Criminology and Criminal Justice Author:Peter Joyce This book presents a summary of the key ideas that seek to explain criminal behaviour and the measures that have been developed to prevent crime. A broad overview of the criminal justice system is provided in order to explain the operations of the key criminal justice agencies and the processes that are involved in bringing offenders to justice.... more » Readers are encouraged to develop the basic knowledge they have obtained in these areas by tackling a number of questions, making use of additional reading of key texts suggested in the book.
Key features:
Interactive, containing a number of ?taking it further? exercises that are designed to encourage readers to extend their knowledge derived from the book into more complex areas, using additional material suggested in the book;
Guidance is given regarding how the ?taking it further? exercises should be answered, thus expanding the coverage devoted to crime and criminal justice in the main chapters of the book;
Good practice regarding the presentation of written work and comprehensive referencing guide including examples;
Organisations concerned with crime and criminal justice affairs and an indication of what online information can be obtained from them;
A glossary of key terms in criminology and criminal justice policy is also provided.