Criminal justice in america fifth edition study guide

Christopher E. You'll learn about the field's many new career opportunities. You'll read the true stories of offenders and their experiences within the system. You'll learn about the crucial role that public policy plays in understanding the workings of the criminal justice system.

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Good book, this was a required book for my "Introduction to Criminal Justice" class. Excellent read. Jul 29, SK Payne rated it liked it. A very interesting read into the Criminal Justice system. If you are into learning about how the police, courts and the correctional system works Hey it got me an 'A' in the course! Thanks Prof. View 1 comment.

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Now With Full Color Photographs, Charts, and Graphs Our most popular publication, Criminal Justice in America is the most comprehensive secondary text available on the subjects of criminal law, procedure, and criminology. Police explores local police, attitudes toward police, community policing, criminal investigations, forensic science, search and seizure, Miranda, the exclusionary rule, racial profiling, corruption, use of force, policing the police, and the history of law enforcement.

The Criminal Case examines courts, judges, prosecutors, defense attorneys, plea bargaining, and the rights of criminal defendants. Most of the unit explores a hypothetical criminal case from arrest through trial. Corrections looks into sentencing, prisons, alternatives to prison, capital punishment, theories of punishment, the history of corrections, and debates such as those over crack-cocaine sentencing and the high number of persons behind bars.

Juvenile Justice explores the separate system for juveniles and examines delinquency, status offenses, steps in a juvenile case, rights of juveniles, school searches, sentencing of juveniles, waiver to adult court, juvenile corrections, how the system developed, and current debates.

Solutions looks at debates over the causes of crime, racism in the justice system, crime in schools, vigilantism, policy options to reduce crime and to make the system fairer, and options for individual citizens. Constitutional Rights Foundation grants you a non-exclusive license to view, use, and display Criminal Justice in America, 5th Edition, e-book an unlimited number of times. Unless otherwise specified, Criminal Justice in America , 5th Edition, e-book is licensed, not sold.