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Schmalleger, Frank.

Criminal justice today : an introductory text for the twenty-first century / Frank Schmalleger ; foreword by Joan Petersilia. - 5th edition - Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Prentice Hall, c1999. - xxviii, 785 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.

Contents;

Part 1. Crime in America
Chapter 1. What is criminal justice
The theory into practice
The first century criminal justice
etc.

Chapter 2. The crime picture
Theory into practice: Guns, crime, and gun control
Theory into practice: Hate crimes
Twenty-first century criminal justice Gender issues I
etc.

Chapter 3. The search for causes
Chapter 4. Criminal law


Part 2. Policing
Chapter 5. Policing history and structure
Chapter 6. Police management
Chapter 7. Policing: Legal aspects


Part 3. Adjudication
Chapter 8. The courts
Chapter 9. The courtroom work group and criminal trial
Chapter 10. Sentencing


Part 4. Corrections
Chapter 11. Probation, Parole and community corrections
Chapter 12. Prisons and jails
Chapter 13. Prison life


Part 5. Special issues
Chapter 14. Juvenile delinquency
Chapter 15. Drugs and crime
Chapter 16. Multinational criminal law
Chapter 17. The future of criminal justice



Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN: 9780138482503 0138482500

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Criminal justice, Administration of--United States.

Dewey Class. No.: 364.973 / SCH