The American System of Criminal Justice (Available Titles CengageNOW)

Cole, George F.; Smith, Christopher E.

ISBN 10: 0495599654 / ISBN 13: 9780495599654

Published by Cengage Learning (edition 12), 2008

About this Item

It's a preowned item in good condition and includes all the pages. It may have some general signs of wear and tear, such as markings, highlighting, slight damage to the cover, minimal wear to the binding, etc., but they will not affect the overall reading experience.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The American System of Criminal Justice (Available Titles CengageNOW)
• Publisher: Cengage Learning (edition 12)
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0495599654
• ISBN 13: 9780495599654
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 12.
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

Cole and Smith's classic best-seller examines criminal justice across several disciplines, and presents elements from criminology, sociology, law, history, psychology, and political science. Broad coverage of the facts, an interesting writing style, and compelling delivery of current events make THE AMERICAN SYSTEM OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE one of the best texts available for an in-depth introduction to the American criminal justice system.

Review

"This text is a true leader in the industry! It is updated, current, well organized and thought through!" "In terms of organization, the text is well thought through! The chapter selection is state-of-the-art from start to finish!" "a]clearly promotes 'critical understanding' with the Close-Ups, New Directions, Doing Your Part, A Question of Ethics, What Americans Think, and landmark Comparative Perspectives!" "Students need to hit the ground running a this chapter (Chapter 3) has a positive blend of material that does just that! The coverage is well-balanced! This chapter serves as a "kick-off" to the remaining components of the system." "The material is clear, accurate, interesting, on the appropriate level and most important, 'on the cutting edge' of the text's three major themes: 1. Criminal justice involves public policies 2. The concept of social system is an essential tool and 3. American values provide the foundation on which criminal justice is based." "Students need to hit the ground running ? this chapter (Chapter 3) has a positive blend of material that does just that! The coverage is well-balanced! This chapter serves as a "kick-off" to the remaining components of the system." "?clearly promotes 'critical understanding' with the Close-Ups, New Directions, Doing Your Part, A Question of Ethics, What Americans Think, and landmark Comparative Perspectives!" "Students need to hit the ground running - this chapter (Chapter 3) has a positive blend of material that does just that! The coverage is well-balanced! This chapter serves as a "kick-off" to the remaining components of the system." " clearly promotes 'critical understanding' with the Close-Ups, New Directions, Doing Your Part, A Question of Ethics, What Americans Think, and landmark Comparative Perspectives!"