Introduction to Criminal Justice Interactive eBook

Kenneth J. Peak is emeritus professor and former chair of the Department of Criminal Justice, University of Nevada, Reno, where he was named “Teacher of the Year” by the university’s Honor Society. Following four years as a municipal police officer in Kansas, he subsequently held positions as a nine-county criminal justice planner for southeast Kansas; director of a four-state technical assistance institute for the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration (based at Washburn University in Topeka); director of university police at Pittsburg State University (Kansas); acting director of public safety, University of Nevada, Reno; and assistant professor of criminal justice at Wichita State University. He has authored or coauthored 37 additional textbooks (relating to general policing, community policing, criminal justice administration, police supervision and management, and women in law enforcement), two historical books (on Kansas temperance and bootlegging), and more than 60 journal articles and invited book chapters. He is past chair of the Police Section of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences and past president of the Western Association of Criminal Justice. He received two gubernatorial appointments to statewide criminal justice committees while residing in Kansas and holds a doctorate from the University of Kansas.

Part I: CRIMINAL JUSTICE AS A SYSTEM: THE BASICS
Chapter 1. Fundamentals of Criminal Justice: Essential Themes and Practices
Chapter 2. Foundations of Law and Crime: Nature, Elements, and Defenses
Chapter 3. Theories of Crime and Measuring Victimization
Chapter 4. Ethical Essentials: “Doing right when no one is watching”
Part II: THE POLICE
Chapter 5. Police Organization: Structure and Functions
Chapter 6. Police at Work: Patrolling and Investigating
Chapter 7. Police Methods and Challenges
Chapter 8. Expounding the Constitution: Laws of Arrest, Search, and Seizure
Part III THE COURTS
Chapter 9. Court Organization: Structures, Functions and the Trial Process
Chapter 10. The Bench and the Bar: Those Who Judge, Prosecute and Defend
Chapter 11. Court Methods and Challenges: Sentencing and Punishment
Part IV: CORRECTIONS
Chapter 12. Prison and Jail Organization: Structures and Functions
Chapter 13. The Inmates′ World: The "Keepers" and the "Kept"
Chapter 14. Corrections in the Community: Probation, Parole, Other Alternatives to Incarceration
Part V: SPANNING THE SYSTEM: METHODS AND ISSUES
Chapter 15: Juvenile Justice: Philosophy, Law, and Practices
Chapter 16: On the Crime Policy and Prevention Agenda: Terrorism, Gun Control, and Marijuana
Appendix I: Selected Amendments to the U.S. Constitution
Appendix II: Careers in Criminal Justice