Criminal Justice Today: An Introductory Text for the 21st Century
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The BEST-SELLING introduction to criminal justice text of all time, Criminal Justice Today 11/e, continues to lead the way as the standard of the most current and popular text in the market. Now fully equipped with a new media option, Criminal Justice Interactive, your students have the opportunity to access the most engaging introduction to the criminal justice system ever created. Booknews A textbook for a first college course, focusing on innovations and potentials in the field rather than its traditions and conventional practice. Covers crime in America, policing, adjudication, corrections, and special issues such as juvenile delinquency and drugs. Updated every two years since the 1991 first edition with new information and ideas and the latest examples. Colorfully illustrated throughout. Software with simulations is available to accompany the course, and a Web site provides students and instructors with current data. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
Part 1 Crime in AmericaChapter 1 What Is Criminal Justice?Chapter 2 The Crime PictureChapter 3 The Search for CausesChapter 4 Criminal LawPart 2 PolicingChapter 5 Policing: History and StructureChapter 6 Policing: Purpose and OrganizationChapter 7 Policing: Legal AspectsChapter 8 Policing: Issues and ChallengesPart 3 AdjudicationChapter 9 The Courts: Structure and ParticipantsChapter 10 Pretrial Activities and the Criminal TrialChapter 11 SentencingPart 4 CorrectionsChapter 12 Probation, Parole, and Community CorrectionsChapter 13 Prisons and JailsChapter 14 Prison LifePart 5 Special IssuesChapter 15 Juvenile JusticeChapter 16 Drugs and CrimeChapter 17 Terrorism and Multinational Criminal JusticeChapter 18 The Future of Criminal Justice
