Samaha, Joel.

Criminal justice / Joel Samaha. - 6th edition. - Belmont, CA : Wadsworth/Thomson Learning, c2003. - xxx, 303 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)

Content
Part I: THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, THE LAW, AND CRIME.
1. Formal and Informal Criminal Justice.
2. Criminal Justice and the Law.
3. Crime, Criminals, and Victims.

Part II: POLICE.
4. Police History, Missions, and "Working Personality".
5. Police Strategies.
6. Police and the Law.

Part III: COURTS.
7. Court Structure and Process.
8. Charge, Trial, and Guilty Pleas.
9. Sentencing.

Part IV: CORRECTIONS.
10. Community Corrections.
11. Prisons, Jails, and Prisoners.
12. Prison Life.


Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-283) and indexes.

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Criminal justice, Administration of--United States.

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