Controversies in Criminal Justice: Contemporary Readings

By Scott Decker and Charles B. Katzenstein

Book Overview

This innovative volume provides two contrasting essays for each of sixteen criminal justice and criminology issues, including such provocative subjects as terrorism, guns and crime, and racial profiling. The essays present opposing viewpoints: one supports the issue, while the other disputes it.

The text also incorporates the following pedagogical features:
* An introduction of key concepts
* Critical thinking questions
* Internet websites for further research

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019533017X
• ISBN13: 9780195330175
• Release Date: August 2002
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 362 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.5" x 9.3"