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Criminal Justice: Concepts and Issues: An Anthology
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ISBN10: 0195332059
ISBN13: 9780195332056
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: Jan 1 2004
Pages: 530
Weight: 1.98
Height: 1.07 Width: 7.50 Depth: 9.25
Language: English
ISBN13: 9780195332056
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: Jan 1 2004
Pages: 530
Weight: 1.98
Height: 1.07 Width: 7.50 Depth: 9.25
Language: English
This cutting-edge anthology provides comprehensive coverage of the field of criminal justice. Each unit begins with a thorough introductory chapter, and brief introductions frame each chapter, putting the material into context for students. Thirty-six of these compelling essays are new to this
edition and cover the following topics: * Guns and homicide rates
edition and cover the following topics: * Guns and homicide rates
* How genetics affect criminal behavior
* Wrongful convictions
* Community policing
* Citizen complaints and problem officers
* Challenges of transnational crime
* Drug courts
* Victim-offender mediation
* Community prosecution programs
* Difficulties in prosecuting domestic violence
* Spirituality in probation
* Preventing gang involvement
* Do juvenile boot camps really work?
* Parents and the control of juvenile delinquency
* Addressing female juvenile offenders
* The restorative model of justice
* Explaining changes in crime rates The text also features helpful synopses of 100 leading justice-related and Supreme Court cases, as well as listings of professional organizations and information sources that focus on the field of criminal justice. Lively discussion questions follow each unit, and a subject index links topics
directly to the chapters in which they appear. A completely revised, comprehensive Instructor's Manual/Testing Program is also available in electronic format.
* Wrongful convictions
* Community policing
* Citizen complaints and problem officers
* Challenges of transnational crime
* Drug courts
* Victim-offender mediation
* Community prosecution programs
* Difficulties in prosecuting domestic violence
* Spirituality in probation
* Preventing gang involvement
* Do juvenile boot camps really work?
* Parents and the control of juvenile delinquency
* Addressing female juvenile offenders
* The restorative model of justice
* Explaining changes in crime rates The text also features helpful synopses of 100 leading justice-related and Supreme Court cases, as well as listings of professional organizations and information sources that focus on the field of criminal justice. Lively discussion questions follow each unit, and a subject index links topics
directly to the chapters in which they appear. A completely revised, comprehensive Instructor's Manual/Testing Program is also available in electronic format.
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