Introduction to Criminal Justice + The Concise Dictionary of Crime and Justice, 2nd Ed. - Softcover

Peak, Kenneth J.; Davis, Mark S.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1506305253 ISBN 13: 9781506305257

Publisher: Sage Pubns, 2015

Synopsis

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Kenneth J. Peak, Introduction to Criminal Justice: Practice and Process
Introduction to Criminal Justice offers a contemporary and applied approach to understanding the criminal justice system. Written by acclaimed author and educator Kenneth J. Peak, who believes that students learn best by doing and whose experience includes policing and administrative roles in both the criminal justice system and higher education, this comprehensive, reader-friendly text introduces students to the subject and importance of criminal justice. Key trends, emerging issues, historical backgrounds, and practical lessons are provided for students to apply in their future careers. Students will learn the core topics in criminal justice—including policing, corrections, criminal behavior, and criminal law and courts, as well as special topics such as ethics, juvenile justice, terrorism, gun control, and marijuana legalization—while learning how to solve problems they are likely to face in a variety of criminal justice career paths.


Mark S. Davis, The Concise Dictionary of Crime and Justice, Second Edition

A new approach to making everyday criminal justice terms accessible

 A useful reference work for faculty and students, criminal justice professionals, writers, and anyone else interested in criminal justice and criminology, The Concise Dictionary of Crime and Justice, Second Edition, is an excellent, wide-ranging resource with clear definitions for over 3,000 key criminal justice terms. Often going beyond simply definitions, the dictionary places the entries in a meaningful context, connecting the definitions with other concepts. The dictionary uniquely presents common misperceptions for selected terms, along with additional relevant information to clarify a term’s use or derivation.

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About the Author

Kenneth J. Peak is emeritus professor and former chairof the Department of Criminal Justice, University ofNevada, Reno, where he was named Teacher of the Year by the university s Honor Society. Following four yearsas a municipal police officer in Kansas, he subsequentlyheld positions as a nine-county criminal justice plannerfor southeast Kansas; director of a four-state technicalassistance institute for the Law Enforcement AssistanceAdministration (based at Washburn University inTopeka); director of university police at Pittsburg StateUniversity (Kansas); acting director of public safety, Universityof Nevada, Reno; and assistant professor of criminal justice at Wichita StateUniversity. He has authored or coauthored 28 textbooks (relating to general policing, community policing, criminal justice administration, police supervision and management, and women in law enforcement), two historical books (on Kansas temperance andbootlegging), and more than 60 journal articles and invited book chapters. He is pastchair of the Police Section of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences and presidentof the Western and Pacific Association of Criminal Justice Educators. He received twogubernatorial appointments to statewide criminal justice committees while residing inKansas and holds a doctorate from the University of Kansas.

Edition details

• Publisher: Sage Pubns
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1506305253
• ISBN 13: 9781506305257
• Binding: Paperback