Introduction to Criminal Justice: Practice and Process

Introduction to Criminal Justice: Practice and Process

<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong><span>Introduction to Criminal Justice: Practice and Process, <em>Second Edition</em></span></strong><span> uses a proven problem-based learning approach to enhance the <span style="color: black;">critical thinking and analytic skills of students. Best-selling authors</span> Kenneth J. Peak and Pamela M. Everett<span style="color: black;"> </span>explain the importance of criminal justice and show students how key trends, emerging issues, historical background, and practical lessons apply to their future careers. Students learn core topics—policing, corrections, criminal behavior, criminal law, and courts—as well as special topics such as ethics, juvenile justice, terrorism, and the changing war on drugs, while learning how to solve problems they are likely to face as criminal justice practitioners. Packed with new examples and drawing on the authors’ years of experience in the field, this student-friendly book offers a palpable, real-world flavor typically missing in other texts for the course.</span></p>