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| Part I: THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM | |
| 1. Criminal Justice Today | |
| What is Crime? The Criminal Justice System | |
| Values of the Criminal Justice System | |
| Trends and Issues in Criminal Justice Today | |
| 2. Measuring and Explaining Crime | |
| The Uniform Crime Report | |
| Alternative Measuring Methods | |
| Misuse of Crime Statistics | |
| Crime Trends and Patterns | |
| Exploring the Causes of Crime | |
| 3. Criminal Law | |
| The Development of American Criminal Law | |
| Written Sources of American Criminal Law | |
| The Purpose of Criminal Law | |
| Classification of Crimes | |
| The Elements of a Crime | |
| The Legal Definition of Crime | |
| Criminal Responsibility and the Law | |
| Justification Criminal Defenses and the Law | |
| Procedural Safeguards | |
| Part II: THE POLICE | |
| 4. Police: Agents of Law and Order | |
| A History of the American Police | |
| Law Enforcement Agencies | |
| The Responsibilities of the Police | |
| The Role of Discretion in Policing | |
| 5. Policing: Organization and Strategies | |
| Police Organization | |
| Police on Patrol: The Backbone of the Department | |
| Police Investigations: The Crime Scene and Beyond | |
| Refocusing on the Community | |
| 6. Police and the Rule of Law | |
| The Fourth Amendment | |
| Stops and Frisks | |
| Arrests | |
| Lawful Searches and Seizures | |
| The Interrogation Process and Miranda | |
| The Identification Process | |
| 7. Challenges to Effective Policing | |
| Recruitment and Training: Becoming a Police Officer | |
| "Us versus Them:" Police Subculture | |
| The Physical and Mental Dangers of Police Work | |
| Authority and the Use of Force | |
| Police Corruption | |
| Police Ethics | |
| Police Accountability | |
| Part III: CRIMINAL COURTS | |
| 8. Courts and the Quest for Justice | |
| Functions of the Courts | |
| The Basic Principles of the American Judicial System | |
| State Court Systems | |
| The Federal Court System | |
| Judges in the Court System | |
| The Courtroom Work Group | |
| Assembly-line Justice and American Courts | |
| 9. Pretrial Procedures: The Adversary System in Action | |
| The Prosecution | |
| The Defense Attorney | |
| Truth, Victory, and the Adversary System | |
| Pretrial Detention | |
| Establishing Probable Cause | |
| The Prosecutorial Screening Process | |
| Pleading Guilty | |
| Going to Trial | |
| 10. The Criminal Trial | |
| Special Features of Criminal Trials | |
| Jury Selection | |
| The Trial | |
| The Final Steps of the Trial and Postconviction Procedures | |
| 11. Punishment and Sentencing | |
| The Purpose of Sentencing | |
| The Structure of Sentencing | |
| Individualized Justice and the Judge | |
| Inconsistencies in Sentencing | |
| Sentencing Reform | |
| Capital Punishment: The Ultimate Sentence | |
| Part IV: CORRECTIONS | |
| 12. Probation and Community Corrections | |
| The Justification for Community Corrections | |
| Probation: Doing Time in the Community | |
| Intermediate Sanctions | |
| The Future of Community Corrections | |
| 13. Prisons and Jails | |
| A Short History of American Prisons | |
| The Prison Population Bomb | |
| The Role of Prisons in Society | |
| Types of Prisons | |
| Prison Administration | |
| The Emergence of Private Prisons | |
| Jails | |
| The Consequences of Our High Rates of Incarceration | |
| 14. Behind Bars: The Life of an Inmate | |
| Prison Culture | |
| Prison Violence | |
| Correctional Officers and Discipline | |
| Protecting Prisoners' Rights | |
| The Prison Workforce | |
| Parole And Release From Prison | |
| Too Dangerous For Release? PART V: SPECIAL ISSUES | |
| 15. The Juvenile Justice System | |
| The Evolution of American Juvenile Justice | |
| Determining Delinquency Today | |
| First Contact: Delinquents and the Police | |
| Pretrial Procedures in Juvenile Justice | |
| Juveniles on Trial | |
| Juvenile Corrections | |
| Recent Trends in Juvenile Delinquency | |
| Factors in Juvenile Delinquency | |
| Keeping Juvenile Delinquency Under Control | |
| 16. The Ongoing War against Illegal Drugs | |
| Drugs Defined | |
| Prohibition in the United States | |
| The Abuse of Drugs | |
| Fighting the War on Drugs | |
| Alternatives to Prohibition | |
| Public Support for the War on Drugs | |
| 17. Cyber Crime | |
| Cyber Crimes against Persons and Property | |
| Cyber Crimes in the Business World | |
| Cyber Crimes against the Community | |
| Fighting Cyber Crime | |
| Crime Control versus Civil Liberties on the Internet |
