Introduction to Criminal Justice, 1st edition

Published by Pearson Canada (30 June 2021) © 2022

  • Kelly Gorkoff

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Title overview

Introduction to Criminal Justice aims to help people think and rethink, then understand why they think about things the way they do. This isn't just about learning the way the criminal justice system works. We may ask, What are the system's historical roots? What are its limits and possibilities? What are its assumptions? What the unintended consequences? This resource isn't meant just to train police officers or lawyers or corrections workers about how to work in the system. It is meant to help them think about the system they choose to work in and to do so in an informed way. This resource also serves students who are not pursuing a job in the criminal justice system—to help create an informed, knowledgeable citizenry.

Table of contents

  1. Introducing the Canadian Criminal Justice System: An Overview
  2. Knowing and Thinking about Criminal Justice
  3. The History and Purpose of Policing in Canada: Techniques of Social Order
  4. How Do Police, Police? The Where, How, and What of Policing in Canada
  5. Making Criminal Law
  6. Using Law: Policing and the Courts
  7. Philosophies of Punishment and Penalty
  8. Judicial Decision-Making and Sentencing Patterns
  9. Incarceration in Canada
  10. Community Corrections and Conditional Release
  11. Youth and the Canadian Criminal Justice System
  12. Moving Forward: Selected Issues in Canadian Criminal Justice

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