Introduction to Criminal Justice

INTRODUCTION TO CRIMINAL JUSTICE provides students with a concise account of the criminal justice system, of system processing, and of the actors and agents that operate within the criminal justice system.  

Empirical evidence on the criminal justice system is integrated throughout the text, which reinforces for students the fact that science can help inform our knowledge of system processing and of CJ policies. Science helps us better understand problems related to crime and to criminal justice system processing; with the “data revolution” in criminal justice, empirical data are used throughout the system to make decisions about how best to expend valuable resources.  

With this book, students of criminal justice learn to appreciate the value of scientific evidence and to let the evidence inform their views about the criminal justice system.