NCJ Number
57836
Date Published
1979
Length
515 pages
Annotation
NEW CHAPTERS ON POLICE OPERATIONS, INCARCERATION, AND COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS AND PAROLE HAVE BEEN ADDED TO AN INTRODUCTORY COLLEGE TEXT ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE IN THE UNITED STATES.
Abstract
DIRECTED TO STUDENTS CONTEMPLATING CRIMINAL JUSTICE CAREERS, THE BOOK DRAWS ON THE PERSPECTIVES OF SEVERAL DISCIPLINES (SOCIOLOGY, PSYCHOLOGY, LAW, LAW ENFORCEMENT, POLITICAL SCIENCE, THE ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCES) TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM AND ITS COMPONENTS. THE OPENING SECTION COVERS THE BASICS OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROCESS--THE DEFINITION OF CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR, THE FLOW OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE DECISIONMAKING, DUE PROCESS, ETC. OTHER SECTIONS DEAL INDIVIDUALLY WITH THE COMPONENTS OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROCESS: LAW ENFORCEMENT (POLICE, POLICE OPERATIONS, LAW ENFORCEMENT ISSUES AND TRENDS), LAW ADJUDICATION (PROSECUTION, DEFENSE, COURTS), AND POSTCONVICTION STRATEGIES (SENTENCING, CORRECTIONS, INCARCERATION, COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS AND PAROLE). IN ADDITION TO THE NEW CHAPTERS, THE SECOND EDITION INCLUDES ILLUSTRATIONS OF CONCEPTS TREATED THEORETICALLY IN THE FIRST EDITION, PLUS A 'RUNNING GLOSSARY'--IN-TEXT DEFINITIONS OF KEY TERMS AND CONCEPTS MARKED BY MARGIN NOTATIONS. ALSO INCLUDED ARE ANECDOTES FROM CRIMINAL JUSTICE PRACTITIONERS THAT OFFER INSIGHTS INTO THE PROBLEMS CONFRONTING DECISIONMAKERS. STUDY AIDS, READING LISTS, AND AN INDEX ARE PROVIDED. (LKM)