Essentials of Criminal Justice
3rd Edition
Published on 28. July 2000
Book
Paperback/Softback
550 pages
978-0-534-52370-1 (ISBN)
Description
This text emphasizes how the concepts and processes of criminal justice are evolving. It seeks to provide coverage of structural and procedural changes in the criminal justice system that instructors require and should help students understand the issues in the field and the impact those issues have on the criminal justice system.
This text emphasizes how the concepts and processes of criminal justice are evolving. It seeks to provide coverage of structural and procedural changes in the criminal justice system that instructors require and should help students understand the issues in the field and the impact those issues have on the criminal justice system.
This text emphasizes how the concepts and processes of criminal justice are evolving. It seeks to provide coverage of structural and procedural changes in the criminal justice system that instructors require and should help students understand the issues in the field and the impact those issues have on the criminal justice system.
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Edition
3rd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Belmont, CA
United States
Publishing group
Cengage Learning, Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 279 mm
Width: 216 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-534-52370-1 (9780534523701)
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Previous edition
Joseph J. Senna | Larry Seigal
Essentials of Criminal Justice
Book
10/1997
2nd Edition
Wadsworth Publishing Co Inc
€72.07
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Content
The criminal justice system - organization and process; the nature of crime and victimization; criminal law - substance and procedure; confronting crime; police in society - history and organization; the police - role and function; issue in policing; police and the rule of law; courts, prosecution, and the defence; pre-trial procedures; the criminal trial; punishment and sentencing; probation and intermediate sanctions; corrections - history, institutions, populations, and prison life.