This book provides a comprehensive overview of the criminal justice and criminology curriculum through contributed essays designed to review and expand upon key areas of study.



This text explores and examines theory, cases, laws and policies as they have been shaped by a larger social, cultural, and historical context. Topics span criminal justice and criminology, including crime theory, law enforcement, jurisprudence, corrections and organizations. Each topic category includes a presentation of historical and contemporary material to illustrate the breadth of research, policy and practice implications of each.



New to This Edition:




New chapters include victimology; gangs; comparative criminology and criminal justice; and culture, media and crime.
Updated chapters include ethics in criminal justice; juvenile delinquency; race and crime; terrorism and the criminal justice system; developments in cyber criminology; police organization and administration; American courts; juvenile justice; philosophical and ideological underpinnings of corrections; community corrections; and restorative justice.
Data and discussions updated in all chapters retained from the first edition.
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