NCJ Number
44045
Editor(s)
D H CHANG
Date Published
1977
Length
410 pages
Annotation
THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL ASPECTS OF CRIMINOLOGY ARE DISCUSSED IN AN INTRODUCTORY TEXT FOR STUDENTS OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND RELATED FIELDS.
Abstract
THE SECOND EDITION OF THE SYLLABUS/WORKBOOK INCLUDES NEW CHAPTERS ON RESEARCH METHODOLOGY, THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT IN THE UNITED STATES AND ABROAD, AND WOMEN IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE. OTHER CHAPTERS COVER THE FOLLOWING TOPICS: AN INTRODUCTION TO CRIME AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE; CRIMINAL THEORY AND THE SEARCH FOR CAUSATION; THE LAW AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE; CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROCEDURES, TASKS, AND PERSONNEL; CONTEMPORARY LAW ENFORCEMENT; CRIMINALISTICS AND CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION; THE COURTS; THE HISTORY OF CORRECTIONS; ISSUES AND PROSPECTS IN CORRECTIONS; PROBATION AND PAROLE; YOUTH, DELINQUENCY, AND THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM; THE PRIVATE POLICE; AND VICTIMOLOGY. EACH CHAPTER CLOSES WITH A LIST OF REFERENCES AND A BRIEF TEST CONSISTING OF MULTIPLE CHOICE AND TRUE OR FALSE QUESTIONS. FOR INDIVIDUAL CHAPTERS, SEE NCJ-44046 THROUGH 44062.