Criminal justice today
Subtitle: an introductory text for the twenty-first century
By: Frank Schmalleger ; foreword by Joan Petersilia.
Edition: 6th ed.
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Upper Saddle River, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 749
Subjects: Criminal justice, Administration of -- United States.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Crime in America. What is criminal justice?; title: The crime picture; title: The search for causes; title: Criminal law; title: Policing. Policing : history and structure; title: Police management; title: Policing : legal aspects; title: Adjudication. The courts; title: The courtroom work group and the criminal trial. Sentencing; title: Corrections. Probation, parole, and community corrections; title: Prisons and jails; title: Prison life; title: Special issues. Juvenile justice; title: Drugs and crime; title: Multinational criminal justice; title: The future of criminal justice.