Revised and updated to reflect recent research and statutory changes, the Ninth Edition of Sue Titus Reid′s Criminal Justice Essentials provides a comprehensive and concise overview of the U.S. criminal justice system.

• Represents the most thorough, legally accurate, and best-researched overview of the U.S. criminal justice system available today
• Anchored within the framework of the legal system and consistently includes legal decisions as a basis for much of its direction
• Accurately interprets the legal decisions which are cited
• Features references to current affairs
• Available in full color, including over 100 color photographs