An introduction to Criminal Justice including information about: crime, criminal justice, history of American jurisprudence, understanding crime and victimization, the police’s organization (hierarchy), their & role, function, issues in policing, the dynamics between the law and the responsibility of the police, criminal law, the “rule of law,” court structure & its system, pre-trial/trial proceedings, punishment & sentencing. And of course corrections which include committing unity sentences, e.g., probation, restorative justice, intermediate sanctions. The history, institutions, and populations, dwelling and being freed, crime & justice in the new millennium.

ISBN: 9781305969766