Criminal Justice in America - Softcover

Cole, George F.; Smith, Christopher E.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0534546668 ISBN 13: 9780534546663

Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing, 1998

Synopsis

This book features solid and balanced research within a social science context that takes into account the economic, political, sociological, historical, and philosophical implications of the criminal justice system.

About this title

About the Author:

George F. Cole is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of Connecticut. He has been recognized for outstanding teaching and research and in 1995 was named a Fellow of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. A specialist in the administration of criminal justice, he has published extensively on such topics as prosecution, courts, and corrections. He developed and directed the graduate corrections program at the University of Connecticut and was a Fellow at the National Institute of Justice (1988). Among his other accomplishments, he has been granted two awards under the Fulbright-Hays Program to conduct criminal justice research in England and the former Yugoslavia. He is co-author of several other Cengage Learning/Wadsworth criminal justice titles, including CRIMINAL JUSTICE IN AMERICA, Eighth Edition (with Christopher Smith and Christina DeJong); AMERICAN CORRECTIONS, Eleventh Edition (with Todd Clear and Michael Reisig); AMERICAN CORRECTIONS IN BRIEF, Third Edition (with Todd Clear, Michael Reisig, and Carolyn Petrosino); and THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM: POLITICS AND POLICIES, Tenth Edition (with Marc Gertz).

Review:

"I have used and continue to use this textbook for 'Introduction to Criminal Justice' classes. I feel that this text and the information contained within is the best in the book market at the present time as to easy to read, understand, and grasp."

About this edition

• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0534546668
• ISBN 13: 9780534546663
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 450