Criminal Justice in America [Paperback]

George F. Cole (Author), Christopher E. Smith (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0534546668 | ISBN-13: 978-0534546663 | Publication Date: August 3, 1998 | Edition: 2nd

This is the brief version of George Cole's "American System of Criminal Justice", a criminal justice textbook. This lower cost, shorter version contains balanced research within a social science context that takes into account the economic, political, sociological, historical and philosophical implications of the criminal justice system. The text contains all of the necessary course material but in a less extensive fashion.

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"One of the best introductory textbooks on the market and the only textbook that I use to teach Introduction to Criminal Justice." --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

George F. Cole is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of Connecticut. A specialist in the administration of criminal justice, he has published extensively on such topics as prosecution, courts, and corrections. He developed and directed the graduate corrections program at the University of Connecticut and was a Fellow at the National Institute of Justice (1988). Among his other accomplishments, he has been granted two awards under the Fulbright-Hays Program to conduct criminal justice research in England and the former Yugoslavia. In 1995 he was named Fellow of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences for distinguished teaching and research. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 450 pages
• Publisher: Wadsworth Pub Co; 2nd edition (August 3, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0534546668
• ISBN-13: 978-0534546663
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.4 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,316,844 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars As promised, September 9, 2011

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My daughter needed this book for college and we found it here for a decent price. Delivery was as promised and condition was as listed.

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5.0 out of 5 stars University book, May 12, 2010

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I used this book for a class at a university. It was the required text book and served me well toward getting an A. For a foundational book, there's nothing wrong with it. The only problem with it was that I could not resell it at the end of the semester because they considered it to be "outdated" at that time.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars informative and up to date, May 29, 2007

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Criminal Justice in America (5th edition) proposes a clear view of the criminal justice system. The book is filled with up to date information including the citation of rulings from the Robert's court in 2006. Cole & Smith greatly sum up topics that can easily have and do have books of their own. Some little things that make a great addition to the book is review questions and answers seen throughout the chapter as well as special little sections in which they talk about specific careers in the criminal justice system. As far as the previous reviewers that claim this book to be racist, they must have only read the first section dealing with "is the criminal justice system racist?"