Catching the Really Bad Guys: An Assessment of the Efficacy of the U.S. Criminal Justice System

J.C. Barnes

Journal of Criminal Justice, 2014, vol. 42, issue 4, 338-346

Abstract: History shows that one of the most important institutions to a society is its criminal justice system. The current study offers an analysis of the criminal justice system’s effectiveness in identifying, apprehending, convicting, and punishing high-level/persistent offenders.

Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2014.04.002

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