Cannabis is everywhere! Whether you call it weed, pot, or marijuana, cannabis by any other name is still cannabis. From your stereotypical street drug dealer to medical cannabis dispensaries to courtrooms across America, we cannot escape the hot buzz that is weed. While it may be hot, it is nothing new; since being made illegal over a hundred years ago, proponents of its use and benefits have rallied and advocated for its declassification as an illicit substance, upon deaf ears until very recently. Individuals’ states and companies have been making moves to decriminalize and regulate this…

Women, Minorities, and Criminal Justice takes a hard look at crime, justice, and the criminal justice system through the lens of gender, race, sexuality, and their intersections. Dialogue about minorities in criminal justice is currently one of the most talked about issues in a variety of social and political spaces. Often missing is the inclusion of women. Filled with content appropriate for undergraduate or graduate exploration, Women, Minorities, and Criminal Justice examines such topics as police use of force, implicit bias,…

Research is powerful because it impacts decision-making in virtually every part of our lives, and it is critical for making informed decisions. The process of deciding what criteria matter most to you before ultimately making a decision is an example of using research to make the best decision possible. This also applies to making decisions in the criminal justice field.

Criminal Justice Research Methods explores the why, what, and how of research methods by focusing on topics such as:

• Connecting theory to criminal…

Criminal Justice introduces the many facets of the U.S. criminal justice system in a logical, readily understandable manner. The reader will understand the complexity of the criminal justice system from the start of the process to the end, recognize controversies, and examine the breadth of the challenges faced by justice professionals.

This introduction to Criminal Justice goes beyond standard criminal justice publications by including Career Connections features that profile specific professions, Ethics and…

Ethics in the Criminal Justice System explores ideas and information in and around ethical decision making as it pertains to criminal justice. As an edited volume, Ethics in the Criminal Justice System features contributing authors who have provided a varied and challenging palette of offerings from pure philosophy to common sense practical professional advice. Boldly luring readers into fascinating discussions, Ethics in the Criminal Justice System  alerts students to the need for criminal justice…

Mastering research methods and designs should be a top priority of all students and scholars who are driven by curiosity and strive to acquire and advance knowledge.

Aimed at both undergraduate and graduate students, Theories of Research Methodology: Readings in Methods provides the reader with six sections of research methodology, providing him/her with a broader spectrum of the different methods and designs available. From covering basic concepts in research methods to more advanced and innovative research methods, the new edition of the book…

The Administration of Justice: An Introduction to the Criminal Justice System in America, 6e is a comprehensive overview of Criminal Justice that is presented in a clear and understandable format. The text is designed to meet the needs of those students who are seeking to get a broad overview of the American Criminal Justice System as an elective to meet general education requirements for other disciplines, as well as the foundation for those students planning to major in criminal justice studies.

Each chapter begins with a Chapter Overview, Learning…

Criminal Justice and Mental Health: An Evidence Based Approach details the historical, social, and policy influences that have led to the criminal justice system now serving as a default mental health system. The three largest mental health facilities in the United States are jails and prisons and there are more people with a mental illness who are incarcerated compared to those who are not. Students in criminology and criminal justice will find value in this text as it moves from police, courts, to corrections, using the Ecological School of Thought to examine the…

Criminal Justice in America: Crime Control and Due Process goes in-depth about the history of the criminal justice system, policing in America, police behavior, the court system, prisons, capital punishment, and more.

Criminal Justice in America: Crime Control and Due Process features chapter outlines, visuals, graphs and charts, data, key terms, critical thinking questions, and end notes. It provides a comprehensive view of the subject with a straightforward approach that allows readers to fully grasp the content. Review questions…

Introduction to Criminal Justice Overview is a comprehensive overview of criminal justice presented clearly and understandably. The book surveys the criminal justice system to expose readers to many United States Criminal Justice System issues. The text is designed to meet the needs of students seeking a broad overview of the American Criminal Justice System either as an elective to meet general education requirements for other disciplines or as the foundation for those planning to major in criminal justice studies.

Professional Development and Careers in Criminal Justice examines various employment opportunities within the criminal justice system. This text is intended for individuals who wish to explore career options or may be uncertain about their professional pathways within this field. Whether the goal is to gain insight into different roles or refine career objectives, this textbook is a valuable resource in supporting your professional journey.

