The Oxford handbook of crime and criminal justice /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011.
Description:1 online resource (xi, 978 p.) : ill.
Language:English
Series:Oxford handbooks in criminology and criminal justice
Oxford handbooks in criminology and criminal justice.
Subject:Criminal justice, Administration of -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Crime -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Crime.
Criminal justice, Administration of.
United States.
Handbooks and manuals.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11009091
Hidden Bibliographic Details
Varying Form of Title:Crime and criminal justice
Other authors / contributors:Tonry, Michael H.
ISBN:9780199940257 (ebook) : No price
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.
Summary: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.
Other form:Print version 9780195395082