Chapter 1        Minorities, Diversity, Multiculturalism, and Globalization & the Criminal Justice System Chapter 2        Racial Minorities, Assimilation, Acculturation, and Classism in a Democratic Society Chapter 3        Minorities based on Age and Disability Chapter 4        Minorities based on Gender and Sexual Preference Chapter 5        Cultural Competence and Cross-Cultural Communication in Agencies Chapter 6        Law Enforcement and Minorities Chapter 7        Law Enforcement and Minorities Chapter 8        The Courts and Minorities Chapter 9        Minorities in the Court System Chapter 10      Corrections, Classism, Poverty, & Minority Groups  Chapter 11      Corrections and Minorities: Minorities, Gang Affiliation, Gender, and Staff Issues Chapter 12      Juvenile Minority Wellness & Health Disparities, Gender, Sexual Identity, Youth Culture, & Social Class Chapter 13      Types of Juvenile Offending, Gang Affiliation by Race and Gender, Disproportionate Minority Contact in Juvenile System Chapter 14      Cultural Competence Training, Assessment & Evaluation of Cultural Competence, and Evidence Based Practices in Culturally Competent Agencies Chapter 15      Future Multicultural Trends in Criminal Justice

For Criminal Justice courses that address minorities or diversity in the criminal justice system.   This contemporary text addresses a wide range of diverse groups in society as they relate to the criminal justice system.   Multiculturalism and the Criminal Justice System, 1e, is the contemporary text that addresses diversity and multicultural issues in the policing, judicial, correctional, and juvenile justice segments of the criminal justice system. This text contains numerous visual aids that showcase data that is current and relevant. Unlike the competition, this text is comprehensive in its portrayal of various minority groups, addresses the issues from a systemic view of criminal justice, is practitioner-driven, and is well organized.   Teaching and Learning Experience   This book fulfills the need for a thorough and up-to-date text on multicultural issues facing criminal justice practitioners. It provides: Comprehensive content: Students will learn about multiculturalism in a manner that has both breadth and depth U p-to-date coverage of multi - cultural issues facing criminal justice practitioners : Examines perspectives from the practitioner, offender, and victim vantage point Exceptional pedagogical tools and support for flexible approaches to teaching and learning:Encourages students to develop critical thinking skills with numerous examples and exercises, and makes class preparation quick and easy with innovative features for instructors Features   Comprehensive content: Modular design—each chapter is written so that it can either be used as a stand-alone chapter to provide a framework for a lecture on a specific minority group, or it can be used to focus on a specific segment of the criminal justice system with which different minority groups come into contact Unique integration of immigration issues and multicultural emphasis on the multicultural nature of the United States—demonstrates  how the two aspects work in tandem to impact the criminal justice system Addresses diversity and multicultural issues in the policing, judicial, correctional, and juvenile justice segments of the criminal justice system—provides more breadth and depth in discussing multicultural issues in the criminal justice system than the competition C ross-sectional analysis of multicultural issues in criminal justice system —allows students to identify means by which the information in the text is of benefit to practitioners Considers diversity from numerous perspectives —demonstrates how diversity includes a wide range of groups not typically mentioned in most texts P ractitioner oriented rather than being overly theoretical —informs students of how content will benefit them on-the-job   Up-to-date coverage of multi-cultural issues facing criminal justice practitioners: Numerous figures, tables, charts, and other visual aids —provides data perspectives to enhance content Contemporary theme throughout the text —connects content to current day events   Exceptional pedagogical tools and support for flexible approaches to teaching and learning: Proven pedagogical tools to promote effective learning—includes learning outcomes at the beginning of each chapter, multiple choice questions, essay questions, key terms, and special inserts PowerPoint Presentations—supports and enhances lectures with engaging interactive PowerPoint slides, in-depth lecture notes, and teaching tips MyTest—provides instructors with testing material that links every question to the text's learning objective, page number, and level of difficulty The Pearson Criminal Justice Online Community—a place for educators to connect and to exchange ideas and advice on courses, content, Criminal Justice Interactive and Criminology Interactive, and so much more