Criminal Justice: The Essentials
- ISBN-10
- 0199935890
- ISBN-13
- 9780199935895
- Series
- Criminal Justice
- Category
- Law
- Pages
- 288
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013-02-28
- Publisher
- OUP USA
- Authors
- Steven P. Lab, Michael E. Buerger, William R. King
Description
A flexible and cost-effective alternative to larger, overwhelming texts, Criminal Justice: The Essentials, Third 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.
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