Arkansas's Criminal Justice System provides a comprehensive overview of crime and criminal justice in Arkansas. The authors are scholars who have drawn upon years of experience living, working, and teaching in Arkansas to construct a text that explores the nature of crime in the state and explains in detail how responses to crime are organized through a diverse array of public and private agencies. This new edition provides a more extensive review of crime trends and expands the comparative analysis of crime within Arkansas. Information about law enforcement, courts, corrections, juvenile justice, and crime victim resources has been updated in relation to critical legislative changes such as 2023's Protect Arkansas Act. Each chapter remains specific to Arkansas and efforts have been made to track the impact of recent demographic, economic, political, and technological changes that shape criminal justice practices across the state. The second edition promises to be the most authoritative resource available for those attempting to understand crime and criminal justice issues in the state. The state-focused scope of this book helps complement more general criminal justice texts by supplying details of immediate relevance to those pursuing careers in law enforcement, corrections, or other criminal justice occupations in Arkansas. As part of a larger fifty-state series, this book might also be of interest to anyone engaged in multi-state comparative studies of criminal justice organization and strategies.