Essentials of Criminal Justice - Softcover

Senna, Joseph J.; Siegel, Larry J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0534535143 ISBN 13: 9780534535148

Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing, 1997

Synopsis

This text presents criminal justice as a dynamic, ever-changing field--emphasizing how the concepts and processes of criminal justice are constantly evolving. It is ideal for those introductory criminal justice courses that do not permit the detailed coverage provided in Senna/Siegel's longer casebound textbook, Introduction to Criminal Justice. This book, however, does provide all the up-to-date coverage of structural and procedural changes in the criminal justice system that instructors require, ultimately helping students to understand the critical issues in the field and the impact those issues have on the criminal justice system.

About this title

About the Author:

Larry J. Siegel was born in the Bronx in 1947. While attending City College of New York (CCNY) in the 1960s, he was swept up in the social and political currents of the time. He became intrigued with the influence contemporary culture had on individual behavior: Did people shape society or did society shape people? He applied his interest in social forces and human behavior to the study of crime and justice, and after graduating from CCNY, he attended the newly opened program in criminal justice at the State University of New York at Albany. After earning both his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees there, Dr. Siegel began his teaching career at Northeastern University, where he was a faculty member for nine years. After leaving Northeastern, he held teaching positions at the University of Nebraska-Omaha and Saint Anselm College in New Hampshire. Dr. Siegel, currently a professor at the University of Massachusetts-Lowell, has written extensively in the area of crime and justice, including books on juvenile law, delinquency, criminology, and criminal procedure. A court-certified expert on police conduct, he has testified in numerous legal cases.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0534535143
• ISBN 13: 9780534535148
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 505