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An Introduction to Criminal Justice

by Jamie Harding, Pamela Davies and George Mair

Student Resources

  • Chapter 2: Criminal Justice since 1945: A Brief History
    • Multiple Choice Quiz
    • Essay Questions
    • Weblinks
  • Chapter 3: Definitions and the Counting of Crime
    • Multiple Choice Quiz
    • Essay Questions
    • Weblinks
  • Chapter 4: Purposes of the Criminal Justice Process
    • Multiple Choice Quiz
    • Essay Questions
    • Weblinks
  • Chapter 5: Characteristics of Offenders
    • Multiple Choice Quiz
    • Essay Questions
    • Weblinks
  • Chapter 6: Diversity and the Criminal Justice Process
    • Multiple Choice Quiz
    • Essay Questions
    • Weblinks
  • Chapter 7: Media Representations of Criminal Justice
    • Multiple Choice Quiz
    • Essay Questions
    • Weblinks
  • Chapter 8: Government, Governance and Criminal Justice
    • Multiple Choice Quiz
    • Essay Questions
    • Weblinks
  • Chapter 9: Researching Criminal Justice
    • Multiple Choice Quiz
    • Essay Questions
    • Weblinks
  • Chapter 10: Community Safety and Crime Prevention
    • Multiple Choice Quiz
    • Essay Questions
    • Weblinks
  • Chapter 11: Policing
    • Multiple Choice Quiz
    • Essay Questions
    • Weblinks
  • Chapter 12: Policing as Part of a Multi-agency Approach
    • Multiple Choice Quiz
    • Essay Questions
    • Weblinks
  • Chapter 13: Prosecution and the Alternatives
    • Multiple Choice Quiz
    • Essay Questions
    • Weblinks
  • Chapter 14: Criminal Courts
    • Multiple Choice Quiz
    • Essay Questions
    • Weblinks
  • Chapter 15: Community Sentences
    • Multiple Choice Quiz
    • Essay Questions
    • Weblinks
  • Chapter 16: Imprisonment
    • Multiple Choice Quiz
    • Essay Questions
    • Weblinks
  • Chapter 17: Parole and Release from Prison
    • Multiple Choice Quiz
    • Essay Questions
    • Weblinks
  • Chapter 18: Youth Justice
    • Multiple Choice Quiz
    • Essay Questions
    • Weblinks
  • Chapter 19: Dealing with Complaints and Misconduct
    • Multiple Choice Quiz
    • Essay Questions
    • Weblinks
  • Chapter 20: Supporting Victims and Witnesses
    • Multiple Choice Quiz
    • Essay Questions
    • Weblinks
  • Chapter 21: Does the Criminal Justice Process Work?
    • Multiple Choice Quiz
    • Essay Questions
    • Weblinks
  • Chapter 22
    • Multiple Choice Quiz
    • Essay Questions
    • Weblinks
  • Podcasts
  • Study skills

Weblinks

Weblinks to act as supplements to your studies and provide a greater breadth of information.

Click on the following links, which will open in a new window.

Independent Police Complaints Commission: 

The Police Federation: 

The Prisons and Probation Ombudsman: 

The Criminal Cases Review Commission: 

Learning resources

For a frank assessment of the IPCC, made by a former commissioner, see: 

The IPCC’s own evaluation of one element of its work is at: 

A critical view of the IPCC was taken a number of years ago by the House of Commons Home Affairs Select Committee; this can be found at: 

The website of an organisation called Inquest, which campaigns over deaths in custody, is at: 

The Prison and Probation Ombudsman’s annual report is at: 

INNOCENT is an organisation that campaigns for people in prison who it believes to be innocent.  Its website is at: 

Justice for Women is a feminist campaigning organisation which deals with cases where women have killed violent male partners.  Its website is at: 

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