The Decision-Making Network : An Introduction to Criminal Justice

Anderson, Patrick, Slate, Risdon

ISBN 10: 1594608369 / ISBN 13: 9781594608360

Editore: Carolina Academic Press, 2011

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Riassunto:

The Criminal Justice Decision-Making Network presents criminal justice to undergraduate students as a network of interrelated decisions made by diverse actors in multiple agencies. Legislative decisions about what should be the content of the criminal law, police officers' decisions regarding investigation and arrest, prosecutors' decisions regarding whether to prosecute and what charges to bring, judges' decisions, appellate court decisions, juries' decisions, correctional decisions....all comprise the complex network of criminal justice. This text examines criminal justice decisions in historical context with attention to the Constitutional values and principles which undergird American criminal justice. Students learn how crises often drive the making of law, the development of policies, and the practice of criminal justice. The tensions between civil liberties and public safety are examined. And the challenges of terrorism, immigration, drug enforcement, and other emerging issues which confront the criminal justice decision maker are introduced.

Informazioni sull?autore: Patrick Anderson and Risdon Slate are Professors of Criminology at Florida Southern College.

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Titolo: The Decision-Making Network : An ...
Casa editrice: Carolina Academic Press
Data di pubblicazione: 2011
Legatura: Brossura
Condizione: Very Good