Criminal justice / James A. Inciardi.

By: Publisher: San Diego : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, c1987Edition: Second editionDescription: xv, 767 pages : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0155161024 [hardbound]
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 345.05 In2 1987
Contents:
Part I The Foundations of crime and justice (Chapter 1 The rediscovery of criminal justice in America -- Chapter 2 Crime and the nature of Law -- Chapter 3 Legal and behavioral aspects of crime -- Chapter 4 Criminal statistics and the extent of crime -- Chapter 5 The process of justice-an overview) Part II The Police (Chapter 6 Law enforcement in United States: history and structure -- Chapter 7 Enforcing the law and keeping the peace: the nature and scope of police work -- Chapter 8 The law of arrest, search, and seizure: police and the constitution -- Chapter 9 Beyond the limits of the law: police crime, corruption, and brutality) Part III The courts (Chapter 10 This is the house that justice built: the structure of the American courts -- Chapter 11 Judges, prosecutors, and other performers at the bar of justice -- Chapter 12 The business of the court: from first appearance through tiral -- Chapter 13 Sentencing, appeal, and the judgment of death) Part IV Corrections (Chapter 14 From walnut street to Alcatraz: the American prison experience -- Chapter 15 Penitentiaries, prisons, and other correctional institutions: a look inside the inmate world -- Chapter 16 Prisons conditions and inmate rights -- Chapter 17 Probations, parole, and community-based correction) Part V Juvenile Justice (Chapter 18 The Juvenile justice system -- Eilogue: The changing face of criminal justice in America)
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Reference Reference College Library Criminology 345.05 In2 1987 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 74749

Includes bibliographical references, glossary and index.

Part I The Foundations of crime and justice (Chapter 1 The rediscovery of criminal justice in America -- Chapter 2 Crime and the nature of Law -- Chapter 3 Legal and behavioral aspects of crime -- Chapter 4 Criminal statistics and the extent of crime -- Chapter 5 The process of justice-an overview) Part II The Police (Chapter 6 Law enforcement in United States: history and structure -- Chapter 7 Enforcing the law and keeping the peace: the nature and scope of police work -- Chapter 8 The law of arrest, search, and seizure: police and the constitution -- Chapter 9 Beyond the limits of the law: police crime, corruption, and brutality) Part III The courts (Chapter 10 This is the house that justice built: the structure of the American courts -- Chapter 11 Judges, prosecutors, and other performers at the bar of justice -- Chapter 12 The business of the court: from first appearance through tiral -- Chapter 13 Sentencing, appeal, and the judgment of death) Part IV Corrections (Chapter 14 From walnut street to Alcatraz: the American prison experience -- Chapter 15 Penitentiaries, prisons, and other correctional institutions: a look inside the inmate world -- Chapter 16 Prisons conditions and inmate rights -- Chapter 17 Probations, parole, and community-based correction) Part V Juvenile Justice (Chapter 18 The Juvenile justice system -- Eilogue: The changing face of criminal justice in America)

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