Description: Crime and Justice offers a comprehensive introduction to the U.S. criminal justice system through fifteen case studies. Each chapter opens with a compelling case, and then teaches core concepts and critical issues. The third edition has been revised and streamlined and feature...
Review Quotes:
"The new edition of this groundbreaking text makes, yet again, an important pedagogical contribution to the field. Indeed, there is no other book like it, and the topics covered are timely and of great interest to students and faculty. It should be in the libraries of all of us who teach criminology and criminal justice." --Walter S. DeKeseredy, West Virginia University
"An extraordinarily effective textbook that, by bringing to life a series of key criminal justice cases, provides students with an in-depth understanding and appreciation of the role of law in attempting (not always successfully) to achieve justice in the United States. As was the case with the previous edition, Carolyn Boyes-Watson once again has written a book that will challenge and fully engage the best students while remaining fully accessible to all students. It is, in my opinion, an indispensable teaching tool." --William P. Schaefer, Hofstra University