Criminal Justice in America: The Politics Behind the System

by Nancy E. Marion

Criminal Justice in America: The Politics Behind the System provides an introduction to the American system of criminal justice, with politics as its underlying theme. The basic premise is that the criminal justice system in the United States is primarily a function of the political system. The political system creates the laws, agencies, and processes that make up the criminal justice system, thus, the two are inherently related to each other. One...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 089089633X
• ISBN13: 9780890896334
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: Carolina Academic Press
• Length: 490 Pages