Criminal Justice in Action (MindTap Course List)

Product Description
As a student today, you do not want to simply learn about the world; you want to change it. Gaines/Miller's CRIMINAL JUSTICE IN ACTION, 11E provides a template for that change. This magazine-style text focuses on big questions that you've probably already been asking yourself about police tactics, incarceration policies and other major issues in criminal justice. You learn to think critically, ethically and practically about criminal justice issues as captivating content, lifted from the latest headlines, and numerous smaller investigations help you better understand how the U.S. criminal justice system impacts everyone. You gain skills beneficial for a career in criminal justice or any other field, as you actively explore the counterbalancing interests, concepts and theories that characterize today's criminal justice system. MindTap digital resources help you further master concepts and techniques with on-the-go audiocast episodes, career decision-making scenarios and riveting mission-critical stories.
Review
�MindTap [for Criminal Justice] is a comprehensive digital solution that provides instructors with the ability to engage students in active and action-oriented learning environments while focusing on information comprehension and critical thinking. As an instructor, you can create a variety of learning paths to meet the learning needs of your students while engaging them in practical learning experiences. Key to any instructor is the ability to customize MindTap to meet your student's needs throughout a course to ensure they are provided with the opportunity to learn, comprehend, and apply concepts to real-world situations.�\n�Criminal justice should not just be about the theories -- so the �Apply It� activities [in the new MindTap] help to take the theoretical information and [enable students to] apply it to real world scenarios.�\n�I love the [new Think, Decide, Act] activity [in MindTap]. Anytime you can take concepts in the book and theory they learn and [have students] apply it to real-life decision making is great. The decision making that the student needs to do is awesome.�
About the Author
Larry Gaines serves as chair of his department. A longtime, well-known figure in the field, he is recognized both for his work as an educator and for his contributions to law enforcement.\nRoger LeRoy Miller, Ph.D. has served on the faculty of several universities, including the University of Washington, Clemson University, and the University of Miami School of Law. As a professor, he has taught intellectual property law and entertainment law, among other subjects. A widely published and respected author, his work has appeared in the Insurance Counsel Journal, Defense Research, California Trial Lawyers Journal, Antitrust Bulletin, Wisconsin Law Review, and Connecticut Law Review. He has authored or co-authored numerous authoritative textbooks on law, including BUSINESS LAW: TEXT & CASES; BUSINESS LAW TODAY: TEXT & SUMMARIZED CASES; and THE LEGAL ENVIRONMENT TODAY. Professor Miller completed his studies at the University of California at Berkeley and University of Chicago.