America's Courts and the Criminal Justice System

Open this book and step into America's court system! With Neubauer and Fradella's best-selling text, you will see for yourself what it is like to be a judge, a prosecutor, a defense attorney, and more. This fascinating and well-researched text gives you a realistic sense of being in the courthouse, enabling you to quickly gain an understanding of what it is like to work in and be a part of the American criminal justice system. The book's approach, which focuses on the courthouse "players," makes it easy to understand each person's important role in bringing a case through the court process. Throughout the text, the authors highlight not only the pivotal role of the criminal courts but also the court's importance and impact on society as a whole.

• American Corrections
• Police & Society
• Basics of Research Methods for Criminal Justice and Criminology
• Criminological Theory: Context and Consequences
• Ordinary Injustice: How America Holds Court
• The Police in America: An Introduction
• Fundamentals of Research in Criminology and Criminal Justice
• Gideon's Trumpet: How One Man, a Poor Prisoner, Took His Case to the Supreme Court-and Changed the Law of the United States
• Multicultural Issues in the Criminal Justice System
• Introduction to Criminology: Theories, Methods, and Criminal Behavior