CRIME AND JUSTICE IN A MASS SOCIETY

• NCJ Number: 12450
• Author(s): A B SMITH; H POLLACK
• Date Published: 1972
• Length: 269 pages
• Sale Source: Holt, Rinehart and Winston
• Publication Type: Overview Text
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

OVERVIEW OF THE URBAN CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM FOCUSING ON THE DEVELOPMENT AND EVOLUTION OF THE COURTS, THE CONCEPTS OF CRIME AND CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY, AND THE FUNCTIONS OF POLICE, PROSECUTION, AND CORRECTIONS.

Abstract

ALSO DISCUSSED ARE THE EFFECTS OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM ON DEFENDANTS AND THE INTERRELATIONSHIPS OF THE SYSTEM'S VARIOUS COMPONENTS.