The American System of Criminal Justice

The American System of Criminal Justice
ISBN-10
0803921489
ISBN-13
9780803921481
Series
The American System of Criminal Justice
Category
Social Science
Pages
145
Language
English
Published
1984-12-01
Publisher
SAGE Publications, Incorporated
Author
Geoffrey P. Alpert

Description

The criminal justice system in the United States is best described as a system of related, but not necessarily co-ordinated, agencies. Accountable to different branches of government and having different goals, they may even work to the detriment of each other. Alpert looks at the links between the parts of the system and analyzes their relationships. He warns that criminal justice in America will slow down or stop if the various components do not work in relative harmony.

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