Criminal Justice Today: An Introductory Text for the Twenty-First Century - Couverture rigide

Schmalleger, Frank

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 013302895X ISBN 13 : 9780133028959

Editeur : Pearson Education (US), 1994

Synopsis

Using numerous real-life stories, court cases, statistics and explanations, this text provides a comprehensive introduction to the whole spectrum of contemporary criminal justice topics.

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

Frank Schmalleger, Ph.D., is Professor Emeritus at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke, where he chaired the Department of Sociology, Social Work, and Criminal Justice for nearly 20 years. He currently serves as director of the Justice Research Association, a private consulting firm and think tank focusing on issues of crime and justice. Dr. Schmalleger is also founder and codirector of the Criminal Justice Distance Learning Consortium (http://cjcentral.com/cjdlc).

Dr. Schmalleger holds degrees from the University of Notre Dame and Ohio State University, having earned both a master's degree (1970) and a doctorate in sociology (1974) from Ohio State University with a special emphasis in criminology. He served as an adjunct professor at Webster University in St. Louis, Missouri, where he helped develop the university's graduate program in Security Administration and Loss Prevention. He taught courses in that curriculum for more than a decade. Schmalleger also taught in the New School for Social Research's online graduate program, helping build the world's first electronic classrooms in support of distance learning through computer telecommunications. An avid Web developer, Schmalleger is the creator of a number of award-winning websites, including some that support this textbook (http://www.prenhall.com/schmalleger; http://cjtoday.com, and http://cybrary.info).

Frank Schmalleger is the author of numerous articles and many books, including the widely used Criminology Today (Prentice Hall, 2002); Criminal Justice: A Brief Introduction (Prentice Hall, 2002); Criminal Law Today (Prentice Hall, 2002); The Definitive Guide to Criminal Justice and Criminology on the World Wide Web (Prentice Hall, 2002); Corrections in the Twenty first Century (Glencoe, 2001), coauthored with John Smykla; Crime and the Justice System in America: An Encyclopedia (Greenwood, 1997); and Trial of the Century: People of the State of California vs. Orenthal James Simpson (Prentice Hall, 1996).

Schmalleger is the founding editor of the journal The Justice Professional. He has served as editor for the Prentice Hall series Criminal Justice in the Twenty-First Century and as imprint adviser for Greenwood Publishing Group's criminal justice reference series.

Schmalleger's philosophy of both teaching and writing can be summed up in these words: "To communicate knowledge we must first catch, then hold, a person's interest―be it student, colleague, or policymaker. Our writing, our speaking, and our teaching must be relevant to the problems facing people today, and they must―in some way―help solve those problems."

Quatrième de couverture

Here it is! Schmalleger 6.0. This new sixth edition of Schmalleger has attention-grabbing visuals, up-to-the minute coverage, and riveting real-life stories that propel students to the heart of critical criminal justice concepts and policy issues—while its no-nonsense approach offers frequent insights into the everyday workings of the justice system. With the sixth edition, Criminal Justice Today becomes a true Web-enhanced teaching/learning package. A book without borders. Special new Web-based features include:

• WebExtras! These hyperlinks, build right into the text, take students to crime and justice-related Web sites. Interspersed throughout every chapter, WebExtras! Include the FBI's home page, a virtual tour of the U.S. Supreme Court, an in-depth history of the Columbine High School shooting, and much more!
• Library Extras! These end-of-chapter Web-based "additional readings" lead students to 100 Web-documents that expand on materials and concepts found in the text.
• Web Quests! Found at the end of each chapter, these fascinating Web-based assignments are designed to teach students how to use the Internet to research topics and to find information in the criminal justice area.
• Author Audio Introductions These chapter-specific audio introductions have been recorded by the author to provide additional insight into the workings of the justice system.

In the sixth edition, Criminal Justice Today's rock-solid academic foundation has been combined with the latest in innovative instructional technology to create a learning package that fulfills the promise of making this book "The Introductory Textbook for the Twenty First Century."

Available supplements include:

• Award-winning World Wide Web sites: www.prenhall.com/schmalleger and www.cjtoday.com
• Student Study Guide
• WebCT and Blackboard courses
• State specific supplements for New York, California, Texas, Illinois, and Florida

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Pearson Education (US)
• Date d'édition: 1994
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 013302895X
• ISBN 13: 9780133028959
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 3
• Nombre de pages: 752
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible