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Crime and Justice in America: An Introduction to Criminal Justice

This text offers a concise and affordable introduction to the criminal justice ...


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Publisher :Anderson Publishing
Format: softbound; 420 pp. , BOOK
ISBN: 9781593453336
2008
  $49.95
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    This text offers a concise and affordable introduction to the criminal justice system as social control. Designed with the student in mind, each chapter includes: "What You Need to Know," highlighting key points for the reader; brief chapter outlines; review questions; vocabulary lists; and exercises to help students customize the material for different jurisdictions. An appendix provides assistance on writing research papers.






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    The Criminal Justice System as Social Control

    1 Criminal Justice as Social Control

    2 Crime in Society

    3 Why Do People Commit Crime?


    Law Enforcement as Social Control

    4 Police in America

    5 Police Operations

    6 Policing and the Legal Process


    The Law as Social Control

    7 Law and Society

    8 Courts in America

    9 Due Process: Arrest through Sentencing

    10 Juvenile Justice and Corrections


    Corrections as Social Control

    11 The Function of Corrections

    12 Pretrial Diversion and Probation

    13 Prisons and Jail

    14 Parole and Re-Entry

    15 Looking Toward the Future: Criminal Justice in the 21st Century

     

     

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