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Criminal Justice Essentials
 9. Edition August 2011
89.90 Euro
2011. 568 Pages, Softcover
ISBN 978-0-470-65887-1 - John Wiley & Sons
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Revised and updated to reflect recent research and statutory changes, the Ninth Edition of Sue Titus Reid's Criminal Justice Essentials provides a comprehensive and concise overview of the U.S. criminal justice system.
* Represents the most thorough, legally accurate, and best-researched overview of the U.S. criminal justice system available today
* Anchored within the framework of the legal system and consistently includes legal decisions as a basis for much of its direction
* Accurately interprets the legal decisions which are cited
* Features references to current affairs
* Available in full color, including over 100 color photographs
From the contents
Preface xiv
Ancillaries xx
Acknowledgments xxi
About the Author xxiii
PART I INTRODUCTION TO CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEMS 1
1 Criminal Justice: An Overview 2
2 Crime, Offenders, and Victims 30
PART II ENTRY INTO CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEMS: POLICING 69
3 The Emergence and Structure of Police Systems 70
4 Policing in a Modern Society 104
5 Problems and Issues in Policing 154
PART III PROCESSING A CRIMINAL CASE: CRIMINAL COURT SYSTEMS 195
6 Criminal Court Systems 196
7 Prosecution, Defense, and Pretrial Procedures 226
8 Trial, Sentencing, and Appeal 274
PART IV CONFINEMENT AND CORRECTIONS 319
9 The History and Structure of Confinement 320
10 Life in Prison 352
11 Community Corrections, Probation, and Parole 400
PART V JUVENILE JUSTICE: A SPECIAL CASE 447
12 Juvenile Justice Systems 448
Appendices
A. Amendments to the United States Constitution 501
B. How to Read a Court Citation 506
Glossary 508
Case Index 521
Name Index 524
Subject Index 528
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