Chamelin, Neil C., 1942- Introduction to criminal justice / [electronic resource] / Neil C. Chamelin, Vernon B. Fox, Paul M. Whisenand.. — 2d ed.. — Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : : Prentice-Hall,, c1979.. — xiv, 514 p. ; 25 cm. - Prentice-Hall series in criminal justice.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction -- Part 1: The police subsystem -- Our criminal justice system -- The police role -- Program operations: patrol -- Program operations: specialist units -- Police administration -- Community crime prevention -- Part 2: Criminal law and the courts -- Historical and moral perspectives on criminal law -- Survey of constitutional principles -- Courts in the United States -- The processes of criminal justice -- Toward judicial reform -- Part 3: Corrections -- Development of corrections -- Jails -- Probation -- Prisons and correctional institutions -- Institutional society -- Community-based corrections -- Juvenile corrections -- Parole and other release procedures -- The criminal justice system in transition.
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Criminal justice, Administration of--United States. Justice pénale--Administration--États-Unis.