INTRODUCTION TO CRIMINAL JUSTICE - POLICE, COURTS, CORRECTIONS

• NCJ Number: 36726
• Author(s): G E BERKLEY; M W GILES; J F HACKETT; N C KASSOFF
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 521 pages
• Sale Source: Holbrook Press
• Publication Type: Overview Text
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THIS TEXTBOOK DESCRIBES THE ORGANIZATIONAL PATTERN OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM AND HOW ITS THREE SUBSYSTEMS (POLICE, COURTS, CORRECTIONS) MUST WORK TOGETHER TO BE EFFECTIVE.

Abstract

EACH SUBSYSTEM AND THE CURRENT ISSUES FACING IT ARE EXPLORED IN DETAIL. ALSO DISCUSSED ARE: THE TYPES OF CRIMES, THE SOCIOLOGICAL EXPLANATIONS FOR CRIMES, THE HISTORY OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE, AND THE EFFECTS OF POLITICAL INFLUENCE ON THAT SYSTEM. THE LAST PART PRESENTS A UNIQUE OVERVIEW OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE IN OTHER COUNTRIES SUCH AS ENGLAND, FRANCE, THE SOVIET UNION, AND SWEDEN. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)