Cole, Smith, and DeJong’s CRIMINAL JUSTICE IN AMERICA, Seventh Edition, lets you experience the real-world excitement of this dynamic field while helping you excel in your course with the support of proven, integrated study tools. In this engaging, reader-friendly book, you’ll learn about new career opportunities in criminal justice and read true stories of offenders and their experiences within the system. You’ll also learn about the crucial role that public policy plays in the criminal justice system and explore the hot issues that are changing the face of criminal justice today--and shaping its future. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.
In Criminal Justice in America, Pound recognizes the dangers law faces when it does not keep pace with societal change.
This text offers a concise, affordable and reader-friendly introduction to the criminal justice system.
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...
A brief and affordable paperback text for the introduction to criminal justice course.
American Corrections in Brief. 3rd ed. Boston: Cengage. DeLisi, M., and P. J. Conis. 2019. American Corrections: Theory, Research, Policy & Practice. 3rd ed. Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning. Petersilia, J., and J. Threatt.
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
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Finally, an alternative critical approach to introductory criminal justice! Criminal Justice in America: A Critical View paves the way for discussions on controversial issues of racial and economic inequities found...
This collection of essays is appropriate for anyone interested in understanding the current state of criminal justice and its future challenges.