reliable, and current information, statistics, and court cases, and provides citations to online criminal justice mega-sources that are constantly updated. Features a variety of issues-oriented, career, and "the future" boxes throughout. An accompanying simulations CD features real-life scenarios based on actual U.S. Supreme Court cases that enable readers to put themselves in the role(s) of police officer, judge, probation officer, legislator, and corrections official. What Is Criminal Justice? The Crime Picture. The Search for Causes. Criminal Law. Policing: History and Structure. Police Management. Policing: Legal Aspects. The Courts. The Courtroom Work Group and the Criminal Trial. Sentencing. Probation, Parole, and Community Corrections. Prisons and Jails. Prison Life. Juvenile Justice. Drugs and Crime. Multinational Criminal Justice. The Future of Criminal Justice. For those in law enforcement, the court system, corrections, juvenile delinquency, probation, parole, and private security. |
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part one CRIME IN AMERICA | 3 |
DUE PROCESS AND INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS | 27 |
AN OVERVIEW OF THIS BOOK | 34 |
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