Criminal justice: mainstream and crosscurrents. /
John Randolph Fuller
- Upper Saddle River NJ: Pearson, 2006.
- xxi, 593 p. : ill. (col.) ; 27 cm.
Includes glossary and indexes.
Contents: Crime: problems, measurement, theories and law: The problem of social control -- The nature and measurement of crime -- Theories of crime -- Criminal law -- Enforcing the law: History and organization of law enforcement -- Controlling the price -- Issues in policing --Role of the courts: History and organization of courts -- Working in the courtroom -- The disposition: plea bargaining, trial and sentencing --From penology to corrections and back: History of control -- The contemporary prison -- Corrections in the community -- Problems in the crosscurrents: Juvenile delinquency and juvenile justice -- Crime and values: drugs, gambling and sex work -- Present and emerging trends: the future of criminal justice --
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