Essentials of criminal justice
By: Larry J. Siegel
Edition: 6th ed., instructor's ed.
Publisher: Wadsworth Cengage Learning
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Belmont, CA
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780495505556
Subjects: Administration of Criminal justice; Police; Criminal procedure; Criminal law; Corrections
Notes: Includes pull-out poster.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 457-484) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Preface -- -- pt. 1.; title: The nature of crime, law, and criminal justice -- -- ch. 1.; title: Crime and criminal justice --; title: Is crime a recent development? --; title: Crime at the turn of the twentieth century --; title: Developing the criminal justice system --; title: The modern era of justice --; title: Federal involvement in criminal justice --; title: The contemporary criminal justice system --; title: Agencies of the criminal justice system --; title: Careers in criminal justice : municipal police officer --; title: The formal criminal justice process --; title: The criminal justice assembly line --; title: The informal criminal justice system --; title: The "wedding cake" model of justice --; title: Perspectives on justice --; title: Crime control perspective --; title: Rehabilitation perspective --; title: Due process perspective --; title: Nonintervention perspective --; title: Justice perspective --; title: Restorative justice perspective --; title: Perspectives in perspective --; title: Ethics in criminal justice --; title: Ethics and law enforcement --; title: Ethics and the courts --; title: Ethics and corrections.; title: ch. 2.; title: The nature of crime and victimization --; title: How is crime defined? --; title: Consensus view --; title: Conflict view --; title: Interactionist view --; title: How is crime measured? --; title: Official crime data : the Uniform Crime Report (UCR) --; title: The National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) --; title: Self-report surveys --; title: Compatibility of crime data sources --; title: Secondary sources of crime data --; title: Meta-analysis and systematic review --; title: Crime trends --; title: Trends in violent crime --; title: Trends in property crime --; title: International justice : crime trends around the world --; title: Trends in victimization data --; title: Trends in self-reporting --; title: What the future holds --; title: Crime patterns --; title: Ecological patterns --; title: Gender patterns --; title: Racial patterns --; title: Class patterns --; title: Age patterns --; title: Career patterns : the chronic offender --; title: Victim patterns --; title: Causes of crime and victimization --; title: Choice theory : because they want to --; title: Careers in criminal justice : criminologist --; title: Biosocial theory : it's in their blood --; title: Psychological theory : it's in their heads --; title: Social structure theory : because they're poor --; title: Social process theory : socialized to crime --; title: Conflict theory: it's a "dog-eat-dog" world --; title: Developmental theory : life is a bumpy road --; title: A final word.; title: ch. 3.; title: Criminal law : substance and procedure --; title: Careers in criminal justice : attorney --; title: Historical development of the criminal law --; title: Common law and the principle of stare decisis --; title: Sources of the criminal law --; title: Constitutional limits --; title: Crimes and classifications --; title: Policy, programs, and issues in criminal justice : gun control and the Constitution --; title: The legal definition of a crime --; title: Actus reus--; title: Mens rea --; title: The relationship of mens rea and actus reus --; title: Strict liability --; title: Criminal defenses --; title: Excuse defenses --; title: Justification defenses --; title: Reforming the criminal law --; title: Creating new crimes --; title: Changing defenses --; title: Constitutional criminal procedure --; title: Due process of law -- -- ch. 4.; title: Criminal justice in the new millennium : terrorism, homeland security, and cyber crime --; title: Contemporary challenges of the criminal justice system --; title: Terrorism --; title: Defining terrorism --; title: Who is the terrorist? --; title: The contemporary terrorist --; title: Homeland security: the criminal justice response to terrorism --; title: Fighting terrorism with law enforcement --; title: Federal law enforcement --; title: Department of Homeland Security (DHS) --; title: State law enforcement efforts to combat terrorism --; title: Criminal justice and technology : using biometrics to fight terrorism --; title: Confronting terrorism with the law --; title: The USA Patriot Act --; title: Political solutions to terrorism.; title: Cyber crime --; title: Careers in criminal justice : emergency response manager --; title: Cyber theft : cyber crimes for profit --; title: Computer fraud --; title: Pornography and prostitution --; title: Denial-of-service attack --; title: Illegal copyright infringement --; title: Internet securities fraud --; title: Identity theft --; title: Etailing fraud --; title: Cyber vandalism : cyber crime with malicious intent --; title: Cyber terrorism : cyber crime with political motives --; title: The extent and costs of cyber crime --; title: Controlling cyber crime --; title: Enforcing cyber laws --; title: What the future holds -- -- pt. 2.; title: The police and law enforcement -- -- ch. 5.; title: Police in society : history and organization --; title: The history of police --; title: Private police and thief takers --; title: Creating public police --; title: Law enforcement in colonial America --; title: Early police agencies --; title: Twentieth-century reform --; title: The emergence of professionalism --; title: Evolution of policing : 1960 to 2000 --; title: Policing in the 1960s --; title: Policing in the 1970s --; title: Policing in the 1980s --; title: Policing in the 1990s --; title: Policing and law enforcement today --; title: Federal law enforcement agencies--; title: Careers in criminal justice : FBI agent --; title: State law