Essentials of Criminal Justice

This text presents criminal justice as a dynamic, ever-changing field--emphasizing how the concepts and processes of criminal justice are constantly evolving. It is ideal for those introductory criminal justice courses that do not permit the detailed coverage provided in Senna/Siegel's longer casebound textbook, Introduction to Criminal Justice. This book, however, does provide all the up-to-date coverage of structural and procedural changes in the criminal justice system that instructors require, ultimately helping students to understand the critical issues in the field and the impact those issues have on the criminal justice system.