Courts: A Text/Reader (SAGE Text/Reader Series in Criminology and Criminal Justice)

Courts: 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.

• Criminological Theory: Past to Present: Essential Readings
• The Criminal Justice System: Politics and Policies
• Critical Thinking About Research: Psychology and Related Fields
• Psychological Evaluations for the Courts, Fourth Edition: A Handbook for Mental Health Professionals and Lawyers
• How Do Judges Decide?: The Search for Fairness and Justice in Punishment
• Forensic Science: From the Crime Scene to the Crime Lab (2nd Edition)
• The Police in America: An Introduction
• Eligible For Execution: The Story of the Daryl Atkins Case
• Statistics for Criminology and Criminal Justice
• Corrections: The Essentials