Criminal justice an introduction Peter Joyce.
Detalles de publicación: New York Routledge 2012.Descripción: xxi, 528 p. c25 mISBN:- 9780415620611 (hardback)
- 9780415620628 (pbk.)
- 9780203087350 (ebook)
- 364.941 23
- HV9960.G7 J69 2012
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This new and expanded edition builds upon material from the highly successful first edition. A comprehensive textbook on the criminal justice system, the book assesses the main theories concerned with the causes of crime (including white-collar and corporate crime), discusses the operation of all key criminal justice agencies ¿ including the police, probation and prison services and the legal and youth justice systems ¿and identifies the main themes underpinning contemporary criminal justice policy. Key additions include:
updated material from the first edition, incorporating changes to criminal justice policy introduced by the 2010 Coalition government; a new chapter that presents an overview of the criminal justice system; discussions of the evolving EU criminal justice system and the implications of this for UK criminal justice policy.The book is an ideal text for students taking courses in criminal justice, or studying criminal justice as a component of a broader course in criminology or the social sciences and practitoners within these fields. It is written in a highly accessible manner and has a wide range of features that include questions, key chapter themes, a timeline of main events, a glossary of key terms, a website resource guide.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The causes of crime and deviancy -- Crime and society -- The criminal justice system : an overview -- The police service -- The prosecution process -- The judiciary -- Sentencing and punishment -- Prison and its alternatives -- The juvenile justice system -- Diversity -- The global dimension of criminal justice policy -- The shape of things to come?
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Tabla de contenidos provista por Syndetics
- 1 The causes of crime and deviancy
- 2 Crime and society
- 3 The criminal justice system - an overview
- 4 The police service
- 5 The prosecution process
- 6 The judiciary
- 7 Sentencing and punishment
- 8 Prison and its alternatives
- 9 The juvenile justice system
- 10 Diversity
- 11 The global dimension of criminal justice policy
- 12 The shape of things to come
Notas de autor provistas por Syndetics
Peter Joyce is Principal Lecturer in Sociology at Manchester Metropolitan University. He is an experienced and successful textbook author, and the author of Criminology and Criminal Justice: a study guide, published by Willan Publishing (2009).