pt. 1. Understanding criminal justice -- 1. Crime and justice in America -- The problem of crime -- Problem in understanding crime -- Media coverage and myths about crime -- The get-tough approach -- The Criminal Justice System -- Can we afford our prison policy? -- Size and cost of criminal justice -- Goals of criminal justice -- Models of criminal justice -- International focus : the Islamic concept of crime --

pt. 2. Crime and victimization -- 2. Counting and explaining crime -- Uniform crime reports -- National Crime Victimization Survey -- Self-report surveys -- Field research -- Explaining crime -- Rational choice, deterrence, and routine activities theories -- Crime and the economy -- Biological and psychological explanations -- Sociological explanations -- Theory and policy : reducing crime -- International focus : myth and reality of crime in the British countryside -- Under investigation : who commits crime? -- Gender -- Age -- Social class -- Race and ethnicity -- The geography and climatology of crime -- 3. Crime in the United States -- Crimes of violence -- Homicide -- Serial killers -- Mass murder -- Robbery -- Rape and sexual assault -- Serial rapists -- Rape myths -- Marital rape -- Acquaintance rape -- Self-defense -- Aggravated assault -- Domestic violence -- Property crimes -- Burglary -- Larceny-theft -- Motor vehicle theft -- Arson -- Hate crimes -- Prostitution^^^^

Streetwalkers -- Pimps -- Clients -- Illegal drugs -- Drugs and crime -- The cocaine distribution system -- Methamphetamine and the making of an epidemic -- A real drug war south of the Border -- Is decriminalization the answer? -- Organized crime -- Corporate crime -- International focus : organized crime in a changing Russian Society -- Street gangs and motorcycle gangs -- Asian gangs -- Black gangs -- Hispanic gangs -- How many gangs? -- Gangs and drugs -- Gangs and technology -- Females and gangs -- Combating gangs --4. Criminal law -- History of criminal law -- Ancient societies -- English common Law -- American Colonial Law -- types of law and crime -- Classifications of law -- Serious crimes versus minor crimes -- The counterfeit counting of campus crime -- Elements of a crime -- Criminal responsibility and legal defenses -- Accident, mistake, and ignorance -- Duress -- Self-defense -- Necessity -- Entrapment -- Age, developmental disabilities , and the insanity defense^^^^

Constitutional and procedural rights -- The Bill of Rights and legal protections -- The expansion of Due Process -- The Supreme Court and the police -- Have Supreme Court decisions helped or hurt the police? -- International focus : International Law -- 5. Victims and victimization -- Defining crime victims -- Victim characteristics -- Age -- Gender -- Race and ethnicity -- Immigrants -- Income -- Marital status -- Time and place of occurrence -- Cost and consequences of victimization -- Economic and medical costs -- Psychological consequences -- What is an advocate? -- Typology of victims -- Victims and offenders -- The geography of crime -- Victim precipitation -- Choosing a victim and repeat victimization -- Victims as offenders and offenders as victims -- Crime displacement and victimization -- The Victims Movement -- Victims and offenders : restitution and restoration -- The Victims Crime Act -- Victims and sentencing^^^^

International focus : crime victims in a wealthy society : Norway -- The Crime Victims Rights Act of 2004 -- Victim information and notification everyday -- Terrorists and victims : a world at risk -- A terrorist typology -- Vigilante terrorism -- Insurgent terrorism -- Transnational terrorism -- State terrorism -- Narco-terrorism -- Explaining terrorism -- Countering terrorism -- Terrorism, criminal justice and the future --

pt. 3. Law enforcement -- 6. The police : history, organization, and composition -- Origins and development of the police -- European roots -- Police in Colonial America -- The emergence of professional police forces -- August Vollmer and O. W. Wilson -- Police unions -- The organization of law enforcement -- Municipal police and sheriff's departments -- State police -- Federal agencies -- The ICE man (and woman) cometh -- Special police forces -- Composition of police departments -- African American police officers -- Hispanic and Asian American police officers -- Female police officers -- International focus : the French police : two forces are better than one -- Gay and lesbian police officers -- The police and Affirmative Action -- Community policing and militarizing the police -- 7. Becoming a copy and doing police work -- Requirements and selection -- From the Academy to the street -- Doing police work -- The police and crime -- On patrol -- Criminal investigation^^^^

