Criminal justice : a brief introduction / Frank Schmalleger, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor Emeritus, The University of North Carolina at Pembroke .
Material type: TextPublisher: Hoboken, NJ : Pearson Education, Inc., [2020]Edition: Thirteenth editionDescription: xxii, 436, A-4, G-11, N-33, I-27 pages ; 28 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780135186268
- 364.973 23
- HV9950 .S34 2020
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
What is criminal justice? -- The crime picture -- Criminal law -- Policing: purpose and organization -- Policing: legal aspects -- Policing: issues and challenges -- The courts -- The courtroom work group and the criminal trial -- Sentencing -- Probation, parole, and community corrections -- Prisons and jails -- Prison life -- Juvenile justice.
"Criminal justice is a dynamic field of study. Consider these challenges for instructors and students trying to keep pace with a field that is undergoing continual modification: the ever-evolving nature of crime, our changing understanding of justice, police--community relations in an age of social media, budgetary constraints, ongoing threats to our nation's security,newly enacted statutes, innovations in enforcement and justice-system technology,precedent-setting U.S. Supreme Court decisions, a changing American society, and rapidly emerging innovations in correctional practice"--
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