Schmalleger, Frank.

Criminal justice today : an introductory text for the twenty-first century / Frank Schmalleger ; foreword by James P. Levine. - 7th edition - Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Prentice Hall, c2003. - xxxvi, 795 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm. 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)

Part one. Crime in America
Chapter 1. What is criminal justice

Chapter 2. The crime picture

Chapter 3. The search for causes

Chapter 4. Criminal law


Part two. Policing
Chapter 5. Policing: history and structure

Chapter 6. Police management

Chapter 7. Policing; Legal aspects


Part three Adjudication
Chapter 8. The courts

Chapter 9. The courtroom work group and the criminal trial

Chapter 10. Sentencing


Part four. Corrections

Chapter 11. Probation, parole and continuity corrections

Chapter 12 Prisons and jails

Chapter 13. Prison life


Part five. Special issues
Chapter 14. Juvenile justice

Chapter 15. Drugs and crime

Chapter 16. Multinational criminal justice

Chapter 17. The future of criminal justice




Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

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Criminal justice, Administration of--United States.

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