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Hailed as the most engaging and accessible introductory text available, Exploring Criminal Justice provides a clear, complete, and credible introduction to the U.S. criminal justice system. Using an easy-to-follow, attention-grabbing writing style, this text explains the overarching processes and purposes of the criminal justice system. The functions of each component—police, courts, corrections—and the relationships between them are described in detail, while rich and captivating pedagogy encourages students to think about how each component affects their daily lives.

This thoroughly up-to-date text provides contemporary data, case studies, and references for all topics. Exploring Criminal Justice devotes an entire chapter to the emerging crimes of terrorism and cybercrime and the role these controversial topics play in the modern criminal justice system. Special attention is also given to juvenile offenders and issues relating to women and minorities. In addition, this text provides thorough integration of criminological theory and policy, as it presents both historical context and current features of the U.S. criminal justice system.

Bundle the online Interactive Student Study Guide and Companion Web site with the text using ISBN 978-0-7637-6451-7. This outstanding resource offers access to practice quizzes, chapter summaries, flashcards, and many other activities to help students master key concepts. An Author's Blog provides students with the opportunity to "hear" from the authors directly. This author blog will be updated throughout the semester. Qualified Instructors, contact your Publisher's Representative to request preview access to this premier eLearning tool.