Introduction to Criminal Justice: Systems, Diversity, and Change

Introduction to Criminal Justice: Systems, Diversity, and Change, Second Edition, offers students a brief, yet comprehensive, introduction to Criminal Justice with up-to-date coverage of all aspects of the criminal justice system in succinct and engaging chapters. Authors Callie Marie Rennison and Mary Dodge weave four true criminal case studies throughout the book, capturing students’ attention with memorable stories that illustrate the real-life pathways and outcomes of criminal behavior and victimization. Designed to show the connectedness of the criminal justice system, each case study brings the chapter concepts to life. To further captivate and inform students, important and timely topics such as ethics, policy, gender, diversity, victimization, and white-collar crime are discussed throughout.

• Introduction to Criminology: Theories, Methods, and Criminal Behavior
• Criminal Justice in Action: The Core
• Incarceration Nations: A Journey to Justice in Prisons Around the World
• Striking the Balance: Debating Criminal Justice and Law
• Criminology: Theories, Patterns and Typologies
• The Practical Skeptic: Core Concepts in Sociology
• The Art of the Story: An International Anthology of Contemporary Short Stories
• Community Justice
• Police & Society
• Introduction to Criminology: Why Do They Do It?