Introduction to criminal justice / Patrick R. Anderson, Donald J. Newman.

Contents;

Part One: The system
1. The crime problem in the United States
Crime defined
Measuring crime
Implications for criminal justice
etc.

2. Ideological framework and models of crime control
Crime control in a democracy
Ideological framework of crime control
Models of criminal justice
etc.

3. Explaining crime
Implications of criminological theory for criminal justice
Classical criminology
Positive criminology
etc.

4. The criminal justice decision network
Steps in the criminal justice process
Sources of authority
The U.S. constitution
etc.

Part Two: The police
5. Policing in American society
History of the police
Incident-driven policing
Community-oriented policing
etc.

6. Police decisions: Detection, arrest, and in-custody investigation
Crime control decisions
Investigating crimes and identifying suspects
Searching out crime
etc

7. Issues in modern policing
The effectiveness of the police
Police discretion
The propriety of police techniques
etc.

Part Three: The courts
8. Jail, pretrial release, and defense lawyers
Jails and lockups
Pretrial release or detention
Right to bail
etc.

9. The prosecutor's decisions and plea bargaining
The prosecutor's discretion
Bringing formal charges
Plea bargaining
etc.

10. Arrangement and trial
The courts
Arrangement: Entering a plea
Pretrial motions
etc.

11. Sentencing criminals
Sentencing and the liberal crime control model
Goals of criminal sentences
Imposition of sentence
etc.

Part Four: Corrections
12. Capital punishment
Executions in the United States
The movement to abolish the death penalty
Capital punishment after Furman
etc.

13. Prisons and correctional institutions
Imprisonment and the conservative crime control model
Imprisonment and the liberal crime control model
The history of prisons
etc.

14. Release from prison and revocation
Time sentenced versus time served
Early release and the conservative crime control model
Early release and the liberal crime control model
etc.

15. Community corrections
History of probation
Community sentences: Offenders on probation and parole
Community-based corrections
etc.

Part Five: The juvenile justice system
16. Juvenile crime and juvenile justice
Juvenile delinquency and the conservative crime control model
Juvenile delinquency and the liberal crime control model
The nature and scope of Juvenile delinquency
etc.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.