Welcome
Course name
Faculty name
YOUR COURSE MATERIALS
Gaines/Miller
Criminal Justice in Action:
The Core, 4e
You will…
— be tested
— receive homework
assignments
— have reading assignments
…from these materials
WHY DO I NEED THE BOOK?
Nine in ten professors (90%) say
that students would do better if
they made greater user of the
assigned textbook.
Students’ pass rates, retention
rates and grades improve when
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materials in addition to their
textbooks.
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WHAT’S SO DIFFERENT ABOUT THE NEW EDITION?
•New material on national security
concerns and a greatly expanded
chapter on terrorism and cyber crime
•New coverage of use of immigration
law to seek out potential terrorists,
military tribunals, and important new
U.S Supreme Court decision affecting
criminal justice;
• Greatly expanded discussion of
victimology; new programs and
technologies in use by today's police
departments;
• New coverage of corrections issues
• New careers in CJ
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— ThomsonNOW
— Study Guide
— Guide to Careers in Criminal
Justice
— Handbook of Selected Court
Cases
— Careers website
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ANYTHING TO HELP STUDENTS WITHOUT
COMPUTERS?
— Study Guide
Contains learning objectives,
chapter summaries, key
terms, and extensive selftests (multiple-choice, fillin-the-blank, true/false,
and essay).
ISBN for Study Guide:
0495100900
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