Criminal Justice Essentials, Study Guide

The Student Study Guide accompanying the ninth edition of Sue Titus Reid's Criminal Justice Essentials provides a comprehensive resource to aid and enhance student learning. Including chapter outlines, key concepts, and a variety of study questions and answer, the Student Study Guide offers the ideal complement to Criminal Justice Essentials. Represents the most thorough, legally accurate, and best-researched overview of the U.S. criminal justice system available today Anchored within the framework of the legal system and consistently includes legal decisions as a basis for much of its direction Accurately interprets the legal decisions which are cited Utilizes references to current affairs Available in full color, including over 100 color photographs

Introduction vi Part I Introduction to Criminal Justice Systems 1 1 Criminal Justice: An Overview 2 2 Crime, Offenders, and Victims 22 Part II Entry into Criminal Justice Systems: Policing 43 3 The Emergence and Structure of Police Systems 44 4 Policing in a Modern Society 62 5 Problems and Issues in Policing 82 Part III Processing a Criminal Case: Criminal Court Systems 99 6 Criminal Court Systems 100 7 Prosecution, Defense, and Pretrial Procedures 118 8 Trial, Sentencing, and Appeal 140 Part IV Confi nement and Corrections 161 9 The History and Structure of Confinement 162 10 Life in Prison 180 11 Community Corrections, Probation, and Parole 198 Part V Juvenile Justice: A Special Case 219 12 Juvenile Justice Systems 220 Appendix Answers to the Questions 238