Introduction to Law and Criminal Justice: . - Softcover

Acker, James R.; Malatesta, JoAnne M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1449690327 ISBN 13: 9781449690328

Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2012

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James R. Acker is a Distinguished Teaching Professor in the School of Criminal Justice at the University at Albany. He holds J.D. (Duke University) and PhD (University at Albany, in criminal justice) degrees. He is the recipient of Excellence in Teaching Awards from the University at Albany and the State University of New York (SUNY). He is the co-author, with David Brody, of Criminal Procedure: A Contemporary Perspective (Jones & Bartlett Learning, 3rd ed.'2013) and Criminal Law (Jones'& Bartlett Learning, 2d ed. 2010),'and co-author, with JoAnne'Malatesta,'of Introduction to Law and Criminal Justice (Jones & Bartlett'Learning, 2013). 'He is the author of Scottsboro and Its Legacy: The Cases That Challenged American Legal and Social Justice (Praeger Publishers 2008), and co-editor of The Future of America’s Death Penalty: An Agenda for the Next Generation of Capital Punishment Research (Carolina Academic Press 2009); Wounds That Do Not Bind: Victim-Based Perspectives on the Death Penalty (Carolina Academic Press 2006); and America’s Experiment With Capital Punishment: Reflections on the Past, Present, and Future of the Ultimate Penal Sanction (Carolina Academic Press, 2d ed. 2003).

JoAnne Malatesta is an Assistant Dean in the School of Criminal Justice at the University at Albany. She holds MA and PhD degrees in Criminal Justice from the University at Albany. Her areas of interest and research include criminal law, constitutional criminal procedure, contemporary legal issues and the impact of the Internet environment on criminal behavior. She has instructed numerous undergraduate courses including: Introduction to Law and Criminal Justice, Substantive Criminal Law, and Constitutional Criminal Procedure.

Edition details

• Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1449690327
• ISBN 13: 9781449690328
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 440