Book Title: Introduction to Criminal Justice
Subtitle: Washington Open Proftech
Book Description: This is "NOT" a real textbook. We are simply testing the cloning process. Please IGNORE THIS TEXTBOOK ENTIRELY. This OER covers law enforcement, criminal courts, sentencing, penal institutions, and community-based sanctions. It also includes historical and contemporary perspectives on components of the criminal justice system, as well as the legal and constitutional frameworks in which they operate.
Contents
Book Information
Book Description
This OER covers law enforcement, criminal courts, sentencing, penal institutions, and community-based sanctions. It also includes historical and contemporary perspectives on components of the criminal justice system, as well as the legal and constitutional frameworks in which they operate.
Learning Objectives:
- Students will increase the breadth of their knowledge and understanding of the American Criminal Justice System.
- Students will enhance their critical thinking skills via writing, reading, and discussion.
- Students will learn the history, functions, responsibilities, processes, and importance of each component of the criminal justice system.
- Students will become familiar with research and its relationship to criminal justice policy.
- Students will use the foundations learned about the American criminal justice system in future CCJ courses.
Book Source
This book is a cloned version of SOU-CCJ230 Introduction to the American Criminal Justice System by Alison S. Burke, David Carter, Brian Fedorek, Tiffany Morey, Lore Rutz-Burri, and Shanell Sanchez, published using Pressbooks by Open Oregon Educational Resources under a CC BY-SA (Attribution ShareAlike) license. It may differ from the original.
License
Introduction to Criminal Justice Copyright © 2019 by SBCTC is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.
Subject
Legal aspects of criminology