Controversies in Criminal Justice

Contemporary Readings
ISBN13: 9780195330175ISBN10: 019533017X Paperback, 362 pages
Feb 2007,  In Stock

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$57.95 (04)
362 pages; 6-7/8 x 9-3/16; ISBN13: 978-0-19-533017-5ISBN10: 0-19-533017-X
This text provides two opposing viewpoints for each of sixteen criminal justice and criminology issues.

Description

This innovative volume provides two contrasting essays for each of sixteen criminal justice and criminology issues, including such provocative subjects as terrorism, guns and crime, and racial profiling. The essays present opposing viewpoints: one supports the issue, while the other disputes it.

The text also incorporates the following pedagogical features:
* An introduction of key concepts
* Critical thinking questions
* Internet websites for further research

About the Author(s)

Edited by Scott H. Decker, University of Missouri--St. Louis, Leanne Fiftal Alarid, University of Missouri--Kansas City, United States, and Charles M. Katz, Arizona State University--West