The criminal justice system in the United States is best described as a system of related, but not necessarily co-ordinated, agencies. Accountable to different branches of government and having different goals, they may even work to the detriment of each other. Alpert looks at the links between the parts of the system and analyzes their relationships. He warns that criminal justice in America will slow down or stop if the various components do not work in relative harmony.
- ISBN10 0803921470
- ISBN13 9780803921474
- Publish Date 20 March 1985
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 19 February 2010
- Publish Country US
- Imprint SAGE Publications Inc
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 145
- Language English