Full Description
Once again, Schmalleger is the most current and popular text on the market and continues to lead as the gold-standard among criminal justice texts today! Criminal Justice Today: An Introductory Text for the 21st Century, 13e continues to lead as the gold-standard for criminal justice texts. Best-selling, student- and instructor-preferred, and time-tested-Schmalleger is the most current and popular text on the market. This textbook guides criminal justice students in the struggle to find a satisfying balance between freedom and security. True to its origins, the thirteenth edition focuses on the crime picture in America and on the three traditional elements of the criminal justice system: police, courts, and corrections. This edition continues to question the viability of our freedoms in a world that has grown increasingly more dangerous. Students are asked to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of the American justice system as it struggles to adapt to an increasingly multicultural society and to a society in which the rights of a few can threaten the safety of many.
Contents
Part 1 CRIME IN AMERICA Chapter 1 What Is Criminal Justice? Chapter 2 The Crime Picture Chapter 3 The Search for Causes Chapter 4 Criminal Law Part 2 POLICING Chapter 5 Policing: History and Structure Chapter 6 Policing: Purpose and Organization Chapter 7 Policing: Legal Aspects Chapter 8 Policing: Issues and Challenges Part 3 ADJUDICATION Chapter 9 The Courts: Structure and Participants Chapter 10 Pretrial Activities and the Criminal Trial Chapter 11 Sentencing Part 4 CORRECTIONS Chapter 12 Probation, Parole, and Intermediate Sanctions Chapter 13 Prisons and Jails Chapter 14 Prison Life Part 5 SPECIAL ISSUES Chapter 15 Juvenile Justice Chapter 16 Drugs and Crime Chapter 17 Terrorism and Multinational Criminal Justice Chapter 18 The Future of Criminal Justice
