Brief. Contains 12 chapters, allowing instructors to use the entire text. Current and accurate research. All legal citations, including cases and statutes are completely accurate at the time of publication. The most current court cases are used as examples in order to more easily connect with students. Each chapter begins with a WiseGuide Intro and ends with a WiseGuide Wrap-Up. The WiseGuide Intro contains an introduction to the chapter, a list of key terms, a chapter outline, and learning objectives. The WiseGuide Wrap-Up contains a chapter summary, discussion questions, and end notes.
A powerful combination of research, data-driven policy journalism, and the author's lived experiences, this book explains what many reform advocates get wrong, and illustrates how the misguided commitment to leniency places America's most ...
The combination of text and cases creates flexibility in structuring class time. Constitutional Law for Criminal Justice makes complex concepts accessible to students in all levels of criminal justice education.
Resource added for the Criminal Justice – Law Enforcement 105046 and Professional Studies 105045 programs.
Voices from Criminal Justice, Second Edition, gives students rich insight into the criminal justice system from the point of view of practitioners, as well as outsiders—citizens, clients, jurors, probationers, or inmates.
Covering criminal justice history on a cross-national basis, this book surveys criminal justice in Western civilization and American life chronologically from ancient times to the present.
The Second Edition of Counseling Criminal Justice Offenders recognizes that individuals who counsel offenders in the criminal justice system often have not had the extensive training of a licensed psychologist and this text is designed to ...
Rule of law has vanished in America’s criminal justice system. Prosecutors decide whom to punish; most accused never face a jury; policing is inconsistent; plea bargaining is rampant; and draconian...
Ideal for introductory courses in criminal justice, this volume covers all the fundamental issues faced by law enforcement, the courts, corrections, and juvenile justice, but leaves detailed specifics and tangential topics to the discretion ...
"Criminal justice is a dynamic field of study.
The best book in its field. - Dr. Richard Peake, University of Leeds The 5th edition continues to provide a comprehensive introduction to all aspects of the Criminal Justice system.