Exploring Criminal Justice: The Essentials

The Best-Selling Introductory Criminal Justice Text Has Been Thoroughly Updated Intro CJ Texts Don't Get Any Better Than This - 10 Reasons Why You Should Adopt Exploring Criminal Justice Now in a modernized Third Edition, the best-selling Exploring Criminal Justice: The Essentials continues to engage students in an exploration of the American criminal justice system. This classic text covers the foundational concepts of criminal law and the justice system, including the people and processes that make up the system and how they interact. It features updated statistics and data, contemporary court cases and case studies, and updated references for all topics. With Exploring Criminal Justice: The Essentials students will understand the relationship between law enforcement, corrections, law, policy making and administration, the juvenile justice system, and the courts. This well-organized and comprehensive text is the clear choice for introductory criminal justice courses. Download the Transition Guide to see the numerous updates from the previous edition. Each new print copy includes Navigate 2 Advantage Access that unlocks a comprehensive and interactive eBook, student practice activities and assessments, a full suite of instructor resources (available to adopting instructors with course ID), and learning analytics reporting tools (available to adopting instructors with course ID). NEW - Includes new sections on the use of racial profiling, mental health and offending, as well as new discussions on restoration and status offenses EXPANDED – Contains expanded material on the role the media plays in conjunction with the criminal justice system and additional case studies of crimes committed by juveniles STUDENT FAVORITE – Careers in Criminal Justice boxes help students understand what opportunities are available to them in the criminal justice system FEATURED – Headline Crime boxes highlight recent high-profile cases and current events, and Around the Globe boxes discuss law and law enforcement around the world Introductory Criminal Justice courses. Introduction to Criminal Justice The Criminal Justice System Crime and Justice Administration of Justice Criminal Justice in America © 2018 | 314 pages Read more