enforcement agencies --; title: County law enforcement agencies --; title: Metropolitan law enforcement agencies --; title: Private policing.; title: Technology and law enforcement --; title: Criminal justice and technology : crime scene investigation --; title: Alternative mapping initiatives --; title: License plate recognition technology --; title: Digitizing criminal identification --; title: Automated fingerprint identification --; title: Digital dental records --; title: DNA testing --; title: Future tech -- -- ch. 6.; title: The police : role and function --; title: The police organization --; title: Pros and cons of police organization --; title: The police role --; title: The patrol functions --; title: Patrol activities --; title: Does patrol deter crime? --; title: Criminal justice and technology : a good CATCH --; title: The investigation function --; title: How do detectives detect? --; title: Sting operations --; title: Evaluating investigations --; title: Policy, programs, and issues in criminal justice : street stories : the world of police detectives --; title: Improving investigation with technology --; title: Improving investigations with forensic science --; title: Community policing --; title: Careers in criminal justice : forensics expert --; title: International justice : neighborhood policing in England --; title: Implementing community policing --; title: Changing the police role --; title: Problem-oriented policing --; title: Challenges of community policing --; title: Overcoming obstacles --; title: Support functions.; title: ch. 7.; title: Issues in policing : professional, social, and legal --; title: Careers in criminal justice : postal inspector --; title: Who are the police? --; title: Demographic makeup --; title: Minority police officers --; title: Women in policing --; title: Educational characteristics --; title: The police profession --; title: Police culture --; title: The police personality --; title: Policing style --; title: Police discretion --; title: Legal factors --; title: Environmental factors --; title: Departmental factors --; title: Situational factors --; title: Extralegal factors --; title: Race, culture, and gender in criminal justice : racial profiling --; title: Problems of policing --; title: Police and stress --; title: Police and violence --; title: Police and deadly force --; title: Police and corruption --; title: International justice : when the cops are robbers --; title: Police and the rule of law --; title: The police and the courts --; title: Custodial interrogation --; title: Search and seizure --; title: The exclusionary rule.; title: pt. 3.; title: Courts and adjudication -- -- ch. 8.; title: Courts, prosecution, and the defense --; title: State courts --; title: Courts of limited jurisdiction --; title: Policies, programs, and issues in criminal justice : specialized courts : drugs and mental health --; title: Courts of general jurisdiction --; title: Appellate courts --; title: Federal courts --; title: U.S. District Courts --; title: U.S. Courts of Appeal --; title: The U.S. Supreme Court --; title: How a case gets to the Supreme Court --; title: Federal and state court caseloads --; title: The judiciary --; title: The judge and the justice system --; title: Judicial qualifications --; title: The prosecutor --; title: Types of prosecutors --; title: Prosecutorial discretion --; title: Careers in criminal justice : prosecutor --; title: Factors influencing prosecutorial discretion --; title: Prosecutorial ethics --; title: The defense attorney --; title: The role of the criminal defense attorney --; title: The right to counsel --; title: Legal services for the indigent --; title: The private bar --; title: Does type of lawyer matter? --; title: The competence of defense attorneys --; title: Court administration --; title: Using technology in court management --; title: Criminal justice and technology : improving court functions with technology.; title: ch. 9.; title: Pretrial procedures --; title: Bail --; title: Right to bail --; title: Bail release mechanisms --; title: Types of bail --; title: Bail issues --; title: Bondsmen and bounty hunters --; title: Pretrial detention --; title: Careers in criminal justice : bail bondsman/bail enforcement agent --; title: Bail reform --; title: Preventive detection --; title: Pretrial services --; title: Charging the defendant --; title: The indictment process -- the Grand Jury --; title: Policy, programs, and issues in criminal justice : Kentucky's statewide pretrial services agency --; title: The indictment process -- the preliminary hearing --; title: Arraignment --; title: The plea --; title: Plea bargaining --; title: Pros and cons of plea negotiation --; title: Legal issues in plea bargaining --; title: Plea bargaining decision making --; title: The role of the defense counsel --; title: The role of the judge --; title: The role of the victim --; title: Plea bargaining reform --; title: Negotiation oversight --; title: Banning plea bargaining --; title: Pretrial diversion.; title: ch. 10.; title: The criminal trial --; title: Legal rights during trial --; title: The right to be competent at trial --; title: The right to confront witnesses --; title: The right to a jury trial --; title: The right to a 12-person jury --; title: The right to a unanimous jury verdict --; title: The right to self-representation --; title: The right to a speedy trial --; title: The right to a public trial --; title: The right to be convicted by proof beyond a reasonable doubt --; title: The trial process --; title: Jury selection --; title: Opening statements --; title: Prosecution's case --; title: The criminal defense --; title: Criminal justice and technology : using virtual reality in the courtroom --; title: Closing arguments --; title: Instructions to the jury --; title: The verdict --; title: The sentence --; title: The appeal --; title: Careers in criminal justice : court reporter -- -- ch. 11.; title: Punishment and sentencing --; title: The history of punishment --; title: From exile to fines, torture to forfeiture --; title: Public works and transportation to the