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Forensic Science
A comprehensive reference source on the theory, techniques, and applications of the various forensic sciences.

Crime & Punishment
A clear examination of the hard topics relating to types of crimes, apprehension and arrest of wrongdoers, criminal trials and types of punishment.

U.S. Supreme Court
A comprehensive and up-to-date survey of the history and functioning of the U.S. Supreme Court. There are articles on all the Justices, including Bush appointees.

U.S. Legal System
This set includes articles emphasizing basic legal concepts and offer a practical guide to how the federal and state legal systems work.

U.S. Court Cases
Fundamental issues of law and what is meant by "justice" plus presentations of the 212 most important US court cases.

Criminal Justice
Clear, comprehensible and authoritative treatment of all aspects of criminal justice with emphasis on the public perception of justice in the media.

Criminal Justice is a new, three-volume reference set covering the most important aspects of criminal justice in the United States. It details the commission and frequency of crimes through the investigation, apprehension, prosecution, and punishment of wrongdoers. There is also a unique emphasis on the public perception of justice in the media. This clear and authoritative source is an engaging resource for this high-interest subject area.

Designed to meet the needs of lay readers and students from middle school level and up, Criminal Justice answers the questions students and lay readers are most likely to ask. Since many such queries arise from exposure to the popular media, special attention is given throughout to relationships between the realities of criminal justice and their media depictions. The set carries this emphasis further in special essays and numerous sidebars on films, television, literature, and the media that explore discrepancies between fiction and reality.

Content Highlights
The core issues of criminal justice are approached through a variety of perspectives, often dubbed the "Six Cs."

Criminals
Who they are, what motivates them, the impact of their criminal activity on society and the criminals themselves. Criminal Justice has nearly 40 core articles on specific categories of crime - ranging from animal abuse and arson to vandalism and white-collar crime. Each of these articles includes profiles of perpetrators of these crimes and summarizes what typically becomes of them. It also has another 40 articles on issues pertaining to criminal defendants.

Codes
The framework of American law and significant individual pieces of legislation.

Constitutions
The content of the nation's foundation documents, their interpretation, and their impact on modern criminal justice. Criminal Justice has 47 articles on the U.S. Constitution, various types of laws and specific laws.

Cops
The varieties of municipal, state, and federal law-enforcement agencies and the relationships among them, as well as their investigative work, specific functions, and arrests and other procedures. Criminal Justice has more than 160 articles on aspects of law enforcement.

Courts
The structures of the federal and state court system, the relationships among the courts, attorneys, judges and officers of the courts, and trial procedures - subjects covered in about 140 articles.

Corrections
Sentencing, capital and other punishments, prison systems, prison conditions, and parole and pardons are covered in about 69 articles, including 11 on capital punishment. Other broad subjects covered in Criminal Justice include business and commerce, drugs, juvenile justice, the media, military justice, rights issues, traffic law, victims and aspects of international justice. The last subject area includes articles on the Canadian and Mexican justice systems, deportation and extradition, Interpol and other international law-enforcement organizations, and such international tribunals as the World Court.

Organization and Format
The 625 articles in Criminal Justice are arranged alphabetically. The set offers several features to help readers find topics. A list of cross-references follows every essay and the third volume contains 5 indexes: a Subject Category List, a Court Case Index, an Index to Laws and Acts, a Personages Index, and a general Subject Index.

Individual articles offer helpful top matter that highlights the most important aspects of each topic. The top matter of all articles provides concise definitions, summaries of the subjects' significance, and identification of key criminal justice issues. The top matter in articles on individual laws, court cases, events, government agencies, organizations, and individual persons also provides dates and places, as relevant.

The 10 appendices in volume 3 include a bibliography of basic works on criminal justice; a glossary of criminal justice terminology tables summarizing data on famous American trials; notable U.S. Supreme Court cases; and U.S. Supreme Court justices; statistical and graphic data on crime rates and crime trends; television programs, a time line surveying key events, laws, and court cases in U.S. criminal justice history; and a list of subjects by category.

Other Resources
Salem Press publishes a number of titles covering American justice, criminal justice, world and U.S. government, the court system, the legal system and a compelling legal guide. To view a listing of these titles, click Law & Legal Studies.