Exploring Criminal Justice: The Essentials [With Access Code] - Softcover

Regoli, Robert M.; Hewitt, John D.; Kosloski, Anna E.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1284112977 ISBN 13: 9781284112979

Verlag: Jones & Bartlett Publ., 2016

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Now in a modernized Third Edition, the best-selling Exploring Criminal Justice: The Essentials continues to engage students in an exploration of the American criminal justice system. This classic text covers the foundational concepts of criminal law and the justice system, including the people and processes that make up the system and how they interact. It features updated statistics and data, contemporary court cases and case studies, and updated references for all topics. With Exploring Criminal Justice: The Essentials students will understand the relationship between law enforcement, corrections, law, policy making and administration, the juvenile justice system, and the courts. This well-organized and comprehensive text is the clear choice for introductory criminal justice courses.

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Robert M. Regoli is professor emeritus of sociology at the University of Colorado. In 1975, he received his PhD in sociology from Washington State University. Professor Regoli has found himself in an assortment of roles in the criminal justice system. In addition to having published more than 100 scholarly papers and authoring more than 10 books on topics ranging from police cynicism and causes of delinquency to unreported rule infractions in prisons, he also has been a crime victim, misdemeanor offender, criminal complainant and witness, jury member, and legal consultant. Dr. Regoli is also a past-president and fellow of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, former executive editor of The Social Science Journal, recipient of two William J. Fulbright senior specialist awards, and member of Phi Beta Kappa. Today, Dr. Regoli's research is focused on the social organization of the fast-growing sport of pickleball, with an eye toward understanding the evolution of the game's norms, roles, hierarchies, and mechanisms of social control that affect its play.

Professor, Grand Valley State University

University of Colorado Colorado Springs

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Jones & Bartlett Publ.
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2016
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1284112977
• ISBN 13: 9781284112979
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 314
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