Criminal Justice : An Introduction
ISBN: 9780073379951 | 0073379956
Edition: 5thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
Pub. Date: 5/27/2008
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Criminal Justice: An Introductionoffers a current, lively and thorough introduction to criminal justice. Students are easily drawn to the intriguing field with coverage of past developments, contemporary issues, and tomorrow's challenges. This edition offers new material on diversity in the Criminal Justice System and allows your students to understand the system from the perspective of women and minorities. Manageable in terms of size and price,Criminal Justice: An Introductionoffers a concise and affordable alternative to encyclopedic texts a... MORE
| List of Boxes | |
| Preface | |
| The Universe of Crime and Justice 1 | |
| Criminal Justice: Introduction and Overview | |
| Criminal Justice: The Origins of a Young Discipline | |
| Creating a Criminal Justice System | |
| Criminal Justice as a System | |
| Models of the Criminal Justice System | |
| The Goals | |
| The Means | |
| ... MORE | |
| Process Entry into the System | |
| Decisions by Victims | |
| Decisions by the Police Legal Standards | |
| The Right to Counsel | |
| Prosecution and Pretrial Services | |
| The Judicial Decision to Release | |
| The Preliminary Hearing | |
| The Decision to Charge and to Indict Plea | |
| Bargaining Adjudication and Sentencing Corrections | |
| Community Decisions | |
| Institutional Decisions | |
| Release and Parole Decisions | |
| Diversion Looking Ahead: A Preview of This Book | |
| Review Thinking, Critically about Criminal Justice | |
| Internet Connection | |
| Notes Boxes:21st Century Challenge: Violent Crime Declined in 2001-0nce Again! Why? | |
| In Their Own Words: Rosanne Russo, Assistant Special Agent in Charge, FBI, Philadelphia Division | |
| Crime Scene: Night Court: Gateway to the Criminal Justice System | |
| Crime and Criminals | |
| Types of Crime | |
| Violent Crime | |
| Homicide Assault Rape and Sexual Assault | |
| Robbery Terrorism | |
| Property and Economic Crimes | |
| Fraud High-tech Crimes | |
| Burglary Arson | |
| White-collar and Corporate Crime | |
| 52 Organized Crime | |
| Crimes against Public | |
| Morality: Drugs, Alcohol,and Vice Counting Crime | |
| Sources of Information | |
| The Amount of Crime Arrests | |
| Explaining Criminal behavior | |
| Biology and Crime | |
| Psychology and Criminality | |
| Biological and Psychological Explanations: Practical Applications | |
| Sociology and Criminality Sociological Explanations: Practical Applications | |
| Situational Crime | |
| Prevention | |
| Review Thinking | |
| Critically about Criminal Justice | |
| Internet Connection | |
| Notes Boxes:In Their Own Words: Htlica Gonzalez, Care Manager, The Women's Shelter, Inc.,Corpus Christi, Texas | |
| 21st Century Challenge: Emerging Ethnic Organized Crime Groups | |
| Crime Scene: Gangsta Rap: Subculture of Violence? | |
| The Criminal Law | |
| The Criminal Law and Its Seven Basic Principles | |
| Legality: Is There a Law That Makes Something Criminal? | |
| Conduct: Only the Acts of Persons Can Be Covered by Criminal Law | |
| Harm: Protecting a Legally Recognized Value | |
| Causation: Bringing about the Harm | |
| Mens Rea (Guilty Mind): Criminal Intent | |
| The Concurrence Requirement | |
| The Punishment Requirement | |
| The Principles Applied: Defenses Excuses Justifications | |
| The Arithmetic of Crime | |
| Review Thinking | |
| Critically about Criminal Justice | |
| Internet Connection | |
| Notes Boxes:You Be the Judge! Does Unconsciousness Preclude Criminal Liability? | |
| Criminal Justice in Action: The Act Requirement | |
| You Be the Judge! When is There Insufficient Evidence of Causation? | |
| You Be the Judge! What Evidence Satisfies an Inference of Intent? | |
| You Be the Judge! Can Corporations Be Charged with Crimes? | |
| Criminal Justice in Action: Creation of Law: Always a Rational Effort? | |
| You Be the Judge! What Kind of Evidence Satisfies the Defense of Necessity? | |
| In Their Own Words: Thomas King, Detective, Retired, Philadelphia Police Department | |
| The Police | |
| History and Organization of the Police | |
| The History of American Police | |
| The Expanding West The East: Urban Riots | |
| The Problem of Political Control | |
| Police Systems in the United States | |
| Chain of Command Division of Labor | |
| The Eight-hour Shift Rules and Regulations | |
| The Federal System | |
| The Federal Bureau of Investigation | |
| The Drug Enforcement Administration | |
| The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms | |
| Immigration and Naturalization Service | |
| The U.S. Secret Service | |
| Other Federal Law Enforcement Agencies | |
| State and Local Systems | |
| State Police | |
| County Police Mu | |
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