Criminal justice in Canada
By: Colin Goff
Edition: 5th ed.
Publisher: Nelson Education
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Toronto
Language: eng
Number of pages: 414
ISBN-13: 9780176501730
Copyright date: 2010
Subjects: Textbooks; Administration of Criminal justice; Justice penale; Manuels d'enseignement superieur; Administration
Description: Criminal justice in Canada provides students with a comprehensive overview of the criminal justice system and identifies significant issues, crime control policies, and Supreme Court decisions that have and will continue to have a significant impact on our criminal justice system.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: An Overview of the Criminal Justice System in Canada; title: Criminal Law and Criminal Justice in Canada; title: Control Philosophy and Criminal Justice Policy; title: Crime Rates, Crime Trends, and Perceptions of Crime in Canada; title: Police Operations; title: Issues in Canadian Policing; title: Pretrial Criminal Procedures; title: The Courts and Criminal Trial Procedure; title: Sentencing and Punishment; title: Alternatives to Prison: Probation, Conditional Sentences, and Intermediate Sanctions; title: Corrections in Canada: History, Facilities, and Populations; title: Community Reintegration.