Finally, an alternative critical approach to introductory criminal justice! Criminal Justice in America: A Critical View paves the way for discussions on controversial issues of racial and economic inequities found in our criminal justice system. This text helps students understand the perspective of the typical subjects of the criminal justice system: the poor, the minorities, women, and the youngall of whom comprise the majority of both victims and victimizers. In the words of one reviewer, Nowhere have I read an intro ductory text that simply tells it like it is. A text of this kind is long overdue. Another reviewer describes Criminal Justice in America: A Critical View as a well-written introductory criminal justice text that clearly delineates itself from the other leading texts. Most important, the critical perspective taken by the authors is an excellent depiction of crime and justice in America.