From the Publisher:
"In Their Own Words" boxes provide compelling first person accounts by practitioners in the field, providing students the opportunity to experience a typical day in their profession. Examples include: a day in the life of Elliot Gross, Chief Medical Examiner, Cape May, New Jersey, who reconstructs crimes at the scene of death, and Deborah Denno, a Fordham University law professor and expert witness, who takes us into the death chamber in the company of a condemned man.
"21st Century Challenges" boxes alert students to changes in the criminal justice system and responses to them (e.g. cyber policing: law enforcement on the information superhighway, no prison space for inmates, new victims of hate crimes).
A new final chapter, "Challenges for the 21st Century," focuses on issues pertaining to juvenile justice, victims and restorative justice, and the globalization of crime.
A Career Guide at the end of the text provides job descriptions, employment requirements, salaries, etc. Career icons are placed in the margins, throughout the book, next to the first substantive mention of each career featured in the career guide.
Increased pedagogy including "Thinking Critically About Criminal Justice" critical thinking questions, "Internet Connection" exercises at the end of each chapter, and web icons throughout the book to indicate content for which there is additional information on the book's Website.
Exciting headlined crime events, familiar to the general public, draw students into the text, where they are then taken beyond the headlines to explore the criminal justice significance. Examples include the Jonesboro Middle School massacre, unabomber Ted Kacynski, and child murderer, Jeremy Strohmeyer.
Key issues confronting criminal justice specialists today, such as new strategies in policing and court processing, innovative sentencing, and the role of independent counsel are examined throughout.
The popular "Crime Scene" boxes from the first edition continue to explore the most current topics, including "gangsta rap", road rage, and police stress.
About the Author:
Dr. Freda Adler is a Distinguished Professor of Criminal Justice. She is the Director of the Master of Science Program in Criminology and a Visiting Professor in the Department of Criminology at the University of Pennsylvania. She received her BA in sociology, her MA in criminology, and her Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Adler began her career in criminal justice as an evaluator of drug and alcohol treatment programs for federal and state governments. Since 1968, she has taught subjects such as criminal justice, criminology, comparative criminal justice systems, statistics, and research methods. She has served as criminal justice advisor to the United Nations, as well as to federal, state, and foreign governments. Dr. Adler's published works include 13 books as author or coauthor, 9 books as editor or coeditor, and over 90 journal articles. She has served on the editorial boards of the Journal of Criminal Justice, Criminology, and the Journal of Research on Crime and Delinquency. Dr. Adler serves as editorial consultant to the Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology and is coeditor of Advances in Criminological Theory. She also has served as president as the American Society of Criminology (1994-1995).
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