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Get access to an interactive eBook* when you buy the paperback! (Print paperback version only, ISBN 978-1-5063-1577-5)Introduction to Criminal Justice: A Balanced Approach provides students with engaging, comprehensive, and up-to-date coverage of all aspects of the criminal justice system. Esteemed authors Brian K. Payne, Willard M. Oliver, and Nancy E. Marion explore criminal justice from a student-cantered perspective by presenting research-driven material in an accessible, clear, and succinct writing style.Two unique chapters on Perspectives on Crime and Criminal Justice Research and Crime Typologies provide students with the foundational knowledge that they need to be critical thinkers and active participants within their chosen field. Students are encouraged to imagine themselves in specific criminal justice situations and decide how they would respond to the situation with a balanced and effective solution. By exploring criminal justice from a balanced perspective with an issues-oriented approach, students will understand how decision-making is critical to the criminal justice process. In particular, students will come to appreciate how their own future careers will be shaped by the decisions they make.Give your students the SAGE edge!SAGE edge offers a robust online environment featuring an impressive array of free tools and resources for review, study, and further exploration, keeping both instructors and students on the cutting edge of teaching and learning. Learn more at edge.sagepub.com/payne.*interactivity only available through Vitalsource eBook
Contents
PART ICriminal Justice The Criminal Justice System Juvenile Justice System The Justice Process The Roles of Criminal JusticeChapter 2: Perspectives on Crime and Criminal Justice Research Legal Perspectives of Crime Social Perspectives of Crime Behavioral Perspectives of Crime Survey Research and Criminal Justice Archival Research and Criminal Justice Experiments, Field Studies, and Case Studies as Criminal Justice Research StrategiesChapter 3: An Introduction to Measuring Crime and Crime Patterns Measuring the Extent of Crime Strategies Used to Measure Amount of Crime Crime PatternsChapter 4: An Introduction to Crime Typologies Why Study Crime Typologies Violent Crime Property Crimes Public Order Crimes Crime within Complex OrganizationsChapter 5: An Introduction to Criminological Theory Why Study the Causes of Crime Explaining Crime using Criminological Theories Crime as a Product of Choice Crime as a Product of Biological Factors Crime as a Product of Social Factors Crime as a Product of Social Psychological Factors Crime as a Product of Cognitive ProcessesPART II: POLICINGChapter 6: An Introduction to Policing: History and Structure Types of Societies and Policing The English System of Policing The American System of Policing Policing in America Today The Structure of Modern Police DepartmentsChapter 7: Police Strategies Police Strategy Studies Police Patrol Deployment Broken Windows Theory, Model, & Policing Community Policing Problem-Oriented Policing Targeted Policing Four Related Strategies Compstat Homeland Security & PolicingChapter 8: Issues in Policing External Issues Internal IssuesPART III: The CourtsChapter 9: An Introduction to the Courts: History, Structure, and Actors History of the Courts Structure of the Courts Federal Courts State Courts Actors: Courtroom workgroup TechnologyChapter 10: The Judicial Process Arrest/ Booking The Charging Decision Pretrial Trial Sentencing Appeals Juvenile Court Process Defendants' RightsChapter 11: Issues in the Courts Issues Stemming from Overcrowding Issues Related to Court Processes Legal Issues Related to the Courts Issues Related to Innovations in the CourtsPART IV: CORRECTIONSChapter 12: An Introduction to Corrections: History, Structure, and Actors Goals of Punishment History of Punishment The Organization of Corrections Structure of Corrections Actors Working in PrisonsChapter 13: Punishing Offenders in Prisons, Jails, and the Community The Incarceration Experience The Structure of Probation and Parole Types of Alternative SanctionsChapter 14: Issues in Corrections General Issues for Prisoners General Issues for Corrections Employees Issues Related to Working with Different Types of Offenders Issues Related to Punishment StrategiesChapter 15: Current and Future Criminal Justice Issues International Issues Terrorism Technology and Criminal Justice The Aging of the Criminal Justice System The Evolution of Criminal Justice Policies
