Criminal Justice

Introduction to animals in human society -- Violence as entertainment -- Animals, religion, and criminal justice -- Canine officers, K-9s, and criminal justice -- Other animal employees -- Animals in corrections and rehabilitation -- Animal mistreatment -- Service animals in the criminal justice system -- Animal control -- Animal welfarists -- Animals in emergencies -- Relationships of violence -- Baaaaaaad animals -- Illegal companionship between people and animals -- Exotic animals -- Sexual abuse of animals -- Multiple animals -- Animals as weapons -- Animals : comparative criminal justice systems -- Extremes.

Criminal Justice: Opposing Viewpoints is the leading source for libraries and classrooms in need of current-issue materials. The viewpoints are selected from a wide range of highly respected sources and publications.

What is criminal justice? -- The crime picture -- The search for causes -- Criminal law -- Policing -- Policing : history and structure -- Policing : purpose and organization -- Policing : legal aspects -- Policing : issues and challenges -- The courts : structure and participants -- Pretrial activites and criminal trial -- Sentencing -- Probation, parole, and community corrections -- Prisons and jails -- Prison life -- Juvenile justice -- Drugs and crime -- Terrorism and multinational criminal justice -- The future of criminal justice.

Opposing Viewpoints series: Explores both popular and unpopular views of a controversial contemporary topic by placing expert opinions in a pro/con format. Viewpoints are selected from a wide range of sources and publications.

Race in the Criminal Justice System examines the experience of minorities in the court and prison system, delving into the historical institutions and laws that underpin today's system and exploring what governments and activists are doing to face these issues.

The individual entries in this ready-reference source explain in concise, detailed, and jargon-free language some of the most important topics, theories, discoveries, concepts, and organizations in criminal justice.