A flexible and cost-effective alternative to larger texts, Criminal Justice: The Essentials, Fourth Edition, covers all the fundamental issues faced by law enforcement, the courts, corrections, and juvenile justice, leaving detailed specifics and tangential topics to the discretion of instructors to cover in class. With abundant examples--and just the right amount of sidebars and "highlights"--Criminal Justice, Fourth Edition, is an excellent resource for introducing students to the essential issues in the field. Visit the Companion Website for a wealth of student and instructor resources.

Criminal Justice: The Essentials

Politics & Social Sciences

Lab, Steven P.

Williams, Marian R.

Holcomb, Jefferson E.

Burek, Melissa W.

King, William R.

Buerger, Michael E.

Social Sciences

Oxford University Press

A flexible and cost effective alternative to larger texts, Criminal Justice: The Essentials, Fifth Edition, covers all the fundamental issues faced by law enforcement, the courts, corrections, and juvenile justice, leaving detailed specifics and tangential topics to the discretion of instructors to cover in class. With abundant examples and just the right amount of sidebars and "highlights" Criminal Justice, Fifth Edition, is the ideal resource for introducing students to the essential issues in the field.

A flexible and cost-effective alternative to larger texts, Criminal Justice: The Essentials, Fifth Edition, covers all the fundamental issues faced by law enforcement, the courts, corrections, and juvenile justice, leaving detailed specifics and tangential topics to the discretion of instructors to cover in class. With abundant examples--and just the right amount of sidebars and "highlights"--Criminal Justice, Fifth Edition, is the ideal resource for introducing students to the essential issues in the field.

Written by Lab, Williams, Holcomb, King, and Buerger, Explaining Criminal Justice is the first brief survey text designed for students entering the field of criminal justice who lack a criminal justice background. This primer's helpful shorthand presentation will be useful to students in a variety of ways: * Defines key terminology and issues in an easily understood format. * Offers a basic understanding of the component parts of the criminal justice system and how they interrelate. * Provides coverage of all major issues--plus a realistic overview of the criminal justice system. Each chapter features a list of key terms, brief discussions of the important issues under each topic, discussions of emerging issues and concerns in the field, references for all key topics, a brief bibliography, and appropriate website listings.

Explaining Criminal Justice

Williams, Marian

Criminal Justice: The Essentials is an innovative alternative to large, overwhelming texts that attempt to cover every conceivable issue, a goal that cannot realistically be accomplished in a single academic term. Ideal for introductory courses in criminal justice, this volume covers all the fundamental issues faced by law enforcement, the courts, corrections, and juvenile justice, but leaves detailed specifics and tangential topics to the discretion of instructors to cover in class. This approach provides instructors with a great deal of flexibility in orienting their courses, as they can use whatever supplementary materials they feel are most suitable. Each chapter covers the background, current issues and problems, and operational challenges of the subject area. All important materials are incorporated into the normal flow of the text, with abundant examples, but a minimum of sidebars and "highlights." Therefore, students are not forced to sift through encyclopedic amounts of material in order to determine what is the most significant, since only the essentials are presented. Timely data and current examples sustain student interest. The text is also supplemented by a Companion Website and an Instructor's Manual.

A flexible and cost-effective alternative to larger texts, Criminal Justice: The Essentials, Sixth Edition, covers all the fundamental issues faced by law enforcement, the courts, corrections, and juvenile justice, leaving detailed specifics and tangential topics to the discretion ofinstructors to cover in class. With abundant examples - and just the right amount of sidebars and "highlights" - Criminal Justice, Sixth Edition, is the ideal resource for introducing students to the essential issues in the field.

Criminal Justice: The Essentials, Second Edition, is the most straightforward and affordable introductory text on the market. It covers all the fundamental issues faced by law enforcement, the courts, corrections, and juvenile justice, leaving detailed specifics and tangential topics to the discretion of instructors to cover in class. This approach provides instructors with a great deal of flexibility in orienting their courses, as they can use whatever supplementary materials they feel are most suitable. FEATURES * Covers the background, current issues and problems, and operational challenges of each chapter's subject area * Incorporates all important material into the normal flow of the text * Provides abundant examples and just the right amount of sidebars and "highlights," helping students to determine the most important issues * Offers timely data and current examples that sustain student interest NEW TO THE SECOND EDITION * More tables and figures to help illustrate key points * Each chapter begins with a helpful "Chapter Outline" summary * Includes a new concluding chapter on important policy issues * Incorporates new "Critical Thinking" boxes throughout * Key terms now appear at the end of each chapter, helping to reinforce chapter themes * Completely updated Instructor's CD featuring new PowerPoint-based lecture slides * All statistics, references, and citations are up to date * Updated Companion Website An innovative and cost-effective alternative to large, overwhelming texts, Criminal Justice: The Essentials, Second Edition, is ideal for introductory courses in criminal justice.

A flexible and cost-effective alternative to larger, overwhelming texts, Criminal Justice: The Essentials, Third Edition, covers all the fundamental issues faced by law enforcement, the courts, corrections, and juvenile justice, leaving detailed specifics and tangential topics to the discretion of instructors to cover in class. Thoroughly revised and updated, the third edition features: * Discussion of many new topics including private corrections, restorative justice, and fiscal austerity in the criminal justice system * Revised and updated coverage of criminal liability, cybercrime, contemporary community corrections, juvenile delinquency, and emerging issues in criminal justice * Strong pedagogy throughout including "Web Activities" and additional critical-thinking exercises * An updated Companion Website containing study guides and self-quizzes, suggested websites and resources, and more (www.oup.com/us/lab) * An updated Instructor's Resource CD with a test bank, suggestions for activities, sample syllabi, and more (available to adopting instructors) With abundant examples--and just the right amount of sidebars and "highlights"--Criminal Justice, Third Edition, is an excellent resource for helping students to determine the most important issues in the field.

Criminal Justice: The Essentials, Second Edition, is the most straightforward and affordable introductory text on the market. It covers all the fundamental issues faced by law enforcement, the courts, corrections, and juvenile justice, leaving detailed specifics and tangential topics to the discretion of instructors to cover in class. This approach provides instructors with a great deal of flexibility in orienting their courses, as they can use whatever supplementary materials they feel are most suitable.FEATURES* Covers the background, current issues and problems, and operational challenges of each chapter's subject area* Incorporates all important material into the normal flow of the text* Provides abundant examples and just the right amount of sidebars and "highlights," helping students to determine the most important issues* Offers timely data and current examples that sustain student interestNEW TO THE SECOND EDITION* More tables and figures to help illustrate key points* Each chapter begins with a helpful "Chapter Outline" summary* Includes a new concluding chapter on important policy issues* Incorporates new "Critical Thinking" boxes throughout* Key terms now appear at the end of each chapter, helping to reinforce chapter themes* Completely updated Instructor's CD featuring new PowerPoint-based lecture slides* All statistics, references, and citations are up to date* Updated Companion Website An innovative and cost-effective alternative to large, overwhelming texts, Criminal Justice: The Essentials, Second Edition, is ideal for introductory courses in criminal justice.

Criminal Law

Roxbury Pub. Co

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Criminal Justice: The Essentials

Criminal Justice: The Essentials

Criminal Justice: The Essentials

Explaining Criminal Justice

Criminal Justice: The Essentials

Criminal Justice: The Essentials

Criminal Justice: The Essentials

Criminal Justice: The Essentials

Criminal Justice: The Essentials