Let's Talk Criminal Justice
Edition: 3
Copyright: 2018
Pages: 286
Edition: 2
Copyright: 2014
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Let’s Talk Criminal Justice provides students with study aids and a bank of questions drawn from the material in each chapter.
Let’s Talk Criminal Justice covers:
- a history of policing crime
- police recruitment
- prison
- probation and parole
- and more!
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
CHAPTER 1 A BRIEF HISTORY OF POLICING CRIME
Hammurabi
Biblical Law
The Hittites
Greek Law
Roman Law
Crime as a Legal Construct
Criminal Justice in Early England
The Influence of William I
Spilling of Blood and Benefit of Clergy
Circuit Courts and Juries
Torture and Pressing
Rogues, Vagabonds and Crime Waves: The Late Middle Ages
Criminal Justice Arrives in America
The Birth of Policing
The Enlightenment Movement
Contemporary Criminal Justice
Summary
CHAPTER 2 THE RAW MATERIALS OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Introduction
Counting Crime
National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS)
National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS)
Do Official and Victimization Data Match?
Criminal Justice Structure and the Magnitude of the Crime Problem
Summary: Balancing Crime Control and Due Process
Web Links
CHAPTER 3 ORIGINS OF MODERN POLICING
Early Days: Sheriffs, Constables and Night Watchmen
Introducing the Word ‘Police’
Sir Robert Peel
French Detectives
Colonial Policing in America
Private Policing and the Emergence of State Troopers
City Policing in America
Summary
CHAPTER 4 POLICE RECRUITMENT
Basic Requirements
Arlington, Texas
Four-Year Degree Requirement
Deputy Sheriffs
State Police
Summary
CHAPTER 5 FEDERAL AGENCIES
The Big Four
Department of Homeland Security
ATF
The Secret Service
US Marshals
FBI Special Units
Summary
CHAPTER 6 POLICE AND THE RULE OF LAW
Introduction
Warrants
The Exclusionary Rule
Exceptions to the Exclusionary Rule and Warrantless
Searches and Seizures
Police Custody, Interrogation, and Miranda
The Costs of Miranda?
Summary: Balancing Crime Control and Due Process
Web Links
CHAPTER 7 BAIL, JAIL, AND THE PRETRIAL PERIOD
Introduction
Bail/Bond
Pretrial Services Today
Bond Decision-Making and Determinants of Release/Detention
The Effects of Pretrial Detention
Jails
Summary: Balancing Crime Control and Due Process
Web Links
CHAPTER 8 TRIALS, PLEA BARGAINS, AND THE PHILOSOPHY OF PUNISHMENT
Introduction
Court Appearances and Procedures
Plea-Bargaining
Trials and Trial Procedures
Motions
Summary: Balancing Crime Control and Due Process
Web Links
CHAPTER 9 PRISON
Introduction
History of American Prisons
Statistical Profile of Prisoners and Prisons
Prisoner Criminality
Summary: Balancing Crime Control and Due Process
Web Links
CHAPTER 10 PROBATION AND PAROLE
Introduction
Probation
Qualification for Probation
Types of Probation
Origin of Parole
Executive Privilege
Summary
CHAPTER 11 HOW THE SYSTEM WORKS
Introduction
The Police
Crime Scene Investigation
The Court
Corrections
Summary
CHAPTER 12 GLOBAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE
South Korea
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Finland
Sweden
Norway
Canada
The RCMP
International Police Responses
Summary
Dr. Peter Johnstone is Professor of Criminal Justice at the University of North Texas and Scholar-in-Residence at the Caruth Police Institute, Dallas. He holds a doctorate in law, an L.L.M. in international criminal law, and an M.A. in history. Peter has worked in universities in the United Kingdom and the United States as a professor and senior administrator. He has published numerous articles and is author of twelve books.