SECTION 1 THE STUDY OF CRIME 1
Chapter 1 Definition of Crirne, Criminals, and Criminology 1
Chapter 2 Significance of the Crime Problem 13
Chapter 3 Scope of the Study 28
SECTION 2 CRIME STATISTICS 42
Chapter 4 Official Sources of Crime Statistics 42
Chapter 5 Criticisms of Official Crime Statistics 64
Chapter 6 Secondary Sources of Crime Statistics 75
Chapter 7 Known Crime and Population Characteristics 89
SECTION 3 THEORIES OF CRIME 105
Chapter 8 Pre-Classical Notions About Crime and the Law 105
Chapter 9 Classical and Neoclassical Interpretations of Crime 115
Chapter 10 Biological and Psychological/Psychiatric Theories 125
Chapter 11 Sociological Theories 141
Chapter 12 Political Explanations 154
SECTION 4 TYPES OF CRIME 163
Chapter 13 Predatory Personal Crime 163
Chapter 14 Conventional Property Crime 179
Chapter 15 Victimless Crime 189
Chapter 16 Organized Crime 205
Chapter 17 Occupational and Career-Oriented Crime 218
Chapter 18 Political Crime 230
SECTION 5 TYPES OF CRIMINALS 238
Chapter 19 Violent Offenders 238
Chapter 20 Property Offenders 249
Chapter 21 Offenders of Public Morality 259
Chapter 22 Career/Occupational Criminals 271
SECTION 6 THE CRIMINAL LAW 283
Chapter 23 Nature and Purpose of Law 283
Chapter 24 Origins and Features of Criminal Law 296
Chapter 25 Law and Social Control 305
Chapter 26 Law and Interest Groups 319
Chapter 27 Criminal Responsibility 329
SECTION 7 THE POLICE 340
Chapter 28 History of the Police 340
Chapter 29 Role of the Police 352
Chapter 30 Police Professionalism 362
Chapter 31 The Police and Suspects 373
SECTION 8 THE COURTS 384
Chapter 32 The Criminal Courts 384
Chapter 33 Judges and Lawyers 393
Chapter 34 Initial Stages of the Court Process 405
Chapter 35 Case Resolution 416
SECTION 9 CORRECTIONS 427
Chapter 36 Sentencing the Convicted Offender 427
Chapter 37 Noninstitutional Corrections 443
Chapter 38 Institutional Corrections 455
Chapter 39 Reintegrating the Offender 470
SECTION 10 CONTROLLING CRIME 487
Chapter 40 Reforming the Young 487
Chapter 41 Reducing Social and Legal Inequality 501
Chapter 42 The Direct Approach 512
GLOSSARY 524
INDEX 532