The public policy of crime and criminal justice /

The public policy of crime and criminal justice /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Marion, Nancy E.
Edition:	2nd ed.
Imprint:	Upper Saddle River, NJ : Pearson Prentice Hall, c2012.
Description:	xiv, 495 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	United States. -- Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 -- Evaluation. Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (United States) Criminal justice, Administration of -- United States. Crime -- Government policy -- United States. Evaluation. Crime -- Government policy. Criminal justice, Administration of. United States.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8304320

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Other authors / contributors:	Oliver, Willard M.
ISBN:	9780135120989 0135120985
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents:

Part I. The Criminal Justice Policy Process
1. Criminal Justice and Public Policy
2. Criminal Justice Ideology
3. The Criminal Justice Policy Process
Part II. The Criminal Justice Policy Actors
4. Executive branches
5. Legislative Branches
6. Judiciary
7. Bureaucracies
8. Public Opinion and the Media
9. Interest Groups
Part III. The Criminal Justice System
10. The Police
11. Courts
12. Corrections
13. Juvenile Justice
Part IV. Criminal Justice Policy
14. Criminal Justice Policy: A Case Study