Criminal Justice Today, Pearson New International Edition, 12th edition

Published by Pearson (3 October 2013) © 2014

  • Frank Schmalleger Emeritus, University of North Carolina
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For courses in introductory criminal justice.

Criminal Justice Today, 12/e, continues to lead as the gold-standard for criminal justice texts. Best-selling, student- and instructor-preferred, and time-tested—Schmalleger is the most current and popular text in the market. The text guides criminal justice students in the struggle to find a satisfying balance between freedom and security, and focuses on the crime picture in America and on the three traditional elements of the criminal justice system: police, courts, and corrections.

Table of contents

 

Part 1   CRIME IN AMERICA

Chapter 1   What Is Criminal Justice?

Chapter 2   The Crime Picture

Chapter 3   The Search for Causes

Chapter 4   Criminal Law

 

Part 2   POLICING

Chapter 5   Policing: History and Structure

Chapter 6   Policing: Purpose and Organization

Chapter 7   Policing: Legal Aspects

Chapter 8   Policing: Issues and Challenges 

 

Part 3   ADJUDICATION

Chapter 9   The Courts: Structure and Participants

Chapter 10    Pretrial Activities and the Criminal Trial

Chapter 11    Sentencing

 

Part 4   CORRECTIONS

Chapter 12    Probation, Parole, and Community Corrections

Chapter 13    Prisons and Jails

Chapter 14    Prison Life

 

Part 5   SPECIAL ISSUES

Chapter 15    Juvenile Justice

Chapter 16    Drugs and Crime

Chapter 17    Terrorism and Multinational Criminal Justice

Chapter 18    The Future of Criminal Justice

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