Covering a broad range of topics, the Tenth Edition offers expanded coverage of DNA/wrongful convictions, prison overcrowding, white-collar crime, cyber crime, ethics, technology, evidence-based practice, and much more.
The final classification to be touched on here involves the distinction between major crimes and petty offenses. A felony is a major crime, while a misdemeanor may be either a major crime or a petty offense according to the punishment ...
(2) Barristers' chambers, i.e. the normal description for barristers' 'offices', which are grouped together in 'a set of chambers'. charge A word that can bear various subtleties of meaning as explained in Chapter 8.
Exploring the police, prosecutors, courts, and corrections, including probation and parole, the book moves chronologically through the differen
Funds from that grant were used to invite six of the contributors to this volume to participate in the first Law-Psychology Research Conference (Michael Goldstein, John Monahan, Norval Morris, R.
This text provides an in-depth look at policy issues related to policing, courts, and corrections. It gives students the opportunity to look at difficult issues related to important topics, through...
Prisoners are normally released after breakfast.28 Their property and clothes are returned from the prison store and ... 29 The terms 'automatic unconditional release' (AUR), 'automatic conditional release' (ACR) and 'discretionary ...
This is a study of the duties, functions, qualifications, selection processes, and potential for advancement associated with law enforcement, courts, and correctional personnel.
"Originally published as: Criminal justice / edited by Phyllis B. Gerstenfeld. Ã2006"--Title page verso.
The Criminal Justice System: An Introduction
New in the Fifth Edition: A complete updating of charts and statistics to reflect the changes the FBI has made to the Unified Crime Reports System Expanded material on the history of law enforcement Additional information on terrorism, ...
This book explains the criminal justice system and how criminal cases are processed via the police, the court, and the correctional system. To give readers a better...
Flexible in its design, this work promotes a more critical understanding of the structure and function of the criminal justice system, but it also invites attention to critical cross cutting themes, such as discretion, occupational role ...
The Criminal Justice System: Theory, Research, and Practice exposes students to the whole gamut of the business of administering justice in society. This book intends to serve as a comprehensive introduction to criminal justice.
The Criminal Justice System: An Introduction
First published in 1972, this classic text helped define how research affects policy in the criminal justice system. The new Ninth Edition provides a unique balance of the enduring classics...