金石堂Introduction to Criminal Justice: Systems, Diversity, and Change, Third Edition offers a brief, accessible approach to criminal justice with comprehensive and up-to-date coverage of all aspects of the criminal justice system in 14 succinct chapters. Using running cases that appear in each chapter, it clearly illustrates each concept with real-world examples and demonstrates the connectedness of the criminal justice system. With a focus on engaging students, it includes coverage of often-marginalized topics such as victimization, diversity, and policy implications and applications, as well as hot topics such as white-collar crime, terrorism, and cybercrime.
Features and benefits:
-Real criminal cases woven throughout the chapters draw readers into the text, giving them a real-world glimpse of victims/offenders during each phase of the criminal justice process. Video interviews of case study participants enhances the real-world appeal of this feature.
- Focus on policy implications and applications.
- Diversity among participants in the criminal justice system - both offenders and practioners- is noted throughout the book.
- Diversity among participants in the criminal justice system - both offenders and practioners- is noted throughout the book.
- Emphasis on current events. Hot topics such as white-collar crime, terrorism, cybercrime, etc. are addressed throughout the text, rather than tacked on at the end.
-Ethics boxes are incorporated throughout each chapter to underscore the complexity of the issues presented with critical thinking questions at the end of each.
-Career profiles highlight a variety of careers in Criminal Justice and include video guest essays that spotlight professionals in various criminal justice careers.
-Career profiles highlight a variety of careers in Criminal Justice and include video guest essays that spotlight professionals in various criminal justice careers.
- Boxes on common misconceptions help change students’ misimpressions about the organization and operation of the criminal justice system.
-Critical Thinking Matters sections at the end of each chapter challenge students to apply the chapter concepts to the running cases and to other real-world examples.
-Critical Thinking Matters sections at the end of each chapter challenge students to apply the chapter concepts to the running cases and to other real-world examples.
- An Interactive eBook is available with links to SAGE original videos of participants in the running cases and career profiles, and more.
New to This Edition:
- 10 new Policy Boxes address hot topics in the field of criminal justice; examples include: crime and undocumented immigrants, training for police officers when working with individuals who are mentally ill, the fear of violence on college campuses, and the right to refuse service for religious beliefs.
-Each chapter has a new full-page Data Matters: The Story in Numbers infographic, which tells the story of an issue in criminal justice through data. These student-centered infographics assist students in making connections between data on the same topic and encourage critical thinking.
-Updated statistics and data are included where available, along with an acknowledgement and discussion surrounding why FBI and NCVS data had not been updated at the time of press.
-Expanded discussion surrounding the legal definition of rape and the highly publicized Brock Turner case has been included in Chapter 1.
-At the request of reviewers, expanded material on the U.S. Constitution and federalism has been added to Chapter 3.
-Additionally, pressing topics affecting the criminal justice system have been added, such as the country’s changing marijuana laws, a look at why diversity in policing has been historically low, policing technology and privacy concerns, the Trump administration’s views on private prisons, and peer courts in the juvenile justice system.
New to This Edition:
- 10 new Policy Boxes address hot topics in the field of criminal justice; examples include: crime and undocumented immigrants, training for police officers when working with individuals who are mentally ill, the fear of violence on college campuses, and the right to refuse service for religious beliefs.
-Each chapter has a new full-page Data Matters: The Story in Numbers infographic, which tells the story of an issue in criminal justice through data. These student-centered infographics assist students in making connections between data on the same topic and encourage critical thinking.
-Updated statistics and data are included where available, along with an acknowledgement and discussion surrounding why FBI and NCVS data had not been updated at the time of press.
-Expanded discussion surrounding the legal definition of rape and the highly publicized Brock Turner case has been included in Chapter 1.
-At the request of reviewers, expanded material on the U.S. Constitution and federalism has been added to Chapter 3.
-Additionally, pressing topics affecting the criminal justice system have been added, such as the country’s changing marijuana laws, a look at why diversity in policing has been historically low, policing technology and privacy concerns, the Trump administration’s views on private prisons, and peer courts in the juvenile justice system.
