Full Description
Created through our unique "student-tested, faculty-approved" review process, CJUS is a concise, dynamic text designed to introduce today's visual learner to essential criminal justice concepts. This brief, affordable paperback includes a full suite of learning aids to accommodate the busy, diverse lifestyles of today's learners, including and interactive flash cards, quizzes, games, videos, and more - features that allow students to study wherever they are, whenever they have time. From its abbreviated, no-nonsense title to its engaging, effective content, CJUS is the perfect introductory criminal justice text for modern learners.Attention CourseMate user: The CourseMate platform is being sunset and will not be sold with this title after December 31st, 2019. Cengage will support existing users of CourseMate through August 1st, 2020.
Contents
1. Criminal Justice in the United States.2. Crime and Criminals.3. Explanations of Criminal Behavior.4. Criminal Justice and the Law.5. Missions and Roles of the Police.6. Policing Strategies.7. Police and the Law.8. Courts and Courtroom Work Groups.9. Proceedings before Trial.10. Trial and Guilty Pleas.11. Sentencing.12. Community Corrections.13. Prisons, Jails, and Prisoners.14. Prison Life.15. Juvenile Justice.
