"A practical and applied introduction to criminal justice Introduction to Criminal Justice: Practice and Process shows students how to think practically about the criminal justice system by offering them a proven, problem-based approach to learning. Bestselling authors Kenneth J. Peak and Tamara D. Madensen-Herold draw on their many years of combined practitioner and academic experience to explain the importance of criminal justice and show how key trends, emerging issues, historical background, and practical lessons can be applied in the field. The Fourth Edition of this highly anticipated text continues to build on its success by discussing core topics-policing, corrections, criminal behavior, criminal law, and courts-as well as current issues-ethics, the opioid epidemic, sex trafficking, and immigration-to demonstrate how to solve common problems faced by practitioners in today's criminal justice system. This student-friendly book offers an application-focused, learn-by-doing approach that gives students a clear idea of the realities of the criminal justice system"-- Provided by publisher.