Aims to cover standard material for an introductory course, while maintaining a multicultural, comparative edge. This introductory book systematically includes issues pertinent to women and minorities, such as racial profiling in policing, stalking, jury nullification, hate crimes, female gang participation, and habitual offender statutes.
Fundamentals of Criminal Investigation
This is an excellent introductory methods text for undergraduate research courses, and is ideal for students who need to understand how criminal justice research is done and appreciate the results, but whose career path does not require ...
With a focus on the current state of the law and on contemporary problems that matter to students, all presented in way that piques curiosity and interest, this book will cover topics such as hate crime, free speech, human trafficking, ...
This book explores the philosophical underpinnings of the law's major doctrines concerning actus reus, mens rea, and defences, showing that they are not always driven by culpability but are grounded also in principles of moral ...
situation itself (Altheide & Johnson, 1994). ... Heidi Levitt, Rebecca Todd Swanger, and Jenny Butler (2008) used a systematic grounded method of analysis to understand the perspective of male perpetrators of violence on female victims.
Fundamentals of Criminal Justice
From investigation and discovery, to trial and sentencing, this text traces every step of the way through five hypothetical criminal cases that illustrate procedure, raise discussion questions, and engage students in skill-building ...
Fundamentals of Criminal Justice
... attention to understanding recidivism through the prism of the life-course.47 Rather than focus just on reoffending in the months and years immediately after punishment, researchers have turned to understanding how punishments may ...
Fundamentals of Criminal Justice Research