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Contents |
The Universe of Crime and Justice. Criminal Justice: Introduction and Overview -- Crime and criminals -- Explaining criminal behavior -- The Criminal Law -- The Police. History and organization of the police -- Police functions and police culture -- The Rule of law in law enforcement -- The Courts. The Origin and role of the courts -- Lawyers and judges -- Criminal prosecution and adjudication -- Sentencing -- Corrections. Corrections: yesterday and today -- Institutional corrections -- Alternatives: community corrections -- Challenges for the twenty-first century. Justice for juvenile and victims. |
Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
LCCN | 2008014420 |
ISBN | 9780073379951 (alk. paper) |
ISBN | 0073379956 (alk. paper) |