Foundations of Criminal Justice

Stephen S. Owen: Professor and Chair of Criminal Justice, Radford University; Henry F. Fradella: Professor of Criminal Justice at Arizona State University; co-author of America's Courts and the Criminal Justice System, 11 /e (Cengage, 2013), Criminal Procedure for the CJ Professional, 11 /e (Cengage, 2012), and Forensic Psychology, 2/e (Cengage, 2007); Tod W. Burke: Professor of Criminal Justice and Associate Dean in the College of Humanities and Behavior Sciences at Radford University; a former MD police officer; Jerry W. Joplin: Professor of Justice and Policy Studies at Guilford College; former administrator and correctional counselor in the IL Dept of Corrections

• 1. Introducing Crime and Criminal Justice2. Criminal Justice, Society, and Morality3. Criminal Justice, Legal Reasoning, and Legal Philosophy4. Theories of Deviance and Social Control5. Theories of Criminal Behavior6. Concepts of Justice7. Concepts of Justice Policy8. Issues of Inequality in the Criminal Justice System9. Concepts of Criminal Procedure10. Criminal Law11. Criminal Punishment12. Core Concepts of US Policing13. Core Concepts of US Court Systems14. Core Concepts of US Correctional Theory and Practice

This text is unlike any other introductory text. It focuses on the foundational principles, ideologies, and philosophies that students should be considering when discussing criminal justice issues. This text is excellent, and I have used it since the 1st edition came out. The text length and affordability, the focus on foundational ideologies such as idealism and pragmatism, and the brief and yet thorough foundation for police, courts and corrections in the last 3 chapters of the book are overall strengths." - Martha Earwood M.S.C.J, University of Alabama at Birmingham