The United States criminal justice system plays a key role in the maintenance of law and order and public safety in society. At its core, our American criminal justice system is tasked with upholding justice fairly and equitably while also ensuring responsibility and accountability for those who break the law. It is also responsible for advocating for and protecting the innocent and underserved, promoting peace, and fostering a peaceful society. For those of us who are Christians, these functions are our duties and keep us deeply connected to the characteristics and heart of Christ and His…

Ethics and Ethical Decision Making in the Criminal Justice System is a textbook written with students in both undergraduate and graduate ethics courses in mind. Some of the latest case studies include examples of unethical conduct within the three major components of our criminal justice system (police, court, and corrections). Students are provided the tools they need to develop an understanding of the importance of ethics and why they need to be practiced on a regular basis. An ethical decision making pyramid was created to show the importance of several…

Reconsidering Criminal Justice & Law Enforcement: Practices, Policies & Paradigms is a collection of evidence-based research offering a wide-ranging exploration of current and historical trends driving America’s predominant practices and policies in criminal justice and law enforcement, along with their cultural and legislative foundations. In addition to offering reasoned, practicable, and fair-minded options for addressing the legal system’s persistent struggles with fairness and equality, this book provides numerous proven solutions…

Ethical Issues in the Criminal Justice Process provides a comprehensive examination of the complex moral dilemmas inherent in the operation of the criminal justice system. From law enforcement practices to courtroom procedures and corrections policies, this textbook navigates the intricate terrain where ethics intersect with the pursuit of justice. Drawing on real-world case studies and ethical theories, it offers students and professionals alike a framework for understanding, analyzing, and resolving ethical challenges in the criminal justice…

A comprehensive Criminal Justice Internship Manual. The manual is adaptable to any internship program, but focuses upon the criminal justice fields. The manual provides a step by step process for starting and maintaining a field experience with academic rigor. Included in the manual are essential forms; applications, releases, agreements and quantitative assessments for the interns, as well as, for the agencies involved.

Most exciting is a program developed to partner with law enforcement to provide the most diverse and enriched experience for both the intern and the agency.…

Embark on a Journey Through the Maze of Criminal Justice with a Comprehensive Guide for Success

As the doors of higher education swing open, a new breed of scholar’s steps onto the path less traveled: the intricate world of Criminal Justice. A Freshman's Guide to Criminal Justice: Pathways to Success is not just another academic text; it's a lifeline thrown to those diving into the depths of law enforcement, court systems, corrections, and beyond. With this guide in hand, students are not…

Criminology & Criminal Justice: A Survey is a first-of-its-kind textbook designed for a general education survey on crime and justice or an introduction to criminology and criminal justice course. Across 19 chapters, the three core components of the criminal justice system (i.e., law enforcement, courts, and corrections), required courses (i.e., criminological theory, criminology and criminal justice research methods, and statistics in criminal justice), and common elective courses (e.g., serial killers, cybercrime and technology, and victimology, etc.) an…

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Think, Talk and Tackle Contemporary Diversity Issues in Criminal Justice analyzes many contemporary situations like recent shootings to assist readers in understanding the underlying factors involved.

Think, Talk and Tackle Contemporary Diversity Issues in Criminal Justice covers many pertinent topics such as how stereotyping about crime influences attitudes, policies and behaviors towards groups including migrants; how criminal justice response impacts…

Much has been written about the problems within our criminal justice system, both law enforcement and corrections, but never before has that been presented along with the causes of those problems and specific strategies to correct them. This unique and remarkable book, based on Shuford’s 30 years of experience, is a must read for criminal justice policy makers, leadership, supervisors as well as educators in preparing students for careers in criminal justice. This content packed text will lead the reader from research based consequences of criminal justice employee stress through an…

The role of textbooks and study materials, regardless of subject, is to present learners with key content and to help them to acquire necessary skills. The goal for Criminal Justice in the New Millennium: Process & Practice is simplicity. 

The authors created a text that is engaging and easy to read.  While the major criminal justice concepts and proper jargon are covered in this text, the authors made the information palatable for today’s student and concise enough for the reader to understand the…

Oftentimes undergraduate students fear the statistics course and believe that because they are bad at math, the will not be able to understand the material. 

