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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
they employ supplemental
materials in addition to their
textbooks.
Zogby International, 2006
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
GET THE GRADE RESOURCES!
— ThomsonNOW
— Study Guide
— Guide to Careers in Criminal
Justice
— Handbook of Selected Court
Cases
— Careers website
WHAT IS THOMSONNOW?
ThomsonNOW is an easy-to-use
online resource that helps you study
in less time to get the grade you
want!
– Personalized Study Plan
– Animations
– Interactive Examples
– ebook
– Video
– Flash Cards
– Study Slides
WILL THOMSONNOW HELP ME GET A BETTER
GRADE?
87.3% of students agree using
ThomsonNOW regularly helped
them perform better on exams.
83.9% of students agree that
Personalized Study was a valuable
study tool.
95% of students responded that
using ThomsonNOW on a regular
basis helped them get a better
grade
82.7% of students are likely to tell a
friend about ThomsonNOW
PRE-TESTS & POST-TESTS
PERSONALIZED STUDY PLAN
INTERACTIVE VIDEO
INTERACTION
ANIMATION
TECHNICAL SUPPORT
http://www.thomsonedu.com/support
FREE COMPANION WEBSITE!
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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STUDENTS…PLEASE READ
If your textbook doesn’t already
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