Full Description
Criminal Justice, Fifth Edition, examines the themes of crime and justice to reveal their significant history, current facts, and modern trends, tracing them from the past to the present and into the future. This successful introductory text continues to focus on critical thinking and the media's influence on criminal justice and the public's perception of criminal justice. Albanese gives new attention to up-to-the-minute laws and policies related to crime, law, search and seizure, and operations of the criminal justice system, as well as coverage of issues of technology, including crimes facilitated by the Internet, identity theft, and international issues.
Contents
CHAPTER 1 Perspectives on Criminal Justice CHAPTER 2 Defining and Analyzing Crime CHAPTER 3 Criminal Law & the Criminal Justice Process CHAPTER 4 Origins and Organization of Law Enforcement CHAPTER 5 Criminal Procedure and the Police CHAPTER 6 Issues in Law Enforcement and Police Behavior CHAPTER 7 Origins and Organization of Courts CHAPTER 8 Trial Defense and Prosecution CHAPTER 9 Trials and Sentencing CHAPTER 10 Origins and Organization of Jails and Prisons CHAPTER 11 Probation, Community Corrections, and Re-entry CHAPTER 12 Justice and Punishment in the 21st Century CHAPTER 13 Crime and Justice in the 21st Century: White Collar Crime, Organized Crime, and Terrorism CHAPTER 14 Juvenile Justice CHAPTER 15 Comparative and International Criminal Justice
