Introduction to Criminal Justice: Practice and Process

by Kenneth J. Peak, Tamara D. Madensen-Herold (Contributor)

The best-selling Introduction to Criminal Justice: Practice and Process uses a practical, applied approach to teach students the foundations of the U.S. criminal justice system. Award-winning authors Kenneth J. Peak and Tamara D. Madensen-Herold draw on their many years of combined practitioner and academic experience to explain the importance of criminal justice and show how key trends, emerging issues, and practical lessons can be applied in the field.

Genres: Nonfiction

512 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.