Criminal Justice Today: An introductory text for the 21st century (17th Edition) RENTAL EDITION

By Frank Schmalleger

"Many students are attracted to the study of criminal justice because it provides a focus for the tension that exists within our society between individual rights and freedoms, on the one hand, and the need for public safety, security, and order, on the other. Recently, twenty-first-century technology in the form of social media, smartphones, and personal online videos, has combined with perceived injustices in the day-to-day operations of the criminal justice system, culminating in an explosion of demands for justice for citizens of all races and socioeconomic status-especially those whose encounters with agents of law enforcement turn violent. A social movement that began with the shooting of an unarmed black teenager in Ferguson, Missouri, in 2014, has developed into a widespread initiative that demands justice for all"--

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0137910479
• ISBN13: 9780137910472
• Release Date: January 2023
• Publisher: Pearson Inc.
• Length: 705 Pages
• Weight: 3.31 lbs.