The Oxford handbook of crime and criminal justice [electronic resource] / [edited by] Michael Tonry.
Material type: TextSeries: Oxford handbooks in criminology and criminal justicePublication details: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011.Description: 1 online resource (xi, 978 p.) : illISBN:- 9780199940257 (ebook) :
- Crime and criminal justice
- 364.973 23
- HV9950 .O94 2011
This handbook provides a comprehensive introduction to and overview of the operation of the American criminal justice system. Five sections cover the purposes and functions of the system, its problems and priorities, and its main institutions - policing, prosecution and sentencing, and corrections.
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.