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This thirteenth edition offers a comprehensive context for studying crime and criminology, blending social science and legal research. Renowned scholar Sue Titus Reid presents the material in engaging language, helping students grasp the essential connection between law and criminal behavior theories. As the first criminology textbook to reach a thirteenth edition, it serves as a vital resource for both students and scholars in this evolving field. The edition addresses new issues such as the effects of terrorism and economic downturns on the criminal justice system, as well as topics like victims with disabilities, healthcare fraud, and marijuana decriminalization. It updates and expands discussions on rehabilitation, statutory rape, elder abuse, domestic violence, hate crimes, and gun control. New research on families, twins, adoptees, and brain function's role in explaining criminal behavior is included, along with updated data on statutes, cases, and theories. Engaging pedagogical elements enhance learning, featuring tables, figures, chapter overviews, review questions, and activities, as well as a glossary of key terms and highlighted timely issues. An Instructor's Manual with a Test Bank and PowerPoint-based lecture slides on CD further supports educators.

Providing a comprehensive overview of U.S. criminal justice systems, this edition emphasizes the legal framework and key decisions that shape the field. Sue Titus Reid enriches the text with real-life examples, making complex concepts accessible. The book is organized into five sections, covering topics such as policing, criminal court processes, corrections, and juvenile justice, facilitating a structured and meaningful learning experience for students.

Written by an esteemed criminologist and attorney, Criminal Law, Seventh Edition, uses a modified case approach to provide a comprehensive and contemporary introduction to the vast scope of criminal law. By employing carefully excerpted court opinions and cases to illustrate important points, author Sue Titus Reid gives students a taste of traditional case method without burdening them with massive amounts of legal material. Her succinct writing style minimizes unnecessary legal jargon and academic terminology, which helps to sustain students' interest. The book's broad coverage includes misdemeanors, felonies, federal and state statutes and cases, and constitutional principles relating to criminal law. The seventh edition engages students through its coverage of such timely and provocative topics as the bombing of abortion clinics, pornography, child abuse, domestic violence, animal cruelty, racketeering, cyberstalking, identity theft, terrorism, elder abuse, juvenile issues, drug abuse and trafficking, and sentencing. This volume also features recent U.S. Supreme Court cases involving the sexual behavior of gay men, the incarceration of repeat offenders, the legalization of the medicinal use of marijuana, physician-assisted suicide, the detention of "enemy combatants" without due process, and the constitutionality of executing juveniles and the mentally challenged. Reid weaves appellate court cases into the text to familiarize students with how the judiciary thinks and responds to questions of law. This encourages students to develop their critical thinking skills by asking them to analyze court decisions in light of their own views and perceptions. New to thisedition: * Includes recent cases on corporate crime (including Enron, Tyco, Arthur Andersen, WorldCom, Adelphia, and HealthSouth), along with those on specific individuals charged with white-collar crimes * Each chapter closes with a substantive case excerpt and case preview for students to analyze, encouraging them to focus on principles and essentials in greater detail * Features more state statutes to exemplify crimes; these generate student discussion about the differences among states. Also includes state-specific guides for California, Florida, Illinois, New York, and Texas * Now in two colors