TY - BOOK AU - Gaines,Larry K. AU - Miller,Roger LeRoy TI - Criminal justice in action. SN - 9780495601609 (pbk.) AV - HV9950.G35 U1 - 364.973 22 PY - 2009/// CY - Belmont, CA PB - Thomson Wadsworth KW - Criminal justice, Administration of KW - United States N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Contents: Criminal justice -- Causes of crime -- Defining and measuring crime -- Inside criminal law - Law enforcement today -- Challenges to effective policing -- Police and the constitution -- Courts and the quest for justice -- Pretrial procedures and the criminal trial -- Probation and community corrections -- Prisons and jails -- The juvenile justice system -- Homeland security and the future of criminal justice -- ER -