Download or read book Critical Issues in Crime and Justice: Thought, Policy, and Practice written by Mary Maguire and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2011 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text provides a comprehensive overview of the criminal justice and criminology curriculum through contributed essays designed to review and expand upon key areas of study. The text will explore and examine theory, cases, laws and policies as they have been shaped by a larger social, cultural, and historical context. Topics span the gamut of the Criminal Justice and Criminology curriculum, including crime theory, law enforcement, jurisprudence, corrections and organizations.