Criminal Justice: A Brief Introduction
by Frank Schmalleger
Category: Crime

"Criminal justice is a dynamic field of study. Consider these challenges for instructors and students trying to keep pace with a field that is undergoing continual modification: the ever-evolving nature of crime, our changing understanding of justice, police--community relations in an age of social media, budgetary constraints, ongoing threats to our nation's security,newly enacted statutes, innovations in enforcement and justice-system technology,precedent-setting U.S. Supreme Court decisions, a changing American society, and rapidly emerging innovations in correctional practice"