Criminal Justice in America: 5th Edition

by Bill Hayes, Marshall Croddy

Criminal Justice in America 5th Edition, is the most comprehensive secondary criminal justice text.

Our most popular publication, Criminal Justice in America is the most comprehensive secondary text available on the subjects of criminal law, procedure, and criminology. It can serve as a text for an entire law-related education course, or as a supplement for civics, government, or contemporary-issues courses. Its extensive readings are supported The Student Edition is divided into six

408 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2005

About the author

The recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship in nonfiction, Bill Hayes is a frequent contributor to the New York Times and the author of several books.

A photographer as well as a writer, his photos have appeared in The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Granta, New York Times, and on CBS Evening News. His portraits of his partner, the late Oliver Sacks, appear in the recent collection of Dr. Sacks’s suite of final essays Gratitude.

Hayes has been a Visiting Scholar at the American Academy in Rome, the recipient of a Leon Levy Foundation grant, and a Resident Writer at Blue Mountain Center. He has also served as a guest lecturer at Stanford, NYU, UCSF, University of Virginia, and the New York Academy of Medicine.

Reviews

[Beth Carr · Rating 4 out of 5]

For a textbook for a class, it was good. A lot of information about the criminal justice system. I think it's a little outdated, but it's still relevant.