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The concise dictionary of crime and justice / Mark S. Davis.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Davis, Mark S. (Mark Stephen), 1952- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Criminology--Dictionaries.
- Criminology.
- Criminal justice, Administration of--Dictionaries.
- Criminal justice, Administration of.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (297 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 2nd edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Los Angeles, CA : SAGE Publications, Inc., 2016.
- Summary:
- A new approach to making everyday criminal justice terms accessible A useful reference work for faculty and students, criminal justice professionals, writers, and anyone else interested in criminal justice and criminology, The Concise Dictionary of Crime and Justice, Second Edition, is an excellent, wide-ranging resource with clear definitions for over 3,000 key criminal justice terms. Often going beyond simply definitions, the dictionary places the entries in a meaningful context, connecting the definitions with other concepts. The dictionary uniquely presents common misperceptions for selected terms, along with additional relevant information to clarify a term's use or derivation.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781483380940
- 1483380947
- 9781071801109
- 1071801104
- 9781483380926
- 1483380920
- OCLC:
- 931594035
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