[Ebook PDF] Introduction to Criminal Justice: Practice and Process, 3rd Edition

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[Ebook PDF] Introduction to Criminal Justice: Practice and Process, 3rd Edition

ISBN-13: 978-1506391847
ISBN-10: 1506391842

Author: Kenneth J. Peak (Author), Tamara D. Herold (Author)

Introduction to Criminal Justice: Practice and Process shows you how to think practically about the criminal justice system by offering you a proven, problem-based approach to learning. Bestselling authors Kenneth J. Peak and Tamara D. Madensen draw on their many years of combined practitioner and academic experience to explain the importance of criminal justice and show how key trends, emerging issues, historical background, and practical lessons can be applied in the field .

Brief Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Part I. Criminal Justice as a System: The Basics
1. Fundamentals of Criminal Justice: Essential Themes and Practices
2. Foundations of Law and Crime: Nature, Elements, and Defenses
3. Theories of Crime and Measuring Victimization
4. Ethical Essentials: “Doing Right When No One Is Watching”
Part II. The Police
5. Police Organization: Structure and Functions
6. Police at Work: Patrolling and Investigating
7. Policing Methods and Challenges: Issues of Force, Liability, and Technologies
8. Expounding the Constitution: Laws of Arrest, Search, and Seizure
Part III. The Courts
9. Court Organization: Structure, Functions, and the Trial Process
10. The Bench and the Bar: Those Who Judge, Prosecute, and Defend
11. Court Methods and Challenges: Sentencing and Punishment
Part IV. Corrections
12. Prisons and Jails: Structure and Function
13. The Inmates’ World: The “Keepers” and the “Kept”
14. Corrections in the Community: Probation, Parole, and Other Alternatives to Incarceration
Part V. Spanning the System: Methods and Issues
15. Juvenile Justice: Philosophy, Law, and Practices
16. On the Crime Policy and Prevention Agenda: Terrorism, the
Mentally Ill in the Criminal Justice System, and the Threat of Illegal Immigration
Appendix: Constitution of the United States
Answers
Glossary
Notes
Index