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Criminal Justice Today: An Introductory Text for the 21st Century, 10th Edition

By Frank J. Schmalleger

ISBN-10: 0-13-513030-1

ISBN-13: 978-0-13-513030-8What's this?

Published by Prentice Hall

© 2009

Pub. Date: Jan 31, 2008

Format: Cloth

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The best-selling introduction to criminal justice book of all time, Criminal Justice Today 10/e, continues to set the standard with its hallmark features of theme, technology, and time.  The strengths of the book rest in the application of theoretical perspectives to current real world activities related to criminal justice issues.  New technology and cases are also incorporated, bringing the book and reader together in current issues.  Broken up into five sections, this comprehensive book addresses topics within Crime in America, Policing,  Adjudication, Corrections, and Special Issues such as Drug Crime and Juvenile Justice.

Table of Contents

Part 1  Crime in America

Chapter 1      What Is Criminal Justice?

Chapter 2      The Crime Picture

Chapter 3      The Search for Causes

Chapter 4      Criminal Law

 

Part 2  Policing

Chapter 5      Policing: History and Structure

Chapter 6      Policing: Purpose and Organization

Chapter 7      Policing: Legal Aspects

Chapter 8      Policing: Issues and Challenges

 

Part 3  Adjudication

Chapter 9      The Courts: Structure and Participants

Chapter 10   Pretrial Activities and the Criminal Trial

Chapter 11   Sentencing

 

Part 4  Corrections

Chapter 12   Probation, Parole, and Community Corrections

Chapter 13   Prisons and Jails

Chapter 14   Prison Life

 

Part 5  Special Issues

Chapter 15   Juvenile Justice

Chapter 16   Drugs and Crime

Chapter 17   Terrorism and Multinational Criminal Justice

Chapter 18   The Future of Criminal Justice

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