All of the activities in Connect Criminal Justice, ranging from multiple-choice questions, to drag-and-drop exercises, current events, and open-ended critical thinking questions, are learning-objective based and tied directly to the textbook through chapter learning objectives. Connect Criminal Justice also features You Make the Call activities that teach students discretion by placing them in the role of officers, attorneys, and probation officers. All of the activities and assignments within Connect Criminal Justice are automatically-gradable, and can be seamlessly integrated with any learning platform.
LearnSmart, an adaptive learning system, helps students “know what they know” while guiding them to experience and learn important concepts they need to master. Instructors using LearnSmart report improvements of a letter grade or more in their students’ performance. In addition, instructors save time with course preparation and administration because they can use Connect to deliver all content online with ease.
New "Critical Thinking in Criminal Justice" feature features including the U.S.A Patriot Act, nontraditional courts, and withholding of adjudication and negotiated pleas, help encourage students to analyze the material, find possible biases, and consider whether some of the things they see in media reports make sense or are contrary to logic.
New Lecture Launcher NBC News Criminal Justice DVD includes 18 clips from NBC News (3-8 minutes each) all specifically chosen to compliment chapters, serve as lecture launchers and generate class discussion. Discussion questions are also included to encourage critical thinking about the clip. DVD material can also be found on the Online Learning Center.
Updated and new figures, charts and statistics provide up-to-date perspective on criminal justice - "The Most Dangerous/Safest Cities in the U.S.", decisions of the recent supreme court cases, and a new police department chart just to name a few.
Incorporates a variety of boxes especially popular among students because of their relevance and content
-"International Perspectives on Crime and Justice"
-"Gender Perspectives on Crime and Justice"
-"Drugs, Crime, and Justice"
"A View from the Field" essays, written by James A. Inciardi and others with direct experience working in the field, share the fascinating world of criminal justice through accounts of the unexpected (a meeting with cocaine kingpin Pablo Escobar) and the bizarre (the author’s many visits to Brooklyn, New York's Gothic Horror, the Raymond Street Jail).
Online Learning Center including instructor and student materials such as an instructor's manual, test bank, computerized test bank, PowerPoint lecture slides, multiple-choice quizzes, internet activities, and NBC Lecture Launcher clips.
To purchase an electronic eBook version of this title, visit www.CourseSmart.com (ISBN 0-07-732341-6).
Correlation Guide:
www.mhhe.com/mhcp/CorrelationGuides/TS_Crime_and_Criminology_9eX.pdf
This convenient guide matches the issues in Taking Sides: Crime and Criminology, 9/e Expanded with the corresponding chapters in three of our best-selling McGraw-Hill Criminal Justice textbooks by Bohm/Haley, Inciardi, and Adler et al.
Correlation Guide:
www.mhhe.com/mhcp/CorrelationGuides/TS_Constitutional_Law.pdf
This convenient guide matches the issues in Taking Sides: Constitutional Law with the corresponding chapters in three of our best-selling McGraw-Hill Criminal Justice textbooks by Bohm/Haley, Inciardi, and Masters et al.
Correlation Guide:
www.mhhe.com/mhcp/CorrelationGuides/AE_Criminal_Justice_1011.pdf
This convenient guide matches the units in Annual Editions: Criminal Justice 10/11 with the corresponding chapters in two of our best-selling McGraw-Hill Introductory Criminal Justice textbooks by Inciardi and Bohm/Haley.
Correlation Guide:
www.mhhe.com/mhcp/CorrelationGuides/TS_Legal_Issues_14eX.pdf
This convenient guide matches the issues in Taking Sides: Clashing Views in Legal Issues, 14/e Expanded with the corresponding chapters in three of our best-selling McGraw-Hill Criminal Justice textbooks by Bohm/Haley, Inciardi, and Masters et al.
Correlation Guide:
www.mhhe.com/mhcp/CorrelationGuides/TS_Crime_and_Criminology_9e.pdf
This convenient guide matches the issues in Taking Sides: Crime and Criminology, 9/e with the corresponding chapters in three of our best-selling McGraw-Hill Criminal Justice textbooks by Bohm/Haley, Inciardi, and Adler et al.
Correlation Guide:
www.mhhe.com/mhcp/CorrelationGuides/TS_Legal_Issues_14e.pdf
This convenient guide matches the issues in Taking Sides: Clashing Views in Legal Issues, 14/e with the corresponding chapters in two of our best-selling McGraw-Hill Criminal Justice textbooks by Bohm/Haley and Inciardi.
Correlation Guide:
www.mhhe.com/mhcp/CorrelationGuides/AE_Criminal_Justice_1112.pdf
This convenient guide matches the units in Annual Editions: Criminal Justice 11/12 with the corresponding chapters in three of our best-selling McGraw-Hill Introductory Criminal Justice textbooks by Bohm/Haley, Inciardi and Masters et al.
New "Famous Criminals" marginal features added to each chapter offer brief biographical sketches and accompanying photos that profile famous criminals including Jeffrey Dahmer, Jack "Legs" Diamond, Gary Ridgway, Heidi Fleiss, and many others.
Updated exhibits that showcase research, historical perspectives, current events, and the viewpoints of victims in the criminal justice system including a "Historical Perspectives" exhibit on "Alcatraz Island Penitentiary," a "Victims and Justice" exhibit on "Police Integrity and the 'Blue Wall of Silence,'" and much more.
