Criminal Justice: the Essentials
- ISBN-10
- 019754696X
- ISBN-13
- 9780197546963
- Series
- Criminal Justice
- Pages
- 288
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2021-07-15
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Authors
- Steven Lab, Professor of Criminal Justice Steven Lab
Description
A flexible and cost-effective alternative to larger texts, Criminal Justice: The Essentials, Sixth Edition, covers all the fundamental issues faced by law enforcement, the courts, corrections, and juvenile justice, leaving detailed specifics and tangential topics to the discretion of instructors to cover in class. With abundant examples-and just the right amount of sidebars and "highlights"-Criminal Justice, Sixth Edition, is the ideal resource for introducing students to the essential issues in the field.
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