Introduction to Criminal Justice: Practice and Process

By Kenneth J. Peak, Tamara D. Madensen, Tamara D. Herold, et al.

Book Overview

Introduction to Criminal Justice offers a contemporary and applied approach to understanding the criminal justice system. Written by acclaimed author and educator Kenneth J. Peak, who believes that students learn best by doing and whose experience includes policing and administrative roles in both the criminal justice system and higher education, this comprehensive, reader-friendly text introduces students to the subject and importance of criminal justice. Key trends, emerging issues, historical backgrounds, and practical lessons are provided for students to apply in their future careers. Students will learn the core topics in criminal justice--including policing, corrections, criminal behavior, and criminal law and courts, as well as special topics such as ethics, juvenile justice, terrorism, gun control, and marijuana legalization--while learning how to solve problems they are likely to face in a variety of criminal justice career paths.

Interactive eBook
This dynamic new Interactive eBook version of Kenneth J. Peak's bestselling text, Introduction to Criminal Justice is ideal for students in online and traditional courses who prefer a more contemporary, multimedia-integrated presentation for learning. It provides students with integrated links to engaging video and audio as well as access to complete academic and professional articles, all from the same pages found in the printed text. Students will also have immediate access to study tools such as highlighting, bookmarking, note-taking, and more

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Chapter 6: Police at Work: Patrolling and Investigating



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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1483307352
• ISBN13: 9781483307350
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 2.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.3" x 0.8" x 8.8"