Middle Georgia State University libraries group books on the shelves based on their subject. If you search the GIL-Find catalog for a given topic, you will find that a lot of books on the topic have similar call numbers (the letters and numbers on the spine of a book that helps you find it on the shelf). If you ever search for a book on a topic on the library shelves, always look at the books close to it. You may find more related to your topic.
Criminal Justice books will often be found in the HV and KF (law) sections, but it's a good idea to search your topic in the catalog. These are links that can help you find books at Middle Georgia Libraries or outside of our libraries.
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The New Criminal Justice by
[ebook] Criminal Justice in the United States is in the midst of momentous changes: an era of low crime rates not seen since the 1960s, and a variety of budget crunches also exerting profound impacts on the system. This is the first book available to chronicle these changes and suggest a new, emerging model to the Criminal Justice system, emphasizing: collaboration across agencies previously viewed as relatively autonomous a focus on location problems and local solutions rather than a widely shared understanding of crime or broad application of similar interventions a deep commitment to research which guides problem assessment and policy formulation and intervention. Ideal for use in graduate, as well as undergraduate capstone courses.
Speaking of Crime: the language of criminal justice by
[ebook] Why do so many people voluntarily consent to searches by have the police search their person or vehicle when they know that they are carrying contraband or evidence of illegal activity? Does everyone understand the Miranda warning? How well can people recognize a voice on tape? Can linguistic experts identify who wrote an anonymous threatening letter?Speaking of Crime answers these questions and examines the complex role of language within our criminal justice system.
Thinking about Crime by
[ebook] In this wide-ranging analysis, Michael Tonry argues that those responsible for crafting America's criminal justice policy have lost their way in a forest of good intentions, political cynicism, and public anxieties. American crime control politics over time have created a punishment system no one would knowingly have chosen yet one that no one seems able to change.
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