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Criminal Justice: The Core

NCJ Number
157908
Author(s)
F Adler; G O W Mueller; W S Laufer
Date Published
1996
Length
417 pages
Annotation
Intended for use in a typical one-semester course on criminal justice, this volume presents a 14-chapter version of the authors' text titled Criminal Justice.
Abstract
Introductory chapters present criminal justice as the outgrowth of political developments in the 20th Century, explain why some people commit crimes, and describe the nature and incidence of crime and the legal definitions of crimes. Additional chapters focus on the individual parts of the criminal justice system: the police, the courts, and the corrections system. Further chapters focus on the juvenile justice system and the reforms that have made it increasingly similar to the adult criminal justice system and intertwined with it. Figures, tables, photographs, illustrations, chapter summaries, chapter reference notes