Introduction to Criminal Justice - Softcover

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Softcover

ISBN 10: 0028009118 ISBN 13: 9780028009117

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Inc.,US, 1996

Synopsis

Introduction to Criminal Justice combines up-to-date information with hands-on activities to immerse students in the constantly evolving criminal justice system. By featuring events and people that have recently made headlines, students can better understand the far-reaching impact of the law. The emphasis on hands-on applications encourages students to build a better understanding of the law in and out of the classroom.

About this title

About the Author:

ROBERT M. BOHM is professor of Criminal Justice and Legal Studies at the University of Central Florida in Orlando. He has also been a faculty member in the Departments of Criminal Justice at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (1989 1995) and at Jacksonville State University in Alabama (1979 1989). From 1973 to 1974, he worked for the Jackson County Department of Corrections in Kansas City, Missouri, first as a corrections officer and later as an instructor/counselor in the Model Inmate Employment Program, a Law Enforcement Assistance Administration sponsored work-release project. He received his PhD in Criminology from Florida State University in 1980. He has published numerous journal articles and book chapters in the areas of criminal justice and criminology. Besides being the coauthor of "Introduction to Criminal Justice, " 4th ed. update (McGraw-Hill, 2007), he is the editor of "The Death Penalty in America: Current Research, the author of A Primer on Crime and Delinquency Theory, 2nd ed., and Deathquest II: An Introduction to the Theory and Practice of Capital Punishment in the United States, " 2nd ed., and an editor (with James R. Acker and Charles S. Lanier) of "America s Experiment with Capital Punishment: Reflections on the Past, Present, and Future of the Ultimate Sanction, " 2nd ed., and "Demystifying Crime and Criminal Justice" (with Jeffery T. Walker). He has been active in the American Society of Criminology, the Southern Criminal Justice Association, and especially the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, having served as Trustee-at-Large (1987 90), Second Vice-President (1990 91), First Vice-President (1991 92), and President (1992 93). In 1989, he was selected as the "Outstanding Educator of the Year" by the Southern Criminal Justice Association. In 1999, he was elected a Fellow of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences and, in 2001, he was presented with the Founder s Award of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences.

From the Back Cover:

'Introduction to Criminal Justice' explores the past, present, and future operation of criminal justice in the United States. It also provides the contextual basis for a critical understanding of criminal justice in the United States by examining (1) the nature of crime and its consequences, (2) theories of crime and delinquency causation, and (3) criminal law and its application. A separate chapter is devoted to juvenile justice.

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Inc.,US
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0028009118
• ISBN 13: 9780028009117
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 552