Navigating the Criminal Justice System: (eBook)

Navigating The Criminal Justice System A Guide For Anyone Going Through The System and The People Who Love Them! This book provides a valuable tool for anyone currently going through the criminal justice system, as well as people who have family, friends, and loved ones going through the system. Providing helpful descriptions and a guide for expectations, along with personal narratives, this book examines the process of going through the criminal justice system from start to finish. Chapters cover everything from what happens during an arrest, going through the court system, to dealing with the correctional system and issues surrounding going to prison, getting out of the system, and moving on with life. Together these chapters provide a navigational guide that can help anyone better understand what to expect during the criminal justice system process. Dr. J. Renee utilizes decades of personal experience with the criminal justice system, in a variety of formats as a teenager and young adult she spent several years going in and out of the system herself, as a crime victim she understands surviving experiences with violent crime, and as a loved-one and family member she has numerous experiences with friends and family who have also been involved with the criminal justice system. In addition she spent many years while growing up, and as a teenager and young adult, living in high-crime neighborhoods where street crime and violence were common occurrences in the community. These experiences propelled her to want to make a difference in her community and complement the degrees that she has earned during her academic career. These include the A.A. (Associate of Arts), focused in Juvenile Justice, a B.A. (Bachelors of Arts) in Criminal Justice, a M.S. (Masters of Science), in Criminal Justice and Criminology, and a PhD (Doctorate of Philosophy) in Juvenile Justice. In addition, after spending many years working in nonprofit and community based corrections, she has spent the last several years conducting research and teaching, at both the undergraduate and graduate level, Dr. J. Renee currently serves as an Assistant Professor in Criminal Justice at Lincoln University of Missouri.