Criminal Law for the Criminal Justice Professional

This new two-color text provides an overview of theory and substantive criminal law in the United States. It is particularly rich in its presentation of application cases that allows the review of important cases briefly and understanding of the 'hows' and 'whys' of the courts' decisions. This text supports explanations of the law with numerous items that highlight ethical and practice issues, realities of on-the-job situations, introduction of detailed points of instruction and research through Web exploration, FYI, and Myth/Fact features.Garland, Norman M. is the author of 'Criminal Law for the Criminal Justice Professional', published 2001 under ISBN 9780028009087 and ISBN 0028009088.