Criminal Justice: An Introduction - Softcover

Adler,Freda; Mueller,Gerhard O.; Laufer,William

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0072993286 ISBN 13: 9780072993288

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages, 2005

Synopsis

This softcover text offers a current, lively and thorough introduction to criminal justice. It draws students into this intruiging field with coverage of past developments, contemporary issues, and tomorrow's challenges. Manageable in terms of size and price, Criminal Justice: An Introduction offers a concise and affordable alternative to encyclopedic texts and more complete coverage than brief core texts.

About this title

About the Author:

Dr. Freda Adler is Distinguished Professor of Criminal Justice at Rutgers University, School of Criminal Justice. She received her BA in sociology, her MA in criminology, and her Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Adler began her career in criminal justice as an evaluator of drug and alcohol treatment programs for federal and state governments. Since 1968, she has taught subjects such as criminal justice, criminology, comparative criminal justice systems, statistics, and research methods. She has served as criminal justice advisor to the United Nations, as well as to federal, state, and foreign governments. Dr. Adler's published works include 13 books as author or coauthor, 9 books as editor or coeditor, and over 90 journal articles. She has served on the editorial boards of the Journal of Criminal Justice, Criminology, and the Journal of Research on Crime and Delinquency. Dr. Adler serves as editorial consultant to the Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology and is coeditor of Advances in Criminological Theory. She also has served as president as the American Society of Criminology (1994-1995).

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0072993286
• ISBN 13: 9780072993288
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 466