Criminal Justice (with InfoTrac) / Edition 7

by Joel Samaha

Overview

Samaha's CRIMINAL JUSTICE, Seventh Edition has retained its role as a leader in the introduction to criminal justice market. It offers a unique decision-making approach that engages students and promotes critical thinking while providing a thorough and engaging introduction to the field. This edition retains and enhances these strengths with such features as "Fact or Fiction?"-a new feature that gets students thinking about the major topics at the beginning of each chapter, "Make Your Decision"-a new multi-page section that concludes each chapter, and "Criminal Justice and Technology" -a new feature that highlights the impact of rapidly changing technology on the system. The new format includes a rich variety of full-color illustrations and photos that add to the engaging writing to hold students' interest. Also, the book features up-to-the-minute coverage of the hottest topics in the field, including the impact of world terrorism and rapidly changing technologies. This manageable 15-chapter text now includes separate chapters on the explanations of criminal behavior (Chapter 3), on trial and guilty pleas (Chapter 10) and on juvenile justice (Chapter 15).

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781111348328
Publisher:	Cengage Learning
Publication date:	06/17/2005
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	624
Product dimensions:	0.33(w) x 0.43(h) x 0.03(d)

About the Author

Joel Samaha is University Distinguished Teaching Professor of Sociology at the University of Minnesota, where he teaches Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure. He received his B.A. (History), J.D., and Ph.D. (History) from Northwestern University and studied under Sir Geoffrey Elton at Cambridge University, England. Professor Samaha was admitted to the Illinois Bar, briefly practiced law in Chicago, and then taught at UCLA. In 1971, he joined the University of Minnesota, where he served as Chair of the Department of Criminal Justice Studies for four years, taught television and radio courses in criminal justice, co-taught a National Endowment for the Humanities seminar in legal and constitutional history, was named College of Liberal Arts Distinguished Teacher in 1974, and named University Distinguished Teaching Professor in 2007. Professor Samaha s works have appeared in Historical Journal, American Journal of Legal History, Minnesota Law Review, William Mitchell Law Review, and Journal of Social History.

Table of Contents

Part I: CRIMINAL JUSTICE. 1. Criminal Justice in the United States. 2. Crime, Criminals, and Victims. 3. Explanations of Criminal Behavior. 4. Criminal Justice and the Law. Part II: POLICE. 5. Missions and Roles of the Police. 6. Policing Strategies. 7. Police and the Law. Part III: COURTS. 8. Courts and Courtroom Work Groups. 9. Proceedings Before Trial. 10. Trial and Guilty Pleas. 11. Sentencing. Part IV: CORRECTIONS. 12. Community Corrections. 13. Prisons, Jails, and Prisoners. 14. Prison Life. Part V: JUVENILE JUSTICE. 15. Juvenile Justice. Appendix A. U.S. Bill of Rights.