Description: Connect is a web-based learning platform that allows students to better connect with their coursework and their instructors. All of the activities in Connect Criminal Justice, ranging from multiple-choice questions, to drag-and-drop exercises, current events, and open-ended critical thinking questions, are learning-objective based and tied directly to the textbook through chapter learning objectives.
LearnSmart, an adaptive learning system, helps students "know what they know" while guiding them to experience and learn important concepts they need to master. Instructors using LearnSmart report improvements of a letter grade or more in their students' performance. In addition, instructors save time with course preparation and administration because they can use Connect to deliver all content online with ease.
Brief description: Ruth E. Masters is currently the Chair of the Department of Criminology at California State University, Fresno where she has been teaching since 1972. She received her Ed.D. from the University of Southern California in 1978. A former parole agent, she was the sole author and lead author of two criminology textbooks. She was selected in 1999 for the Author of the Year Award by the National Association of Forensic Counselors for her book Counseling Criminal Justice Offenders. Her special interests include corrections, addiction, criminological theory, and cross-cultural administration of justice. She has conducted criminal justice programs in Amsterdam, France, Italy, Scotland, Greece, Belgium, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Brazil, Hong Kong, The Czech Republic, Peru, China, Turkey, Ireland, New Zealand, and Thailand.