colonies --; title: The rise of the prison --; title: The goals of modern sentencing --; title: General deterrence --; title: Incapacitation --; title: Specific deterrence --; title: Retribution/just desert --; title: Rehabilitation --; title: Equity/restitution --; title: Imposing the sentence --; title: Concurrent vs. consecutive sentences --; title: The effect of good time --; title: Sentencing models --; title: Indeterminate sentences --; title: Determinate sentences --; title: Mandatory sentences --; title: Three-strikes laws --; title: Truth in sentencing --; title: How people are sentenced --; title: What factors affect sentencing? --; title: Careers in criminal justice : forensic psychologist --; title: Capital punishment.; title: Race, culture, and gender in criminal justice : does race matter? --; title: International justice : international use of the death penalty --; title: Arguments for the death penalty --; title: Arguments against the death penalty --; title: Policy, programs, and issues in criminal justice : reducing wrongful convictions -- -- pt. 4.; title: Corrections and alternative sanctions -- -- ch. 12.; title: Community sentences : probation, intermediate sanctions, and restorative justice --; title: Probation --; title: The history of community sentencing --; title: The concept of probation --; title: Awarding probation --; title: Probation eligibility --; title: Conditions of probation --; title: Administration of probation services --; title: Duties of probation officers --; title: Careers in criminal justice : probation officer --; title: Legal rights of probationers --; title: Criminal justice and technology : monitoring probationed sex offenders on the Net --; title: How successful is probation? --; title: How successful is felony probation? --; title: Who fails on probation and why? --; title: The future of probation --; title: Intermediate sanctions --; title: Advantages of intermediate sanctions --; title: Fines --; title: Forfeiture --; title: Restitution --; title: Shock incarceration and split sentencing --; title: Intensive probation supervision --; title: House arrest --; title: Electronic monitoring --; title: Residential community corrections --; title: Policy, programs, and issues in criminal justice : drug treatment alternative-to-prison program (DTAP) --; title: Restorative justice --; title: The concept of restoration --; title: Restoration programs --; title: Restoration in practice --; title: The challenge of restorative justice --; title: International justice : conferencing in Australia.; title: ch. 13.; title: Corrections : history, institutions, and populations --; title: The history of correctional institutions --; title: Careers in criminal justice : corrections counselor --; title: American developments --; title: Pennsylvania vs. New York : isolate vs. congregate --; title: Prisons at the turn of the twentieth century --; title: Contemporary correctional trends --; title: Jails --; title: Jail populations and trends --; title: Jail conditions --; title: New-generation jails --; title: Prisons --; title: Types of prisons --; title: Criminal justice and technology : technocorrections : contemporary correctional technology --; title: Alternative correctional institutions --; title: Prison farms and camps --; title: Shock incarceration in boot camps --; title: Policy, programs, and issues in criminal justice : super-maximum-security prisons --; title: Community correctional facilities --; title: Private prisons --; title: Inmate populations --; title: Growth trends --; title: Future trends.; title: ch. 14.; title: Prison life : living in and leaving prison --; title: Men imprisoned --; title: Adjusting to prison --; title: The inmate social code --; title: The new inmate culture --; title: Women imprisoned --; title: Female institutions --; title: Female inmates --; title: Adapting to the female institution --; title: Race, culture, and gender in criminal justice : world apart : life in a women's prison --; title: Separate but unequal --; title: Correctional treatment methods --; title: Individual and group treatment --; title: Educational and vocational programs --; title: Policy, programs, and issues in criminal justice : therapeutic communities --; title: Can rehabilitation work? --; title: Guarding the institution --; title: Female correctional officers --; title: Careers in criminal justice : correctional officer --; title: Prison violence --; title: What causes violence? --; title: Prisoners' rights --; title: Substantive rights --; title: Leaving prison --; title: Parole --; title: The parole board --; title: The parolee in the community --; title: The effectiveness of parole --; title: Why do people fail on parole? --; title: International justice : monitoring high-risk offenders in New Zealand --; title: The problems of reentry.; title: pt. .5.; title: Juvenile justice -- -- ch. 15.; title: The juvenile justice system --; title: The history of juvenile justice --; title: Care of children in early America --; title: The child-saving movement --; title: The refuge movement spreads --; title: Establishment of the juvenile court --; title: The development of juvenile justice --; title: Juvenile justice today --; title: Police processing of the juvenile offender --; title: Use of discretion --; title: Legal rights --; title: The juvenile court process --; title: The intake process --; title: The detention process --; title: Bail --; title: Plea bargaining --; title: Waiver of jurisdiction --; title: The trial --; title: Disposition and treatment --; title: Juvenile sentencing reform --; title: Policy, programs, and issues in criminal justice : teen courts --; title: The juvenile correctional process --; title: Probation --; title: Institutionalization --; title: Deinstitutionalization --; title: Aftercare --; title: Careers in criminal justice : social worker --; title: Preventing delinquency --; title: Problems of juvenile justice --; title: Minority overrepresentation in juvenile justice --; title: Notes --; title: Glossary --; title: Case index --; title: Name index --; title: Subject index --; title: Photo credits.