Criminal justice today
Subtitle: an introductory text for the twenty-first century
By: Frank Schmalleger
Edition: 11th ed.
Publisher: Pearson Prentice Hall
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Upper Saddle River, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 706
ISBN-13: 9780135074091
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: What is criminal justice?; title: The crime picture; title: The search for causes; title: Criminal law; 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 activities and the 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.