Building upon John Fuller’s experience as a criminal justice practitioner, scholar and teacher, Criminal Justice: Mainstream &amp; Crosscurrents encourages readers to think critically about the goals and processes of the criminal justice system and introduces them to important ethical dilemmas faced by criminal justice professionals. This highly readable, interesting, contemporary book offers a comprehensive introduction to criminal justice supported with empirical work. It’s narrative style explains legal concepts in a clear and comprehensible manner without losing the reader in legal jargon. Features a full chapter on crime theory—highlighting the various sociological, psychological and biological theories of crime causation. A unique chapter on emerging trends in criminal justice (Chapter 16) considers contemporary topics like restorative justice and peacemaking criminology. For criminal justice practitioners.

Criminal Justice: Mainstream And Crosscurrents

Politics & Social Sciences

Fuller, John R.

Social Sciences

Pearson College Div

Now in its second edition, Criminal Justice: Mainstream &amp; Crosscurrents offers a contemporary textbook option for your Introduction to Criminal Justice course. Building upon John Fuller’s experience as a criminal justice practitioner, scholar and teacher, the book asks students to think about the goals and processes of the criminal justice system and introduces them to important ethical dilemmas faced by criminal justice professionals. Using an enhanced crosscurrents theme, it shows the complexities of the criminal justice discipline and encourages students to think critically about alternative ways of enforcing law and determining justice in the United States. For courses in Introduction to Criminal Justice.

Criminal Justice: Mainstream and Crosscurrents

Legal Theory & Systems

Introduction To Criminal Justice

Fuller, John R., Author

Oxford University Press

Oxford University Press, USA

How does the criminal justice system operate? What are the important issues? The controversial ones? Get answers to these and other valuable questions with this introduction to the topic. This book is not just a compilation of criminal justice facts, but is a provocative and stimulating look at the criminals justice system. It presents a critical examination of the criminal justice system by comparing and contrasting the war on crime perspective with a peacemaking perspective. It also covers important issues in their own chapter - drug abuse, violence, capital punishment, youth crime and gangs, and gun control. Novice lawyers, police officers, social workers.

Criminal Justice: A Peacemaking Perspective

Criminal Law

Allyn&Bacon

Global Crime And Justice

Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group

Jenks, David A

Taylor & Francis Group

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