Revised and updated to reflect recent research and statutory changes, the Ninth Edition of Sue Titus Reid's Criminal Justice Essentials provides a comprehensive and concise overview of the U.S. criminal justice system. Represents the most thorough, legally accurate, and best-researched overview of the U.S. criminal justice system available todayAnchored within the framework of the legal system and consistently includes legal decisions as a basis for much of its directionAccurately interprets the legal decisions which are citedFeatures references to current affairsAvailable in full color, including over 100 color photographs