Myths and Realities of Crime and Justice What Every American Should Know,9781449691080

Myths and Realities of Crime and Justice What Every American Should Know

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Edition: 2nd
ISBN13: 9781449691080
ISBN10: 1449691080
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2013-08-02
Publisher(s): Jones & Bartlett Learning
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Table of Contents

Chapter1 What No One Is Telling You About Crime and Justice
Chapter2 The Crime Problem
Chapter3 How Much Crime Is There and Who Commits It?
Chapter4 Robbers, Rapists, and Serial Killers: Violent Crime in America
Chapter5 Hookers, Dopers, and Corporate Crooks: Economic, Exploitive, and Consensual Crime
Chapter6 Victims and Victimization: Will You Be Next?
Chapter7 Crime and Criminal Law: Order, Liberty, and Justice for All?
Chapter8 Why They Break the Law
Chapter9 Taking It to the Streets: Cops on the Job
Chapter10 Pretrial Procedures and Plea Bargaining: From Arrest to "Let's Make a Deal"
Chapter11 Criminal Trials and Courtroom Issues: Convicting the Innocent, Exonerating the Guilty
Chapter12 Prisons and Jails: Punishment at Any Cost?
Chapter13 Community Corrections and Juvenile Justice
Chapter14 Conclusion: What Every American Should Know

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