na INLIS000000000003476 20221109104938 0010-0520003476 221109 | | eng 978-0-495-09540-8 eng 345.01 345.01 NEU a Neubauer, David W America's Courts : And the Criminal Justice System / David W. Neubauer 9th Ed. Canada : Thomson Wadsworth, 2008 xxvi, 521 p. : :illus, ; 26 cm Indeks : p.495-521 p.469-493 This book examines the history, traditions, and philosopying court. In a complex, sometimes contradictory, and often fragmented procces, defendant are sentenced to or found guilyt, and the guality are sentenced to prison or placed on probalition. This book is a about the defendants caught up in the procces: The three-time losers, the scared young first offenders, and the bussiness executive who are before the court to answer an indictment. But most of all, this book focuses on the prosectors, judges, the daily decisions about guilt or innocence, probations or prison. The impact of these decisions on crime and criminals is the subject of widespread controversy. Concern over how the courts handle criminal cases has been a staple of American political rhetoric for decedes. The nature of this public debate, as well as solutions proposed to corrent the problems, are integral parts . American's courts Criminal 16235/MKRI-P/XII-2009 16234/MKRI-P/XII-2009 11282/ MKRI- P/XII 2008 11283/ MKRI- P/XII 2008 11281/MKRI-P/XII-2008 11282/ MKRI- P/XII 2008 16235/MKRI-P/XII-2009 16234/MKRI-P/XII-2009 11283/ MKRI- P/XII 2008 11281/MKRI-P/XII-2008