Crime and the Criminal Justice System | |
The Criminal Justice System | p. 1 |
The Goals of Criminal Justice | p. 2 |
Criminal Justice in a Federal System | p. 4 |
Criminal Justice as a Social System | p. 7 |
Characteristics of the Criminal Justice System | p. 8 |
Operations of Criminal Justice Agencies | p. 9 |
The Flow of Decision Making in the Criminal Justice System | p. 12 |
Crime and Justice in a Multicultural Society | p. 22 |
Summary | p. 27 |
Questions for Review | p. 27 |
Key Terms | p. 27 |
For Further Reading | p. 27 |
Going Online | p. 28 |
Checkpoint Answers | p. 28 |
Crime and Justice in America | p. 29 |
Defining Crime | p. 30 |
Types of Crime | p. 30 |
How Much Crime Is There? | p. 36 |
Crime Victimization | p. 40 |
Causes of Crime | p. 45 |
Summary | p. 53 |
Questions for Review | p. 54 |
Key Terms | p. 54 |
For Further Reading | p. 54 |
Going Online | p. 55 |
Checkpoint Answers | p. 55 |
Criminal Justice and the Rule of Law | p. 56 |
Foundations of Criminal Law | p. 57 |
Substantive Criminal Law | p. 58 |
Procedural Criminal Law | p. 66 |
Constitutional Rights and Criminal Justice Professionals | p. 76 |
Summary | p. 77 |
Questions for Review | p. 77 |
Key Terms and Cases | p. 78 |
For Further Reading | p. 78 |
Going Online | p. 78 |
Checkpoint Answers | p. 78 |
Police | |
Police | p. 80 |
The Development of Police in the United States | p. 81 |
Law Enforcement Agencies | p. 87 |
Police Functions | p. 91 |
Police Policy | p. 93 |
Police Actions | p. 95 |
Police and the Community | p. 99 |
Summary | p. 101 |
Questions for Review | p. 102 |
Key Terms | p. 102 |
For Further Reading | p. 102 |
Going Online | p. 102 |
Checkpoint Answers | p. 102 |
Police Officers and Law Enforcement Operations | p. 104 |
Who Are the Police? | p. 105 |
The Police Subculture | p. 108 |
Organization of the Police | p. 112 |
Police Response and Action | p. 114 |
Delivery of Police Services | p. 117 |
Summary | p. 124 |
Questions for Review | p. 124 |
Key Terms | p. 124 |
For Further Reading | p. 125 |
Going Online | p. 125 |
Checkpoint Answers | p. 125 |
Police and Constitutional Law | p. 126 |
Legal Limitations on Police Investigations | p. 127 |
Plain View Doctrine | p. 130 |
Warrantless Searches | p. 132 |
Questioning Suspects | p. 138 |
The Exclusionary Rule | p. 141 |
Summary | p. 144 |
Questions for Review | p. 144 |
Key Terms and Cases | p. 144 |
For Further Reading | p. 144 |
Going Online | p. 145 |
Checkpoint Answers | p. 145 |
Policing: Issues and Trends | p. 146 |
Issues in Patrolling | p. 147 |
Policing and New Technology | p. 153 |
Police Abuse of Power | p. 155 |
Civic Accountability | p. 159 |
Security Management and Private Policing | p. 161 |
Summary | p. 166 |
Questions for Review | p. 166 |
Key Terms and Cases | p. 166 |
For Further Reading | p. 166 |
Going Online | p. 167 |
Checkpoint Answers | p. 167 |
Courts | |
Courts and Adjudication | p. 170 |
The Structure of American Courts | p. 171 |
To Be a Judge | p. 173 |
The Prosecutorial System | p. 178 |
The Defense Attorney: Image and Reality | p. 184 |
The Courtroom: How It Functions | p. 191 |
Summary | p. 193 |
Questions for Review | p. 193 |
Key Terms | p. 193 |
For Further Reading | p. 194 |
