NCJ Number
148211
Editor(s)
K Maguire,
A L Pastore
Date Published
1994
Length
809 pages
Annotation
This Sourcebook is an examination of crime, the operations of the criminal justice system, and the public's attitudes toward both.
Abstract
Information in the Sourcebook is presented in the following sections: (1) Characteristics of the criminal justice systems; (2) Public attitudes toward crime and criminal justice-related topics; (3) Nature and distribution of known offenses; (4) Characteristics and distribution of persons arrested; (5) Judicial processing of defendants; and (6) Persons under correctional supervision. Annotated list of sources, addresses of publishers, appendixes, index, evaluation form, figures, tables