Crime & justice in America
Subtitle: an introduction to criminal justice
By: Joycelyn M. Pollock.
Publisher: LexisNexis Matthew Bender; LexisNexis/Matthew Bender
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Newark, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 421
ISBN-13: 9781593453336
Subjects: Criminal justice, Administration of -- United States
Other titles: Crime and justice in America
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Criminal justice as social control; title: Crime in society; title: Why do people commit crime?; title: Police in America; title: Police operations; title: Policing and the legal process; title: Law and society; title: Courts in America; title: Due process : arrest through sentencing; title: Juvenile justice and corrections; title: The function of corrections; title: Pretrial diversion and probation; title: Prisons and jails; title: Parole and re-entry; title: Looking toward the future.