An introduction to comparative legal models of criminal justice /
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Author / Creator: | Roberson, Cliff, 1937- author. |
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Edition: | Second edition. |
Imprint: | Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, ©2016. |
Description: | xvi, 333 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Language: | English |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10936521 |
Other authors / contributors: | Das, Dilip K., 1941- author. |
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ISBN: | 9781498746267 1498746268 9781498746298 1498746292 9781498746274 1498746276 9781498746304 1498746306 |
Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-320) and index. |
Summary: | "Updated to reflect changes in the crimindal justice systems in several countries, An introduction to comparative legal models of criminal justice, second edition explores and illustrates the idea that a country's legal model determines the character of its police, corrections, and legal system. It focuses on how law shapes policing, including how it causes police to act as though they are above the law ... Thorough and concise, An introduction to comparative legal models of criminal justice, second edition provides a text covering the different major legal models in the world that is ideal for a one-semester course"--Page 4 of cover. |
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