Australian Criminal Justice provides a complete overview of the criminal justice process. It analyses the influences that shape criminal justice and examines the institutional and administrative features of its operation in all jurisdictions. The book guides readers step-by-step through the stages of a case – from investigation to sentencing and explores the social context of criminal justice in terms of the rights of the individual, community responsibilities, and international guarantees.
Connecting With Law will challenge your assumptions and develop your critical thinking skills while sharing the essential practical knowledge for you to succeed in law. It examines both the specialised frameworks within law and the law industry itself, looking into the many career pathways you can pursue, new ways of working post-COVID and consideration of your wellbeing in the workplace throughout your studies and legal career.
Crime, Criminality and Criminal Justice, third edition, is the complete introduction to everything students need to know as they begin their studies in crime and criminology. It covers key subject areas including what crime is, types of crime, crime theory, systems and institutions of crime, crime and social inequality, and difference and criminal justice--all within an Australian context.
Law and Justice in Australia takes a historical, critical and contextual approach to the study of law and justice, offering cases, article extracts and explanatory commentary to the development of legal theory.