Introduction to Criminal Justice
- List Price: $154.20
- Binding: Hardcover
- Edition: 6
- Publisher: Prentice Hall
- Publish date: 11/01/1993
Description:
I. GENERAL FOUNDATIONS. 1. An Overview of the Criminal Justice Systems: Goals, Components, Operations and Issues. 2. System Costs, Criminal Law, Crime and Offense Characteristics. 3. Crime in America: Issues, Trends, Measurement and Victimization. II. LAW ENFORCEMENT. 4. Local, State and Federal Law Enforcement Agencies. 5. The Police Role and Operations. 6. Law Enforcement: Issues and Trends. III. THE COURT. 7. The Development, Role and Structure of America's Courts. 8. Major Actors in the Courtroom. 9. Going to Trial: Pre-Trial and Post-Trial Process. 10. Courts: Issues and Trends. IV. CORRECTIONS. 11. Corrections: Historical Perspective. 12. America's Jail System. 13. Prison Systems and Programs. 14. Probation, Intermediate Sanctions and Parole. 15. Corrections: Issues and Trends. V. JUVENILE JUSTICE. 16. The Juvenile Justice System. Epilogue: Social Change and Crime. Appendices. Index.
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