Crime and Justice: A Casebook Approach
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Book Overview
Crime and Justice offers a comprehensive introduction to the U.S. criminal justice system through nineteen historical and contemporary case studies. Each chapter opens with an engaging case, followed by an explanatory chapter that teaches core concepts, key terms, and critical issues. The second edition has been revised and updated throughout. It features new chapters on terrorism, the war on drugs, and gender. It also expands coverage of white collar crime and victims' issues. New cases include Enron, the O.J. Simpson trial, Barbara Sheehan and Battered Women's Defense, the story of Al Capone, and more. In this second edition, Carolyn Boyes-Watson, with contributors Susan T. Krumholz and Aviva M. Rich-Shea, enhance student learning through case studies that serve multiple learning objectives: cases explore sociological issues of race, class, gender, and power, while also teaching students the law and processes of the justice system. The book is excellent for not just Introduction to Criminal Justice courses, but also any course that introduces students to the concepts of crime and justice.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1442220899
ISBN13:9781442220898
Release Date:August 2013
Publisher:Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Length:518 Pages
Weight:2.70 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 8.5" x 11.1"
Age Range:18 to 22 years
Grade Range:Postsecondary
Customer Reviews
2 ratings
A better textbook than most novels!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 15 years ago
I enjoyed this textbook and its casebook approach. It included major cases in history that defined law as well as current cases of interest in the last 10 or so years. There were a lot of references towards ethnic bias in the book as well as mentioning the responsibility to make life equal and impartial for gender and races in the criminal justice system. The questions at the end of the chapter led to serious thought and ideas of how you would behave in the jury's shoes or as a prosecutor.
Just like they said!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 15 years ago
This book was exactly what I needed and wanted. Brand new with no highlights and no bent or torn pages.
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