Introduction to Criminal Justice - Softcover

Newman, Donald J.; Anderson, Patrick

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0070019584 ISBN 13: 9780070019584

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Inc.,US, 1993

Synopsis

The fifth edition of this introductory Criminal Justice text. The contents have been pared down to five parts and sixteen chapters to best explain the intricacies of criminal justice policy and practice. The book has been thoroughly updated by Patrick Anderson to cover developments in policing, corrections, the war on drugs, and to include introductory cases on field practice, the criminal justice system in practice, the ideological framework of crime control, and discussions of criminological theory and crime punishment.

About this title

From the Publisher:

CHAPTER OPENING/CLOSING CASES SEEKING/SERVING JUSTICE illustrate "real-world" issues surrounding the concepts in the chapter. Students read about a real-world case (ex: Richard Allen Davis convicted for the kidnap and murder of Polly Klaas), and are asked what they would have decided if they were a juror, and why they would make this decision.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES provide a learning structure for the student and are reinforced by a SUMMARY BY OBJECTIVE at the end of the chapter
THINKING CRITICALLY boxes ask students to look at opposing sides of an issue
EXPLORING ETHICS boxes probe potential moral dilemmas in the field
ON THE JOB boxes take an everyday look at people at work in the criminal justice system
FACT boxes provide fun supporting facts (or summaries of key legal cases)
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS provide yet another alternative for starting provocative class discussions
INTERNET EXERCISES
Retains its grounding in the work day world of the criminal justice system, yet addresses the issues that will shape the system in the years to come: racism and sexism in policing; police and community relations; defense attorneys: Does money buy justice?; prosecuting domestic violence; our skyrocketing prison population.
Remains briefer (by approximately 175 pages) and less expensive than other comprehensive (as opposed to brief version) books for this market.
Instructor Supplements:
Built-in Study Guide(chapter outlines, key terms with text references and self tests)
Thinking Critically boxes with open-ended questions asked at the end of each box.
"Exploring Ethics" boxes.
Seeking Justice and Serving Justice vignettes open and end each chapter.
On The Job boxes.
Internet Exercises
Learning Objectives, Summary By Objectives, discussion questions.
Just The Facts boxes
Concise, inexpensive paperback. (Not a true Brief text at 544 pags even though some text are 700 pages, others are 375.)
Excellent, extensive coverage of plea bargaining.
Excellent coverage of Capital Punishment
Includes chapter on criminological theory.
Built-in Study Guide(chapter outlines, key terms with text references and self tests)
Thinking Critically boxes with open-ended questions asked at the end of each box.
"Exploring Ethics" boxes.
Seeking Justice and Serving Justice vignettes open and end each chapter.
On The Job boxes.
Internet Exercises
Learning Objectives, Summary By Objectives, discussion questions.
Just The Facts boxes
Concise, inexpensive paperback. (Not a true Brief text at 544 pags even though some text are 700 pages, others are 375.)
Excellent, extensive coverage of plea bargaining.
Excellent coverage of Capital Punishment
Includes chapter on criminological theory.

About the Author:

Patrick Anderson, Florida Southern University - Donald Newman, Late Professor Emeritus, State University of New York at Albany.

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Inc.,US
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0070019584
• ISBN 13: 9780070019584
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 479