Issues in Criminal Justice

Multiculturalism, Crime, and Criminal Justice 3e

Third Edition

Robert McNamara

9780197662342
Online Resource
07 July 2023

With its balanced approach and opportunities for critical thinking, this text prepares students for careers in Criminal Justice by covering a broad range of controversial topics they'll encounter in the field.

CrimComics Issue 11: Labeling Theory

Krista S. Gehring and Micheal R. Batista

9780197619384
Paperback
15 March 2022

CrimComics helps today's students understand challenging criminological theories with comics that are fun, engaging, and pedagogically sound

Criminal Justice: The System in Perspective

Ronald G. Burns

9780190296445
Paperback
16 August 2021

For flexible, topical, comprehensive coverage connected to the real world, Burns' Criminal Justice: The System in Perspective uses text, audio, and video to explain the steps of the criminal case process in the CJ system.

CrimComics Issue 10: Developmental and Life-Course Theories

Krista S. Gehring and Michael Batista

9780197545805
Paperback
23 July 2021

CrimComics helps today's students understand challenging criminological theories with comics that are fun, engaging, and pedagogically sound

Race, Crime, and Justice: The Continuing American Dilemma

Steven E. Barkan

9780190272548
Paperback
14 September 2018

Part of Oxford University Press' Keynotes in Criminology and Criminal Justice series, Race, Crime, and Justice provides an authoritative overview of this timely topic by one of the field's leading scholars

Mass Incarceration

Keramet A. Reiter

9780190272531
Paperback
15 September 2017

Keynotes in Criminology and Criminal Justice

Part of our Keynotes in Criminology and Criminal Justice series, this text provides an authoritative overview of mass incarceration

CrimComics Issue 1: Origins of Criminology

Krista S. Gehring and Michael R. Batista

9780190207144
Paperback
01 November 2016

CrimComics helps today's students understand challenging criminological theories with comics that are fun, engaging, and pedagogically sound

CrimComics Issue 2: Biology and Criminality

Krista S. Gehring and Michael R. Batista

9780190207151
Paperback
01 November 2016

CrimComics helps today's students understand challenging criminological theories with comics that are fun, engaging, and pedagogically sound

Capital Punishment: Theory and Practice of the Ultimate Penalty

Virginia Leigh Hatch and Anthony Walsh

9780190212681
Paperback
27 November 2015

An engaging, balanced look at the death penalty, with unique chapters on the use of DNA and the human desire to punish

A Country Called Prison: Mass Incarceration and the Making of a New Nation

Mary D. Looman and John D. Carl

9780190211035
Hardcover
01 July 2015

In A Country Called Prison, Looman and Carl form a foundation of understanding to demonstrate that prison is a culture, not purely an institution made up of fences, building, and policies.

Current Legal Issues in Criminal Justice: Readings

Second Edition

Craig Hemmens

9780199355334
Paperback
16 September 2014

Examining diverse and frequently debated topics, these in-depth essays approach "hot-button" issues from both legal and sociological perspectives

The Death Penalty: America's Experience with Capital Punishment

Raymond Paternoster, Robert Brame, and Sarah Bacon

9780195332421
Paperback
02 July 2007

"All salient issues and elements of the death penalty debate are thoroughly and carefully presented."--John Cochran, University of South Florida

Criminal Justice and Moral Issues

Robert F. Meier and Gilbert Geis

9780195330601
Paperback
29 July 2005

"The writing style is extremely clear and the treatment of topics very balanced, providing an approach that examines the issues fairly and head-on."--Richard A. Ball, Pennsylvania State University

Controversies in Criminal Justice: Contemporary Readings

Scott H. Decker, Leanne Fiftal Alarid, and Charles M. Katz

9780195330175
Paperback
08 August 2002

This text provides two opposing viewpoints for each of sixteen criminal justice and criminology issues.