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This book features unique graphics and contemporary data and research, developed by Joycelyn Pollock, criminologist, and University Distinguished Professor of Criminal Justice, Texas State University.
Criminal Justice in America: The Politics Behind the System provides an introduction to the American system of criminal justice, with politics as its underlying theme. The basic premise is that...
In Criminal Justice in America, Pound recognizes the dangers law faces when it does not keep pace with societal change.
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This text offers a concise, affordable and reader-friendly introduction to the criminal justice system.
This work offers a thorough introduction to the field of criminal justice, including types of crime; policing; courts and sentencing; landmark legal decisions; and local, state, and federal corrections systems--and the key topics and issues ...
The criminal justice system¿from the law to daily operations of the police, courts, and corrections¿generally comes down hardest on those with the least amount of power and influence and is the most lenient with those with the most power ...
The Public Opinion Quarterly 61 (1): 16–53. Seligman, Clive, and Albert N. Katz. 1996. “The Dynamics of Value Systems,” in The Psychology of Values, ed. C. Seligman, J. M. Olson, and M. P. Zanna. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum: 53–75.
This new text provides an overview of the origin and development of the American criminal justice system from the arrival of the first settlers during the Colonial period into the twenty first century.