Introduction to Criminal Justice: Practice and Process

1053 Pages·2018·16.529 MB·English

by  Kenneth J. Peak

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Introduction to Criminal Justice
3 edition
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Robert Browning wrote (in “Paracelsus,” 1835), “[There] are . . . two points in the adventure of the diver: one—
when a beggar, he prepares to plunge. Two—when a prince, he rises with his pearl.” To students aspiring to
“plunge” into a criminal justice career: May you likewise find your “pearl.”
—K. J. P.
To L.J.—Thank you for writing this part of the story with me, even if time and words fail us in the end.
—T. D. M.
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Introduction to Criminal Justice
Practice and Process
3 edition
Kenneth J. Peak
University of Nevada, Reno
Tamara D. Madensen
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
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Names: Peak, Kenneth J., 1947– author. | Madensen, Tamara, author.
Title: Introduction to criminal justice : practice and process / Kenneth J. Peak, Tamara D. Madensen.
Description: Third Edition. | Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, [2018] | Revised edition of Introduction to criminal justice, [2017] |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2017039408 | ISBN 978-1-5063-9184-7 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subjects: LCSH: Criminal justice, Administration of—United States. | Crime—United States. | Criminal law—United States.
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Brief Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Part I. Criminal Justice as a System: The Basics
1. Fundamentals of Criminal Justice: Essential Themes and Practices
2. Foundations of Law and Crime: Nature, Elements, and Defenses
3. Theories of Crime and Measuring Victimization
4. Ethical Essentials: “Doing Right When No One Is Watching”
Part II. The Police
5. Police Organization: Structure and Functions
6. Police at Work: Patrolling and Investigating
7. Policing Methods and Challenges: Issues of Force, Liability, and Technologies
8. Expounding the Constitution: Laws of Arrest, Search, and Seizure
Part III. The Courts
9. Court Organization: Structure, Functions, and the Trial Process
10. The Bench and the Bar: Those Who Judge, Prosecute, and Defend
11. Court Methods and Challenges: Sentencing and Punishment
Part IV. Corrections
12. Prisons and Jails: Structure and Function
13. The Inmates’ World: The “Keepers” and the “Kept”
14. Corrections in the Community: Probation, Parole, and Other Alternatives to Incarceration
Part V. Spanning the System: Methods and Issues
15. Juvenile Justice: Philosophy, Law, and Practices
16. On the Crime Policy and Prevention Agenda: Terrorism, the Mentally Ill in the Criminal
Justice System, and the Threat of Illegal Immigration
Appendix: Constitution of the United States
Answers
Glossary
Notes
Index
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