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Introduction to Criminal Justice: A Balanced Approach, provides students with engaging, comprehensive, and up-to-date coverage of all aspects of the criminal justice system. Authors Brian K. Payne, Willard M. Oliver, and Nancy E. Marion explore criminal justice from a student-centered perspective and present accessible, research-driven material thorough a clear and concise writing style. In the Second Edition, the authors provide two brand new feature boxes: “You Have the Right to…” gives insight into several Constitutional amendments and their relationship with criminal justice today; and “Politics and Criminal Justice” explores current political hot topics surrounding the justice system and the debates that occur on both sides of the political aisle. By exploring criminal justice from a broad and balanced perspective, students will understand how decision-making is critical to the criminal justice process, and will come to appreciate how their own future careers will be shaped by decisions they make.