The Criminal Justice System: An Introduction, Fifth Edition incorporates the latest developments in the field while retaining the basic organization of previous editions which made this textbook so popular.

PART ONE: OVERVIEW: THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM CHAPTER ONE: LAW AND SOCIETY CHAPTER TWO COUNTING CRIME CHAPTER THREE THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM CHAPTER FOUR THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE IN THE UNITED STATES PART TWO LAW ENFORCEMENT CHAPTER FIVE HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF POLICE CHAPTER SIX LAW ENFORCEMENT IN THE UNITED STATES CHAPTER SEVEN POLICE MANAGEMENT, ORGANIZATION, AND OPERATIONS CHAPTER EIGHT CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN LAW ENFORCEMENT PART THREE PROSECUTION AND DEFENSE CHAPTER NINE HISTORY OF PROSECUTION AND DEFENSE CHAPTER TEN THE STATE'S ADVOCATE CHAPTER ELEVEN THE DEFENDANT'S ADVOCATE CHAPTER TWELVE CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN ADVOCACY PART FOUR COURTS CHAPTER THIRTEEN DEVELOPMENTAL HISTORY OF THE COURTS CHAPTER FOURTEEN STRUCTURE OF THE COURTS CHAPTER FIFTEEN FUNCTIONS OF THE COURTS CHAPTER SIXTEEN CONTEMPORARY ISSUES FACING U.S. COURTS PART FIVE CORRECTIONS CHAPTER SEVENTEEN BACKGROUND AND HISTORY OF INSTITUTIONAL CORRECTIONS CHAPTER EIGHTEEN CORRECTIONAL SYSTEMS AND INSTITUTIONS CHAPTER NINETEEN FUNCTIONS OF CORRECTIONAL ORGANIZATIONS CHAPTER TWENTY CURRENT ISSUES AND PROBLEMS FACING CORRECTIONS PART SIX PROBATION AND POST-CONFINEMENT RELEASE CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE HISTORY AND PROCESS OF PROBATION AND NON-CUSTODIAL SUPERVISION CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO PROBLEMS AND RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN PROBATION CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE HISTORY AND PROCESS OF PAROLE AND POST-CONFINEMENT RELEASE CHAPTER TWENTY-FOURPROBLEMS AND RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN PAROLE AND OTHER POST-CONFINEMENT RELEASE