Product Description: Steven M. Cox, Introduction to Policing, Third Edition Introduction to Policing, Third Edition continues to focus on the thought-provoking, contemporary issues that underscore the challenging and rewarding world of policing. Bestselling authors and Steven M...read more

Focusing on the thought-provoking, contemporary issues that underscore the challenging world of policing, this easy-to-understand text balances theory, research, and practice to give students a comprehensive overview of both the foundations of policing and the expanded role of today's police officers. The engaging writing style and stories from the field, coupled with unique coverage of the issues of policing in multicultural communities the impact of globalization on policing, make this book a must have for policing courses

Featuring new examples, new illustrations, and a completely new chapter on international juvenile justice, this thoroughly updated Seventh Edition helps students develop a comprehensive understanding of the interrelationships among theory, policy, and the practical world of juvenile justice today.

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Product Description: Oriented around today's issues and fully grounded in research, Contemporary Municipal Policing combines the tenets of police theories with the realities of police practices in the most comprehensive and contemporary policing text available...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This comprehensive, current juvenile justice text provides thorough coverage of the interrelationships between juvenile law, theories of causation, and procedural requirements – the essential elements for successful practice in the field of juvenile justice...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Cox and Wade provide a brief, straightforward, practical overview of the complexities of the U.S. criminal justice system seen as a network of interacting individuals whose everyday decisions have consequences not only for others in their agencies, but for criminal justice practitioners in all components of the network...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Formerly a Nelson Hall title, this comprehensive introduction to the basics of criminal justice research introduces simple research methodologies and gradually advances to more complicated ones. The text describes elementary descriptive and inferential statistics, demonstrates research techniques, and examines the various scientific perspectives used in research today...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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Product Description: Police in Community Relations, Third Edition, presents a succinct and practical examination of the roles and responsibilities the public and police face through their interactions with one another.

Product Description: Looking at police issues in historical and social context, this book presents a discussion of current issues and potential solutions to problems in the context of change. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: The fourth edition of this text presents a comprehensive and detailed examination of the theory of juvenile justice with an emphasis on the practice. Written at an accessible level with appropriate pedagogy, this text should help the reader understand and appreciate all aspects of the field...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: The edition of this comprehensive introduction to the basics of criminal justice research is substantially expanded and refined. The authors introduce simple research methodologies and proceed to complicated ones, describe elementary descriptive and inferential statistics, demonstrate research techniques, and examine the various scientific perspectives used in research...read more