Introduction to criminal justice : a balanced approach / Brian K. Payne, Old Dominion University ; Willard M. Oliver, Sam Houston State University ; Nancy E. Marion, University of Akron.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Payne, Brian K. (Author)
Oliver, Willard M. (Author)
Marion, Nancy E. (Author)
Language:English
Published: Thousand Oaks, California : SAGE Publications, Inc., [2019]
Edition:Second edition.
Subjects:
Criminal justice, Administration of > United States > Textbooks.
Criminal procedure.
Criminal justice, Administration of.
United States.
Textbooks.
Genre:
Textbooks.
Physical Description:xxvii, 555 pages : color illustrations, maps, charts ; 28 cm
Variant Title:
A balanced approach to criminal justice.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • About the authors
  • Foundations of criminal justice
  • Introduction to criminal justice
  • Perspectives on crime and criminal justice research
  • An introduction to measuring crime and crime patterns
  • An introduction to crime typologies
  • An introduction to criminological theory
  • Policing
  • An introduction to policing: history and structure
  • Police strategies
  • Issues in policing
  • The courts
  • An introduction to the courts: history, structure, and actors
  • The judicial process
  • Issues in the courts
  • Corrections
  • An introduction to corrections: history, structure, and actors
  • Punishing offenders in prisons, jails, and the community
  • Issues in corrections
  • Contemporary challenges
  • Current and future criminal justice issues
  • Admissible or inadmissible evidence answer key
  • Beyond a reasonable doubt answer key
  • Glossary
  • Notes
  • Index.