Traffic enforcement -- Undercover work : difficult and dangerous -- Police discretion -- The impact of technology -- COMPSTAT -- The police and profiling -- The police subculture -- Police cynicism -- Police officers and family violence -- Officer killed in the linen of duty -- International focus : police in the Land of the Rising Sun : Japan -- Police suicides -- 8. Police misconduct -- Typology of police deviance -- Nonsexual conduct -- Sexual harassment -- Sexual shakedowns -- Corruption -- The impact of corruption -- Becoming a crooked cop -- Corrupt police departments -- The Chicago Police Department : brutality and corruption in the Windy City -- Police and the use of force -- Police brutality : definition and frequency of occurrence -- Police violence : why does it occur? -- Police violence and race -- Fear and fun -- The war on crime -- "Contempt of cop" -- Department of philosophy and accountability -- Devil cops in the City of Angels -- Policing the police^^^^

Internal control -- Government control -- Community control -- International focus : police deviance in a developing nation : Mexico --

pt. 4. Courts and sentencing -- 9. Criminal courts : history, organization, and pretrial procedures -- History of the U.S. Courts System -- State courts -- Federal courts -- Judges -- Prosecutors -- Defense attorneys -- Pretrial procedures -- Arrest -- Initial appearance -- Charging -- Preliminary hearing -- Grand Jury -- Arraignment -- Bail and pretrial detention -- Bail bondsmen -- Discovery and pretrial motions -- International focus : Islam and criminal justice -- 10. Plea bargaining and jury trials -- Prosecutors and plea bargaining -- Judges and plea bargaining -- Victims and plea bargaining -- The trial -- Modern trials -- Jury selection, jury composition, and Voir Dire -- Opening statements -- Presenting the evidence -- Closing arguments -- Jury instructions and jury deliberations -- The verdict -- Appeals -- Jury nullification -- Convicting the innocent -- Eyewitness errors -- Prosecutorial and police misconduct and errors -- False confessions -- Plea bargaining -- Community pressure for convicting -- Inadequacy of counsel -- Accusations against the innocent by the guilty -- Testimony of in-custody informants -- Criminal records -- Race as a factor -- DNA testing -- Fingerprints : proof positive? -- Allen Coco : legally guilty , factually innocent -- The CSI effect -- International focus : criminal justice in China : verdict first, trial second -- 11. Sentencing -- Judicial discretion and sentencing policy -- Goals of sentencing -- Rehabilitation -- Retribution and just deserts -- Incapacitation -- Deterrence -- Types of sentences -- Probation -- Intermediate sanctions -- Incarceration -- Sentencing reforms and incarceration -- Presentence reports and sentencing hearings -- Sentencing guidelines -- Victim-impact statements -- Prior record and seriousness of offense -- Controversial new sentencing for crack offenders -- Sentencing disparity -- International focus : mandatory sentencing "Down Under" : Australia --

pt. 5. Punishment and corrections -- 12. Prisons and punishment : yesterday and today -- Punishment in historical perspective -- the U.S. Colonial experience -- Prisons in the Nineteenth Century -- Twentieth-Century developments -- Women's prisons -- Prisons and jails today -- Size and cost of corrections -- Privatization and private prisons -- The death penalty -- History of executions -- The death penalty in the United States today -- The death penalty debate -- Is the death penalty disappearing? -- International focus : prisons and punishment in Scandinavia and the Netherlands -- The incarceration boom -- Impact on the crime rate -- Collateral consequences -- Disparate impact on African Americans -- 13. Life behind bars -- Profile of prison and jail inmates -- Inmate characteristics and prison life -- Living in captivity -- The prison as a total institution -- Pains of imprisonment -- Adapting to prison life : inmate subcultures -- Conditions behind bars^^^^

Living on Death Row -- Has California poisoned its prisoners? -- Life in the Supermax -- Correctional treatment -- Effectiveness -- Adequacy in prisons -- Prison violence -- Interpersonal violence -- Prison gangs -- Sexual violence -- Prison riots -- Women in prison -- Inmate subcultures -- Sexual victimization -- Medical needs and services -- Women prisoners as mothers -- Treatment and vocational programs -- Litigation and prisoners' rights -- Leaving prison -- Guarding inmates -- Prisonizatioon of correctional officers -- Alienation and stress -- Women as correctional officers -- International focus : hell on earth in a prison cell : Brazil -- Health and health care in prisons -- Special health problems in prison : HIV/AIDS and Tuberculosis -- Health care for older prisoners -- 14. Community corrections and juvenile justice -- Community corrections -- Probation -- Intermediate sanctions -- Parole -- Unintended consequences of sex offender laws -- Juvenile justice^^^^

Understanding juvenile delinquency -- Trends in juvenile crime -- History of juvenile justice -- The juvenile justice process -- Dealing with delinquency -- International focus : juvenile justice in transition : Canada.