Criminal Justice-3 Vol. Set
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ISBN: 1587652188 / Publisher: Salem Pr, January 2005
Offers more than six hundred authoritative articles covering topics related to criminal justice, including types of crimes, law enforcement, investigation, prosecution, forensic science, and summaries of famous American trials.
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For upper level middle school students and above, as well as general readers, this three-volume reference offers 625 alphabetically-arranged articles on the "six C's" at the core of the subject: criminals (who they are and what they do); codes (laws and legislation); constitutions (the foundations, including Supreme Court cases); cops (who they are and what they do); courts; and corrections. Each entry begins with a definition and a summary of issues and significance, and ends with references and cross references. Editor Gerstenfeld (California State University, Stanislaus) and 300 contributors prepared the work. About one-quarter of the articles are picked up from Salem Press's American Justice and Magill's Legal Guide; the emphasis in the new materials is on developments in the field, particularly forensics and crime scene investigation. B&w photos and charts and diagrams are sprinkled throughout. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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