Designed for the undergraduate level student, Understanding Statistics for Criminal Justice and the Social Sciences is written in a basic, easy to understand format. For students to understand the more complicated material in the book, they need to have an understanding of the material at the beginning.  In statistics more complicated concepts work off of the…

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Fundamental Concepts in Criminal Justice is an introductory textbook that provides students with a vast amount of subject matter that is both relevant and foundational to the criminal justice discipline. These topics include, but are not limited to the following areas: Evolution of Crime and Punishment; Ethical Issues in Criminal Justice; Criminal Law; Criminal Procedure; Courts and the Judiciary; and Juvenile Justice. The subject matter organizes a unique approach to key concepts, and is…

SOCIAL AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE IN MORAL PERSPECTIVE provides an overview of the different understandings of what justice is. The text will examine social and criminal justice and how it affects our private, public, and professional lives.  

These elements include interpersonal relationships, beliefs, cultures, legal documents, and many more. 

The features, including actual case studies and testimonial videos of…

Social & Criminal Justice: A Capstone reviews key criminal and social justice topics and prepares students to complete a Capstone research paper. The book explores a range of topics including strategies for generating research ideas and writing the research paper, methods for evaluating journal articles, and analysis of how different roles in the criminal justice system can play a part in helping to create a more just society. 

This book is carefully constructed to allow students the chance to understand the research process. The first half of the class introduces students to general concepts and levels the playing field for those that may not have had a college-level statistics course before. Then we move to an analysis of the concepts of central tendency and the central limit theorem.

Once students are comfortable with these basic concepts, we begin discussing hypothesis testing, probability, and various tests using ordinary least squares (OLS) techniques. While not focusing extensively on the formulas…

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…

Introduction to Criminal Justice for the 21st Century and Beyond is designed for students, CJ enthusiasts, and criminal justice practitioners. The textbook provides an overview of the American Criminal Justice components (police, courts, and corrections) with case studies, critical thinking exercises, and discussions. This book challenges readers to think beyond application as the text provides guidance about criminal justice careers and graduate education.

The goal of Forensic Criminologist Meets Career Criminal: Failure in the American Justice System is manifold. First, the effort will educate on the angst and tasks faced by victim families when a loved one has been killed by a criminal. Second, the book highlights the imbroglios faced when attempting to garner research information via open records, court documents, police reports, corrections reports, district attorney files, and interviews. Third, a career criminal is examined. Lastly, the failures of the criminal justice system are emphasized along with lessons…

Teaching and learning research methods can be an arduous task, especially if students do not have a clear understanding and acceptance of why learning the skills of conducting research and the knowledge obtained from reading research are so important to their academic and career development.

Research Methods for Criminal Justice is designed for undergraduate students pursuing a degree in criminal justice.  It presents the knowledge, skills, and vocabulary centering on criminal justice research, but particularly with an assignment of presenting a…

This book identifies essential theories and practices in criminal justice. The primary goal of this textbook is provide undergraduate criminal justice students with a broad array of assessments and evaluations of the programs and policies that have progressed in the field of criminal justice. It reviews and scrutinizes experiments such as S.M.A.R.T., Minneapolis Domestic Violence, Midtown Community Court, D.A.R.E., Ceasefire in Boston, and Kansas City Preventive Patrol in the light of relevant criminal justice theories. In addition, this book provides a summary and analysis of the cases…

The Criminal Justice System: Theory, Research, and Practice exposes students to the whole gamut of the business of administering justice in society. This book intends to serve as a comprehensive introduction to criminal justice. The objective is simply to provide an awareness of the issues of crime and justice without overwhelming a novice learner. To accomplish these tasks, the book acts as a survey of a typical criminal justice curriculum to give the readers exposure to the variety of courses that they might encounter throughout their academic careers.…

A Re-Introduction To Criminal Justice aims to take a new approach to the way students are introduced to the study of crime and justice. Instead of providing students with straightforward examinations and solutions as most introductory texts do, A Re-Introduction To Criminal Justice encourages students to partake in self-awareness, critical thinking, and unique problem solving.

