The social construction of crime myths | p. 1 |
Crime waves, fears, and social reality | p. 33 |
The myth and fear of missing children | p. 53 |
Myth and murder : the serial killer panic | p. 77 |
Of stalkers and murder : spreading myth to common crime | p. 97 |
Organized crime : the myth of an underworld empire | p. 115 |
Corporate crime and "higher immorality" | p. 147 |
Apocalypse now : the lost war on drugs | p. 175 |
Juvenile superpredators : the myths of killer kids, dangerous schools, and a youth crime wave | p. 215 |
Battered and blue crime fighters : myths and misconceptions of police work | p. 235 |
Order in the courts : the myth of equal justice | p. 263 |
Cons and country clubs : the mythical utility of punishment | p. 287 |
The myth of a lenient criminal justice system | p. 313 |
Capital punishment : the myth of murder as effective crime control | p. 329 |
Merging myths and misconceptions of crime and justice | p. 357 |
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