What better way to introduce today's students and tomorrow's criminal justice practitioners to the world of criminal justice administration than through a set of well-constructed ethnographic reports detailing the lived experiences of the participants in the process? This is a welcome addition to the field.-Malcom M. Feeley, Professor of Jurisprudence and Sociology, University of California at Berkeley ... Read more Voices represents a robust effort to understand the lived experience of criminal justice system participants. The ethnographic selections are engaging, readable, and expose students to the broad array of players. The book's unique insider/outsider perspective provides probing and incisive accounts of key issues facing the field today. -Bruce Jacobs, Professor of Criminology, University of Texas, Dallas The book brings various practitioners in the criminal justice system to life through ethnographic research. The collection puts a human face on the system and will draw students to the subject. It will also remind academics why they entered the field.-Ralph Weisheit, Distinguished Professor of Criminology, Illinois State University Show Less