Introduction to Criminal Justice: Practice and Process

by Peak Kenneth J., Tamara D. Madensen

A practical and applied introduction to criminal justice
Introduction to Criminal Practice and Process shows you how to think practically about the criminal justice system by offering you a proven, problem-based approach to learning.  Bestselling authors Kenneth J. Peak and Tamara D. Madensen draw on their many years of combined practitioner and academic experience to explain the importance of criminal justice and show how key trends, emerging issues, historical background, and practical lessons can be applied in the field.
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1186 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 12, 2013

Reviews

[Lauren · Rating 3 out of 5]

For a textbook, this book was good. Some phrasing could be more straight-forward and some sections seemed like just filler, but gave a good, balanced overview of the issues at stake.

[C.M. Chafin · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is useful in a very high level understanding of criminal justice. The examples were chosen well. I didn't feel like I really pushed past the limit of awe in learning something new, so it definitely falls in the introductory zone of basic definitions and understandings.