Going Online | p. 194 |
Checkpoint Answers | p. 194 |
Pretrial Procedures, Plea Bargaining, and the Criminal Trial | p. 195 |
From Arrest to Trial or Plea | p. 196 |
Bail: Pretrial Release | p. 198 |
Pretrial Detention | p. 202 |
Plea Bargaining | p. 204 |
Trial: The Exceptional Case | p. 209 |
Appeals | p. 216 |
Summary | p. 218 |
Questions for Review | p. 219 |
Key Terms and Cases | p. 219 |
For Further Reading | p. 219 |
Going Online | p. 219 |
Checkpoint Answers | p. 220 |
Punishment and Sentencing | p. 221 |
The Goals of Punishment | p. 222 |
Forms of the Criminal Sanction | p. 226 |
The Sentencing Process | p. 236 |
Summary | p. 244 |
Questions for Review | p. 244 |
Key Terms and Cases | p. 245 |
For Further Reading | p. 245 |
Going Online | p. 245 |
Checkpoint Answers | p. 245 |
Corrections | |
Corrections | p. 248 |
Development of Corrections | p. 249 |
Organization of Corrections in the United States | p. 256 |
The Law of Corrections | p. 262 |
Correctional Policy Trends | p. 266 |
Summary | p. 273 |
Questions for Review | p. 273 |
Key Terms and Cases | p. 273 |
For Further Reading | p. 274 |
Going Online | p. 274 |
Checkpoint Answers | p. 274 |
Community Corrections: Probation and Intermediate Sanctions | p. 276 |
Community Corrections: Assumptions | p. 277 |
Probation: Correction without Incarceration | p. 277 |
Intermediate Sanctions in the Community | p. 281 |
The Future of Community Corrections | p. 290 |
Summary | p. 290 |
Questions for Review | p. 290 |
Key Terms | p. 291 |
For Further Reading | p. 291 |
Going Online | p. 291 |
Checkpoint Answers | p. 291 |
Incarceration and Prison Society | p. 292 |
The Modern Prison: Legacy of the Past | p. 293 |
Goals of Incarceration | p. 293 |
Prison Organization | p. 294 |
Governing a Society of Captives | p. 296 |
Correctional Officers: The Linchpin of Management | p. 298 |
Who Is in Prison? | p. 300 |
The Convict World | p. 304 |
Women in Prison | p. 307 |
Prison Programs | p. 311 |
Violence in Prison | p. 314 |
Summary | p. 318 |
Questions for Review | p. 318 |
Key Terms | p. 318 |
For Further Reading | p. 318 |
Going Online | p. 319 |
Checkpoint Answers | p. 319 |
Reentry into the Community | p. 320 |
Prisoner Reentry | p. 321 |
Release and Supervision | p. 322 |
Release Mechanisms | p. 323 |
Parole Supervision in the Community | p. 326 |
The Future of Prisoner Reentry | p. 333 |
Summary | p. 333 |
Questions for Review | p. 334 |
Key Terms | p. 334 |
For Further Reading | p. 334 |
Going Online | p. 334 |
Checkpoint Answers | p. 334 |
The Juvenile Justice System | |
Juvenile Justice | p. 338 |
Youth Crime in the United States | p. 339 |
The Development of Juvenile Justice | p. 340 |
The Juvenile Justice System | p. 346 |
The Juvenile Justice Process | p. 347 |
Problems and Perspectives | p. 356 |
Summary | p. 358 |
Questions for Review | p. 358 |
Key Terms and Cases | p. 358 |
For Further Reading | p. 358 |
Going Online | p. 359 |
Checkpoint Answers | p. 359 |
Constitution of the United States: Criminal Justice Amendments | p. 361 |
References | p. 362 |
Glossary | p. 374 |
Name Index | p. 381 |
Subject Index | p. 385 |
Photo Credits | p. 397 |
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