Criminal justice in America -

Marshall Croddy, Bill Hayes

Constitutional Rights Foundation

2012

409 páginas

13h 38m

ISBN-13: 9781886253469

No matter who you are, crime affects your life. As a student, your school might be vandalized or your wallet stolen. Statistically, chances are good that sometime in your life you will be a crime victim. As a taxpayer, you will be required to contribute money in the fight against crime or to repair the damage it does. As a voter, you will be asked to choose candidates based in part, at least, on their views about solutions to crime. Everyone agrees that crime is a serious problem. Few agree about its causes or solutions.
Although the debate over the causes and solutions to crime will probably never end, society has evolved a criminal justice system for dealing with crime. Two areas of jurisprudence are essential to understanding this system: criminal law and criminal procedure.