Introduction to Criminal Justice: Practice and Process

by Kenneth J. Peak, Pamela M Everett

Introduction to Criminal Practice and Process, Second Edition uses a proven problem-based learning approach to enhance the critical thinking and analytic skills of students. Best-selling authors Kenneth J. Peak and Pamela M. Everett explain the importance of criminal justice and show students how key trends, emerging issues, historical background, and practical lessons apply to their future careers. Students learn core topics―policing, corrections, criminal behavior, criminal law, and courts―as well as special topics such as ethics, juvenile justice, terrorism, and the changing war on drugs, while learning how to solve problems they are likely to face as criminal justice practitioners. Packed with new examples and drawing on the authors’ years of experience in the field, this student-friendly book offers a palpable, real-world flavor typically missing in other texts for the course.

Genres: Nonfiction

504 pages, Paperback

First published December 12, 2013

Reviews

[Lauren · Rating 3 out of 5]

For a textbook, this book was good. Some phrasing could be more straight-forward and some sections seemed like just filler, but gave a good, balanced overview of the issues at stake.

[C.M. Chafin · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is useful in a very high level understanding of criminal justice. The examples were chosen well. I didn't feel like I really pushed past the limit of awe in learning something new, so it definitely falls in the introductory zone of basic definitions and understandings.