Criminal justice today
Subtitle: an introductory text for the 21st century
By: Frank Schmalleger
Edition: 12th ed.
Publisher: Pearson
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 661
ISBN-13: 9780132739818; 9780132740005
Subjects: Administration of Criminal justice; Criminal procedure
Table of contents: title: What is criminal justice?; title: The crime picture; title: The search for causes; title: Criminal law; title: Policing; title: Policing : history and structure; title: Policing : purpose and organization; title: Policing : legal aspects; title: Policing : issues and challenges; title: The courts : structure and participants; title: Pretrial activites and criminal trial; title: Sentencing; title: Probation, parole, and community corrections; title: Prisons and jails; title: prison life; title: Juvenile justice; title: Drugs and crime; title: Terrorism and multinational criminal justice; title: The future of criminal justice.