TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gaines,Larry K.
AU  - Miller,Roger LeRoy
TI  - Criminal justice in action: the core 
SN  - 0495003050
U1  - 364 22
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Belmont, CA
PB  - Thomson Wadsworth
KW  - Criminal justice, Administration of
KW  - United States
N1  - 
CONTENT

PART ONE: THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
Chapter 1. Criminal Justice Today. 

Chapter 2. Causes of Crime. 

Chapter 3. Defining and Measuring Crime. 

Chapter 4. Police: Agents of Law and Order. 

PART TWO: THE POLICE AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
Chapter 5. Law Enforcement today. 

Chapter 6. Police and the Rule of Law. 

Chapter 7. Challenges to Effective Policing.

PART THREE: CRIMINAL COURTS 
Chapter 8. Courts and the Quest for Justice. 

Chapter 9. Pretrial Procedures and the Criminal Trial. 

Chapter 10. Punishment and Sentencing. 

PART FOUR: CORRECTIONS
Chapter 11. Probation and Community Corrections. 

Chapter 12. Prisons and Jails. 

Chapter 13. Behind Bars: The Life of an Inmate. 

PART FIVE: SPECIAL ISSUES
Chapter 14. The Juvenile Justice System. 

Chapter 15. Terrorism, Cyber Crime, and the Future. 

Appendix A: You Be the Judge: The Courts'' Actual Decisions. 

Appendix B: Table of Cases. Glossary. Index; Includes bibliographical references and index
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