Criminal Justice Today: An Introductory Text for the 21st Century (6th Edition)

About this book

THE bestselling four-color book/multimedia package in the field this introduction to criminal justice provides a realistic description of the American criminal justice system and how it workspolice courts and corrections. Using a three-pronged thematic approach it provides an intricately woven picture of contemporary American criminal justice assumes a forward-looking perspective that recognizes the importance of individual rights social order multiculturalism and high-technology as they affect the day-to-day practice of criminal justice and gives serious emphasis to terrorism as a crime. Incorporates the most authoritative reliable and current information statistics and court cases and provides citations to online criminal justice mega-sources that are constantly updated. Features a variety of issues-oriented career and the future boxes throughout. An accompanying simulations CD features real-life scenarios based on actual U.S. Supreme Court cases that enable readers to put themselves in the role(s) of police officer judge probation officer legislator and corrections official. What Is Criminal Justice? The Crime Picture. The Search for Causes. Criminal Law. Policing: History and Structure. Police Management. Policing: Legal Aspects. The Courts. The Courtroom Work Group and the Criminal Trial. Sentencing. Probation Parole and Community Corrections. Prisons and Jails. Prison Life. Juvenile Justice. Drugs and Crime. Multinational Criminal Justice. The Future of Criminal Justice. For those in law enforcement the court system corrections juvenile delinquency probation parole and private security.