Justice Administration: Police, Courts, and Corrections Management (5th Edition) (Hardcover)

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Product Description

Justice Administration: Police, Courts, and Corrections Management, Fifth Edition, is the only single-author book of its kind: exploring administration from a systems perspective and examining the organization, operation, personnel roles, functions, issues and practices of the police, courts, and corrections. Drawing on the author’s 35 years of experience, the text offers an authentic and unique real -world perspective. This revision incorporates more than 30 case studies, discussions of future considerations, articles from Law Enforcement News and a new chapter on terrorism and homeland defense. Updated material addresses topics such as the Prison Litigation Reform Act, probation-police partnerships, computer crime and probation, and new technologies. 

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This text provides a single-author exploration of justice administration that encompasses all three components of the criminal justice system -- police, courts, and corrections -- as well as other contemporary administrative matters. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 544 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall; 5 edition (February 3, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0132206730
• ISBN-13: 978-0132206730
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.9 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #372,871 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Just as described!!!, September 12, 2009

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This review is from: Justice Administration: Police, Courts, and Corrections Management (3rd Edition) (Hardcover)

I recommend this book for anyone interested in the Criminal Justice System or for anyone going into that field. There is a great deal of necessary information contained within this textbook that would benefit anyone who reads this.