Criminal Justice System

Ronald Waldron, Ph.D.:Dr. Waldron’s background includes Senior Fellow, U.S. Department of Homeland Security; Senior Executive Service, U.S. Department of Justice; Chief of Research, Texas Department of Corrections; State Trooper, New Jersey State Police; and Law Enforcement and Intelligence positions in the U.S. Air Force. Chester L. Quarles, Ph.D., C.P.P.: Dr. Quarles’ background includes Professor of Criminal Justice at the University of Mississippi; Di[1]rector of the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics; CEO of his own private security company; Director, Mississippi Crime Lab; Criminal Investigtor of the Mississippi Department of Public Safety; Criminal Investigator (Certified) of the United States Army; and Military Policeman, United States Army. David H. McElreath, Ph.D.: Dr. McElreath’s background includes Professor and Chair, Department of Legal Studies, University of Mississippi; Professor and Chair, Department of Criminal Justice, Washburn University; As[1]sociate Professor, Southeast Missouri State University; Colonel, United States Marine Corps; and Law Enforcement and Corrections positions with the Oxford (Mississippi) Police and Forrest County (Mississippi) Sheriff’s Department. Michelle E. Waldron, M.S.F.S.: Ms. Waldron’s background includes Information Technology Specialist and Inmate Systems Officer for the U.S. Department of Justice; Private Investigations; and Criminalist, Missouri State Highway Patrol. David Milstein, J.D.: Mr. Milstein is a licensed attorney and information technology specialist.

• PART ONE: OVERVIEW: THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM CHAPTER ONE: LAW AND SOCIETY CHAPTER TWO COUNTING CRIME CHAPTER THREE THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM CHAPTER FOUR THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE IN THE UNITED STATES PART TWO LAW ENFORCEMENT CHAPTER FIVE HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF POLICE CHAPTER SIX LAW ENFORCEMENT IN THE UNITED STATES CHAPTER SEVEN POLICE MANAGEMENT, ORGANIZATION, AND OPERATIONS CHAPTER EIGHT CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN LAW ENFORCEMENT PART THREE PROSECUTION AND DEFENSE CHAPTER NINE HISTORY OF PROSECUTION AND DEFENSE CHAPTER TEN THE STATE’S ADVOCATE CHAPTER ELEVEN THE DEFENDANT’S ADVOCATE CHAPTER TWELVE CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN ADVOCACY PART FOUR COURTS CHAPTER THIRTEEN DEVELOPMENTAL HISTORY OF THE COURTS CHAPTER FOURTEEN STRUCTURE OF THE COURTS CHAPTER FIFTEEN FUNCTIONS OF THE COURTS CHAPTER SIXTEEN CONTEMPORARY ISSUES FACING U.S. COURTS PART FIVE CORRECTIONS CHAPTER SEVENTEEN BACKGROUND AND HISTORY OF INSTITUTIONAL CORRECTIONS CHAPTER EIGHTEEN CORRECTIONAL SYSTEMS AND INSTITUTIONS CHAPTER NINETEEN FUNCTIONS OF CORRECTIONAL ORGANIZATIONS CHAPTER TWENTY CURRENT ISSUES AND PROBLEMS FACING CORRECTIONS PART SIX PROBATION AND POST-CONFINEMENT RELEASE CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE HISTORY AND PROCESS OF PROBATION AND NON-CUSTODIAL SUPERVISION CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO PROBLEMS AND RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN PROBATION CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE HISTORY AND PROCESS OF PAROLE AND POST-CONFINEMENT RELEASE CHAPTER TWENTY-FOURPROBLEMS AND RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN PAROLE AND OTHER POST-CONFINEMENT RELEASE