Table of Contents

Preface xiv Ancillaries xx Acknowledgments xxi About the Author xxiii PART I INTRODUCTION TO CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEMS 1 1 Criminal Justice: An Overview 2 2 Crime, Offenders, and Victims 30 PART II ENTRY INTO CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEMS: POLICING 69 3 The Emergence and Structure of Police Systems 70 4 Policing in a Modern Society 104 5 Problems and Issues in Policing 154 PART III PROCESSING A CRIMINAL CASE: CRIMINAL COURT SYSTEMS 195 6 Criminal Court Systems 196 7 Prosecution, Defense, and Pretrial Procedures 226 8 Trial, Sentencing, and Appeal 274 PART IV CONFINEMENT AND CORRECTIONS 319 9 The History and Structure of Confinement 320 10 Life in Prison 352 11 Community Corrections, Probation, and Parole 400 PART V JUVENILE JUSTICE: A SPECIAL CASE 447 12 Juvenile Justice Systems 448 Appendices A. Amendments to the United States Constitution 501 B. How to Read a Court Citation 506 Glossary 508 Case Index 521 Name Index 524 Subject Index 528

About the Author

Sue Titus Reid, J.D., Ph.D., is a Professor at the Reubin O'Donovan Askew School of Public Administration and Policy at Florida State University. An accomplished scholar in both the social sciences and the law, her books include Crime and Criminology, Thirteenth Edition (2012); and Criminal Law: The Essentials (2009).