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Fundamental Cases in Criminal Justice provides abridged, easily read Supreme Court cases designed to provide an overview of constitutional issues in American criminal justice. The traditional division of police, courts, and corrections is used, as well as a final section on juvenile justice. Designed to accompany an introductory course, confusing footnotes, headnotes, and legal citations have been removed.
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Hi Dr. McKee,
I am a Professor Emeritus of Criminal Justice. I’m teaching an Introduction to Criminal Justice class in the fall at Ventura College, in California. One of my colleagues uses your OER “Criminal Justice An Overview of the System.” He recommended your text to me. I ordered a hard copy of the text for review and have been reviewing the electronic copy. Unfortunately the electronic copy is the second edition and the hard copy is the first edition. If I decide to use the text, can I order the hard copy second editon online? Also I was looking for PowerPoints and test banks for the text but have been unable to find them. Are they available?
I regret that the second edition is not yet available in print. I hope to get that done in the late summer, so it wouldn’t be available to you for classes until the Spring term. I’ve found that in recent years, the vast majority of my students are very happy to read the free edition online anyway, so I’ve deemphasized the print editions. There are PowerPoints. You will find those by using the “learning resources” links in the Table of Contents page. I warn you that those are still from the first edition. I hope to get the Second edition versions posted on the site very soon.
Regards,
Adam