Criminal justice in action the core

Synopsis

1. Criminal Justice Today. 2. Causes of Crime. 3. Defining and Measuring Crime. 4. Police: Agents of Law and Order. 5. Law Enforcement today. 6. Police and the Rule of Law. 7. Challenges to Effective Policing. 8. Courts and the Quest for Justice. 9. Pretrial Procedures and the Criminal Trial. 10. Punishment and Sentencing. 11. Probation and Community Corrections. 12. Prisons and Jails. 13. Behind Bars: The Life of an Inmate. 14. The Juvenile Justice System. 15. Terrorism, Cyber Crime, and the Future. Appendix A: You Be the Judge: The Courts' Actual Decisions. Appendix B: Table of Cases. Glossary. Index.