The Decision-Making Network: An Introduction to Criminal Justice
Language: English
Published by Carolina Academic Press, 2018
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- Title
- The Decision-Making Network: An Introduction to Criminal Justice
- Author
- Slate, Risdon N., Anderson, Patrick R., Carter, Lisa M.
- Publisher
- Carolina Academic Press
- Publication year
- 2018
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1531002986
- ISBN 13
- 9781531002985
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
This new edition updates the first edition.
The Decision-Making Network presents criminal justice to undergraduate students as a network of interrelated decisions made by diverse actors in multiple agencies. Legislative decisions about what should be the content of the criminal law, police officers' decisions regarding investigation and arrest, prosecutors' decisions regarding whether to prosecute and what charges to bring, judges' decisions, appellate court decisions, juries' decisions, correctional decisions … all comprise the complex network of criminal justice.
This text examines criminal justice decisions in historical context with attention to the Constitutional values and principles which undergird American criminal justice. Students learn how crises often drive the making of law, the development of policies, and the practice of criminal justice. It examines the tensions between civil liberties and public safety, and it introduces the challenges of terrorism, immigration, drug enforcement, and other emerging issues which confront the criminal justice decision maker.
PowerPoint slides are available upon adoption of this book. A sample selection from the full set of 703 slides is available here. If you are a professor using this book for a class, please contact bhall@cap-press.com to request your slides.
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About the Author
Patrick Anderson is a Professor of Criminology Emeritus at Florida Southern College.
Lisa Carter is an Assistant Professor of Criminology at Florida Southern College.
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