商品簡介
Rather than providing students with "the answers," Making Sense of Criminal Justice, Second Edition, challenges them to think critically about how the criminal justice system deals with difficult situations--such as the use of force by the police--and offers a framework for lively classroom discussions and debates.
New to this Edition
* More focus on evidence-based practices
* Inclusion of relevant Supreme Court cases like Blakely v. Washington, Graham v. Florida, Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project, and Miller v. Alabama
* Addition of recent developments, including the shootings in Newtown, CT, and the Boston Marathon bombing
* Expanded use of the due process and crime control models as an analytical tool throughout
* Discussion of the advent of fusion centers in the war on terror
* Additional suggested writing assignments at the end of each chapter
作者簡介
G. Larry Mays is Regents Professor Emeritus in the Criminal Justice Department at New Mexico State University.
Rick Ruddell is Professor and Law Foundation Chair in Police Studies in the Justice Studies Department at the University of Regina, Canada.
