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9780131140349
Criminal Justice in Texasis an introductory look at the practical application of criminal justice in Texas. The text will allow students to study the uniqueness and the breadth of the Texas criminal justice system. Students will be exposed to the services of protection and the administration of justice the State of Texas provides to its residents and its visitors. This text showcases many contemporary issues in the Texas criminal justice system. The supplement used online research and web sites of many Texas criminal justice agencies. Because online criminal justice databases were used, students have the most recent information about the Texas criminal justice system that is possible to print. Criminal Justice in Texasis comprehensive and interesting, addressing all major elements of the criminal justice system in Texas. It examines crime and the law in Texas, law enforcement throughout the state, the Texas judicial system, corrections in Texas, the juvenile justice system, and the drug problem in Texas. Finally, the text encourages student research via the Internet by providing an extensive list of World Wide Web links to information on criminal justice in Texas. Texas, with its many technology-related industries, is a worldwide leader in the electronic information age. This leadership has provided an avenue for a vast majority of criminal justice agencies in Texas to publish and maintain their own web page on the Internet. Throughout the text, you will find quotations which have been taken verbatim from legal documents, such as the Texas Penal Code and the Constitution. Any misspellings or other irregularities are reproduced exactly as they appear in the original documents.Kane, Michael is the author of 'Criminal Justice In Texas', published 2004 under ISBN 9780131140349 and ISBN 0131140345.
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