TY - BOOK AU - Gaines,Larry K. AU - Miller,Roger LeRoy TI - Criminal justice in action: the core SN - 9780495094753 (student ed. : pbk.) AV - HV 9950 G142c 2008 U1 - 345 PY - 2008/// CY - Belmont, CA PB - Thomson/Wadsworth KW - Criminal justice, Administration of KW - United States KW - Primera Jornada de Catalogación KW - Justicia organizacional KW - Estados Unidos KW - Derecho penal N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Criminal Justice Today. 2. Causes of Crime. 3. Defining and Measuring Crime. 4. Inside Criminal Law. 5. Law Enforcement Today. 6. Challenges to Effective Policing. 7. Police and the Constitution: The Rules of Law Enforcement. 8. Courts and the Quest for Justice. 9. Pretrial Procedures and the Criminal Trial. 10. Punishment and Sentencing. 11. Probation and Community Corrections. 12. Prisons and Jails. 13. Behind Bars: The Life of an Inmate. 14. The Juvenile Justice System. 15. Terrorism, Cyber Crime, and the Future ER -