Comparative Criminal Justice Systems: A Topical Approach (3rd Edition)
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ISBN: 0130912875 / Publisher: Prentice Hall, June 2001
This third edition of an undergraduate or graduate text offers an expanded and updated look at how c...
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This third edition of an undergraduate or graduate text offers an expanded and updated look at how criminal justice is practiced around the world. Early chapters review crime as a world problem and present traditional material on American criminal law. Later chapters look at substantive and procedural criminal law within four contemporary legal traditions, and examine the judiciary, corrections, and juvenile justice. Comparative material is incorporated throughout. This third edition includes new boxes on current topics and boxes explaining background information. The author is affiliated with the University of Northern Colorado. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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