Criminal Justice in Action: The Core

by Larry K. Gaines, Roger LeRoy Miller

With gripping photos, an engaging magazine-like format, and riveting examples straight from today's headlines, CRIMINAL JUSTICE IN ACTION: THE CORE, 8th puts readers in the center of the action. Providing just the right depth of coverage, this succinct book uses vivid cases and current events to demonstrate the core principles of the American justice system at work. Coverage of careers illustrates the many opportunities available to readers in today's criminal justice workplace environment.

Genres: School, Nonfiction, Textbooks

528 pages, Paperback

First published August 17, 1999

Reviews

[Chloe Bright · Rating 4 out of 5]

a pretty good textbook

[Isaac · Rating 2 out of 5]

good

[Silas · Rating 3 out of 5]

A helpful book for those interested in learning the basics of the current U.S. criminal justice system, but a textbook is but a textbook.

[~jessie~ · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was the assigned text for a community college level Intro to Criminal Justice course I was enrolled in in Spring of 2011. Some info was already dated but as mentioned at the very end of the last chapter "the criminal justice system ten years from now will not be exactly the same as the one you have learned about in this textbook." However this book organized info in a really intuitive natural flow way that made each week's assigned reading enjoyable and interesting. It does provide the reader with "a strong grasp of the fundamentals of the criminal justice system."

[Kristen · Rating 4 out of 5]

very good beginners book into criminal justice. not difficult to read.