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Courts: A Text/Reader
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A Text/Reader provides the best of both worlds- authored text sections with carefully selected accompanying readings that illustrate the questions and controversies legal scholars and court researchers are investigating in the 21st century. The articles, from leading journals in criminology and criminal justice, reflect both classic studies of the criminal court system and state-of-the-art research, and often have a policy perspective that makes them more applied, less theoretical, and more interesting to both undergraduate and graduate students.
Key Features
Begins with an introductory chapter that presents a succinct overview of the U.S. criminal court system and its processes, and briefly describes the organization and content of the bookFeatures “How to Read a Research Article”-a perfect introduction to understanding how real-world research is organized and delivered in the journal literature-which precedes and is tied to the first reading in the bookIncludes a "mini-chapter” for each section, with figures and tables that present basic concepts and provide a background for the readings that followIntroduces students to cutting-edge research and classic studies of the criminal court system by leading scholars in the field in carefully selected, edited research articlesProvides key terms, Web resources, and thought-provoking discussion questions for each section, along with questions for each reading to help students develop their critical thinking skillsAccompanied by High-Quality Ancillaries!
Instructor Resources on CD include a test bank, PowerPoint slides for each section, classroom activities, and more. To request a copy, qualified adopters should contact SAGE Customer Care at 800-818-SAGE (7243) from 6am – 5pm, PT. A Student study site at www.sagepub.com/spohnstudy provides additional articles, self-study quizzes, e-flashcards, and more.
Intended Audience
This unique Text/Reader is primarily intended for undergraduate and graduate courses on the criminal court system and/or judicial processes.
To learn more about author Cassia Spohn, please click here.
Interested in a text/ reader for another criminology or criminal justice here? Explore other titles in the series.
A Text/Reader provides the best of both worlds- authored text sections with carefully selected accompanying readings that illustrate the questions and controversies legal scholars and court researchers are investigating in the 21st century. The articles, from leading journals in criminology and criminal justice, reflect both classic studies of the criminal court system and state-of-the-art research, and often have a policy perspective that makes them more applied, less theoretical, and more interesting to both undergraduate and graduate students.
Key Features
Begins with an introductory chapter that presents a succinct overview of the U.S. criminal court system and its processes, and briefly describes the organization and content of the bookFeatures “How to Read a Research Article”-a perfect introduction to understanding how real-world research is organized and delivered in the journal literature-which precedes and is tied to the first reading in the bookIncludes a "mini-chapter” for each section, with figures and tables that present basic concepts and provide a background for the readings that followIntroduces students to cutting-edge research and classic studies of the criminal court system by leading scholars in the field in carefully selected, edited research articlesProvides key terms, Web resources, and thought-provoking discussion questions for each section, along with questions for each reading to help students develop their critical thinking skillsAccompanied by High-Quality Ancillaries!
Instructor Resources on CD include a test bank, PowerPoint slides for each section, classroom activities, and more. To request a copy, qualified adopters should contact SAGE Customer Care at 800-818-SAGE (7243) from 6am – 5pm, PT. A Student study site at www.sagepub.com/spohnstudy provides additional articles, self-study quizzes, e-flashcards, and more.
Intended Audience
This unique Text/Reader is primarily intended for undergraduate and graduate courses on the criminal court system and/or judicial processes.
To learn more about author Cassia Spohn, please click here.
Interested in a text/ reader for another criminology or criminal justice here? Explore other titles in the series.
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752 pages, Paperback
First published October 20, 2008
About the author
Cassia C. Spohn
11 booksCassia Spohn is Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Arizona State University. She has published extensively on prosecutors' charging decisions in sexual assault cases; the effect of race, ethnicity, and gender on sentencing decisions; sentencing of drug offenders; and the deterrent effect of imprisonment. She is currently conducting a National Institute of Justice-funded study of police and prosecutorial decision making in sexual assault cases in Los Angeles.
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July 15, 2019
Granted it gives you knowledge of the court system, the various personnel who work in this system and a history of how cases are decided; however, many of the articles in the book are repetitive, dry and somewhat boring. Yes, I know that the authors may be lawyers and/or law professors, but, come on. Learn to use an economy of words; please don't write the way the stereotypical lawyer speaks: speaking just to hear the sound of their own voice. Also, did anyone edit this book? I found numerous typographical and grammatical errors.
July 7, 2017
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