Canadian Criminal Justice Today: An Introductory Text for the 21st Century

Designed for college and university courses in criminal justice and criminology.
This substantive new Canadian adaptation of Schmalleger's best-selling introductory text is intended for Introduction to Criminal Justice Courses at universities and community colleges. An engrossing introduction to criminal justice in the 21st century, it integrates gritty, real-life stories with interesting, easy-to-read analysis of contemporary issues: individual rights and public order, crime data and social policy, women and crime, behavioural conditioning, the nature of law, historical development of the police, search and seizure, sentencing, probation and parole, prisoner's rights, and juvenile justice. The Canadian focus centres on the most recent research, writing, and experience in the key areas of criminal justice as well as on important Canadian case law and legislation that has impacted on the criminal justice system.