Inside Criminal Justice Thinking About Police, Courts, and Corrections

Hoffman, Dennis E

ISBN 10: 1793548757 / ISBN 13: 9781793548757

Verlag: Cognella Academic Publishing, 2022

Beschreibung

624 pages. 10.00x8.00x1.26 inches. In Stock.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers x-1793548757

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Inside Criminal Justice Thinking About Police, Courts, and Corrections
• Verlag: Cognella Academic Publishing
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2022
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 1793548757
• ISBN-13: 9781793548757
• Einband: Paperback
• Zustand: Brand New

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Inhaltsangabe

Inside Criminal Justice: Thinking about Police, Courts, and Corrections provides students with a comprehensive and critical exploration of the U.S. criminal justice system.

Opening chapters introduce criminal justice as a system, a career, and an academic discipline; identify the main types of crimes in American jurisprudence; define crime; and explain how the criminalization process works. Additional chapters describe approaches to justice in American society, criminal injustice, the complexities and realities of police work, and police reform. Students learn about democratic policing, police powers and the rights of citizens, federal and state courts, the roles of prosecutors and judges in the courtroom, defendants' rights, and the practices of criminal defense attorneys. Sentencing, mass incarceration, institutional corrections, community corrections, the death penalty, and juvenile justice are covered. Learning outcomes, chapter summaries, discussion questions, key terms, and references enrich the student reading and learning experience.

Inside Criminal Justice is designed for introductory courses in criminal justice.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Dennis E. Hoffman is a professor of criminology and criminal justice at the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO). Besides being the winner of UNO's Excellence in Teaching Award in 2012, he is the author of numerous journal articles on criminal justice as well as Scarface Al and the Crime Crusaders: Chicago's Private War on Capone.