PART 1 Understanding Criminal Justice 1
Chapter 1 Crime and Justice in American Society 2
PART 2 Crime and Victimization 27
Chapter 2 Counting and Explaining Crime 28
Under Investigation Who Commits Crime? 60
Chapter 3 Crime in the United States 64
Under Investigation Street Gangs and Motorcycle Gangs 114
Chapter 4 Criminal Law 120
Chapter 5 Victims and Victimization 146
Under Investigation Terrorists and Victims—A World at Risk 184
PART 3 Law Enforcement 191
Chapter 6 The Police: History, Organization, and Composition 192
Under Investigation Community Policing and Militarizing the Police 227
Chapter 7 Becoming a Cop and Doing Police Work 232
Chapter 8 Police Misconduct 274
PART 4 Courts and Sentencing 309
Chapter 9 Criminal Courts: History, Organization, and Pretrial Procedures 310
Chapter 10 Plea Bargaining and Jury Trials 350
Chapter 11 Sentencing 396
PART 5 Punishment and Corrections 425
Chapter 12 Prisons and Punishment: Yesterday and Today 426
Under Investigation The Incarceration Boom 455
Chapter 13 Life Behind Bars 458
Under Investigation Health and Health Care in Prisons 495
Chapter 14 Community Corrections and Juvenile Justice 498