Stephen McGuinn and Alan Bruce’s A Re-Introduction To Criminal Justice:

• addresses weaknesses found…

Something Bad Happened Last Night: The Study of the Victim’s Role in the Criminal Justice System is not intended to be a comprehensive analysis of all crime victims and the various ways in which crime impacts crime victims. This text is an introductory exploration of crime victims, the impact of crime, and the role of the crime victim in the criminal justice process, with a special focus on victims of violent crime.

Due to the introductory nature of this text, many groups of crime victims do not receive extensive discussion. That is not meant to mitigate the…

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!

Criminal Justice: Balancing Crime Control and Due Process showcases the ways that criminal justice systems operate according to the at times conflicting, and at times complementary, goals of crime control and due process.

Criminal Justice: Balancing Crime Control and Due Process helps students improve their critical thinking skills and evaluate why criminal justice practitioners make the decisions they do when processing criminal offenders.

Criminal Justice: Balancing Crime Control and Due Process…

How do we learn about criminal justice? From what sources do we get this information? How do we filter the massive amount of information available to us on a given subject—especially one as controversial as criminal justice?

Introduction to Criminal Justice Customized recognizes controversies faced by the criminal justice system. “Real world” examples are offered throughout the text, in each case highlighting difficult choices faced by our society, the justice system, and those attempting to develop a clear and unbiased policy. Ideally, these examples will…

The Corr of the American Criminal Justice System: Lessons and the Anatomy of an American Tragedy presents a picture of the American Criminal Justice System through the lens of the many unique facets surrounding the murder of New Hartford, New York Police Officer Joseph D. Corr. This enhanced case study uses the historical record and accounts of the crimes that occurred, the ensuing investigation, and its aftermath, as the lens to bring focus to the foundations of our American Criminal Justice System and the many lessons learned from this American tragedy.

The criminal justice system is about storytelling: by the victim, the suspect, the officer, the prosecutor, and the defense attorney. For many the justice system is not necessarily about justice or fairness: it may simply be about whose story is believed. 

Crime, Justice, and Literature: A Reader emphasizes storytelling by using literature as a tool to help students understand the theories, concepts and models taught in an introductory criminal justice class. Recognizing that criminal justice is an interdisciplinary field, Crime…

Management within the justice domain involves considerations of controlling, coordinating, leading, organizing, planning, staffing, and directing. No solitary approach for executing these functions exists. Instead, each separate justice system entity represents a unique instantiation of management endeavors and activities. Essentially, the management paradigms that are successful for one justice system entity may be completely ineffective for another organization.

Management and Administration for Criminal Justice Organizations provides insight into…

In Internship Guide to Criminal Justice and Criminology, Lopez, Abney, and Jaramillo have penned an essential text for those interested in obtaining praxis in criminal justice careers: merging years of “theory” into the development of an ongoing career of practice in the field. They focus on the critical skills needed for the fine art of moving from theory to practice (praxis) in a field at times overbur- dened by the first, and underrepresented by the latter.

In this latest text, designed to guide both faculty and students in developing a meaningful and practical system for…

Perspectives on Crime: An Introduction to Criminal Justice emphasizes three main concepts. The first concept encompasses the idea of decisions made by police officers typically are common sense decisions. These decisions could include writing a ticket, prosecuting a case, or even making an arrest. The second concept explains the unintended consequences that arise when changes are pursued in the criminal justice system. Lastly, the book addresses the idea that theories imply solutions. Favor and bias tends to exist when looking at perspectives on a variety of…

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An estimated 100,000 individuals are killed annually from deadly infectious pathogens after being admitted to American hospitals, regardless of the reason he or she had been admitted to the hospital in the first place.

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) advance the idea that most of those infectious deaths were preventable.

Criminal Justice and Public Health: MRSA and Other Deadly Pathogens is an account of the relationship between the quality of public safety services,…

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Many offenders who enter our system are under the belief that they are a failure, that they are not capable of change due to their past... 

Through a Convict’s Eyes: An Overlooked View of the Criminal Justice System provides a unique perspective of the current dynamic criminal justice system by fusing the thoughts of a federal probation officer/administrator and a convicted felon.

In the criminal justice system we have overlooked, in the author’s opinion, the perspective of the individual who has made mistakes and been…