A comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to criminal justice that presents topics in an objective and unbiased manner. Provides students with a thorough knowledge of the criminal justice system. Describes current methods of social control and analyzes their strengths and weaknesses through pedagogy such as Analyzing Criminal Justice Issues and Law in Review. New Criminal Justice and the Media feature illustrates the increasing impact media has on public perception of the criminal justice system.
- ISBN10 0314063846
- ISBN13 9780314063847
- Publish Date 1 November 1995 (first published July 1981)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 31 December 2004
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Cengage Learning, Inc
- Imprint Wadsworth Publishing Co Inc
- Edition 7th Revised edition
- Format Hardcover
- Language English