Author: DIANE Publishing Company
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 0788183680
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 189
Book Description
California's Criminal Justice System
Author: Christine Gardiner
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781531004958
Category : Criminal justice, Administration of
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
California¿s Criminal Justice System, Third Edition, shares the history, purpose, structure, and procedures of California¿s criminal justice system. It begins with conversations about the state of crime in California, the demographics of crime, and the practices of legislative actions and direct democracy in creating state laws. The book includes discussions of criminal justice policies as well as criminal justice institutions such as policing, courts, corrections, and the juvenile justice system. Each chapter is authored by an expert in the field and highlights some of the current issues, challenges, and controversies facing California¿s criminal justice system. The authors also highlight some of the current criminal justice policies and controversies within the state, including gun policy, sex crime policy, drug policy, capital punishment, realignment, gangs, and victims¿ rights. In addition, the authors include discussions on a variety of different employment opportunities related to criminal justice and the occupational outlook for these positions. This text is appropriate for undergraduate students in introductory courses on criminal justice, law, and government, and can be used either as a supplemental text or as a stand-alone resource for students.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781531004958
Category : Criminal justice, Administration of
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
California¿s Criminal Justice System, Third Edition, shares the history, purpose, structure, and procedures of California¿s criminal justice system. It begins with conversations about the state of crime in California, the demographics of crime, and the practices of legislative actions and direct democracy in creating state laws. The book includes discussions of criminal justice policies as well as criminal justice institutions such as policing, courts, corrections, and the juvenile justice system. Each chapter is authored by an expert in the field and highlights some of the current issues, challenges, and controversies facing California¿s criminal justice system. The authors also highlight some of the current criminal justice policies and controversies within the state, including gun policy, sex crime policy, drug policy, capital punishment, realignment, gangs, and victims¿ rights. In addition, the authors include discussions on a variety of different employment opportunities related to criminal justice and the occupational outlook for these positions. This text is appropriate for undergraduate students in introductory courses on criminal justice, law, and government, and can be used either as a supplemental text or as a stand-alone resource for students.
Punishment and Democracy
Author: Franklin E. Zimring
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780195136869
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
"[A] major study of this unique legislation.... [It] is, quite simply, required reading for anyone interested in crime policy in California, the United States in general, or any modern democratic nation....In an area drenched with emotionalism, the authors have produced a study that is analytically incisive in setting up its categories, conscientious in collecting its data, and judicious in reaching its conclusions. It is also highly readable."--Law andPolitics Book Review "This book is an exemplar of criminology, the science of law-making, law-breaking, and law-enforcing. [The book] will stand for years as both a substantive and methodologicallandmark."--Lawrence W. Sherman, Director, Jerry Lee Center of Criminology, University of Pennsylvania "This would be a better society, with more just and humane policies, if people in authority read and paid attention to this brilliant, closely-reasoned and intensely significant book."--Lawrence Friedman, Stanford Law School
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780195136869
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
"[A] major study of this unique legislation.... [It] is, quite simply, required reading for anyone interested in crime policy in California, the United States in general, or any modern democratic nation....In an area drenched with emotionalism, the authors have produced a study that is analytically incisive in setting up its categories, conscientious in collecting its data, and judicious in reaching its conclusions. It is also highly readable."--Law andPolitics Book Review "This book is an exemplar of criminology, the science of law-making, law-breaking, and law-enforcing. [The book] will stand for years as both a substantive and methodologicallandmark."--Lawrence W. Sherman, Director, Jerry Lee Center of Criminology, University of Pennsylvania "This would be a better society, with more just and humane policies, if people in authority read and paid attention to this brilliant, closely-reasoned and intensely significant book."--Lawrence Friedman, Stanford Law School
The Toughest Beat
Author: Joshua Page
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199985073
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
The Toughest Beat uses the rise of the California Correctional Peace Officers Association, the state's powerful prison officers' union, to explore the actors and interests that have created, shaped, and protected the Golden State's sprawling, dysfunctional penal system -- and how it might yet be transformed.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199985073
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
The Toughest Beat uses the rise of the California Correctional Peace Officers Association, the state's powerful prison officers' union, to explore the actors and interests that have created, shaped, and protected the Golden State's sprawling, dysfunctional penal system -- and how it might yet be transformed.
Crime and Delinquency in California (1998)
Author: DIANE Publishing Company
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 0788183680
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 189
Book Description
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 0788183680
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 189
Book Description
Crime in California and the United States
Author: California. Bureau of Criminal Statistics and Special Services
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
Crime in California
California Criminal Justice Profile
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Criminal justice, Administration of
Languages : en
Pages : 62
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Criminal justice, Administration of
Languages : en
Pages : 62
Book Description
California. Court of Appeal (1st Appellate District). Records and Briefs
Author: California (State).
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
The Codes and Statutes of California, as Amended and in Force at the Close of the Twenty-sixth Session of the Legislature, 1885: Penal code and statutes in force
Author: California
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 992
Book Description
"With containing references to all the decisions of the Supreme Court construing or illustrating the sections of the codes, and to adjudications of the courts of other states having like code provisions."--T.p.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 992
Book Description
"With containing references to all the decisions of the Supreme Court construing or illustrating the sections of the codes, and to adjudications of the courts of other states having like code provisions."--T.p.
Criminal Law and Procedure of California
Author: Charles Howard Fairall
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Criminal law
Languages : en
Pages : 866
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Criminal law
Languages : en
Pages : 866
Book Description