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- Introduction
- Crime in the Last Half Century
- The Theme of This Book
- Social Justice
- American Criminal Justice: The System
- American Criminal Justice: The Process
- Due Process and Individual Rights
- Criminal Justice and Criminology
- Multiculturalism and Diversity in Criminal Justice
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- Introduction
- The Uniform Crime Report
- The National Crime Victimization Survey
- Comparisons of the UCR and the NCVS
- Special Categories of Crime
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- Introduction
- Criminological Theory
- The Classical School
- Biological Theories
- Psycobiological Theories
- Psycological Theories
- Sociological Theories
- Social Process Theories
- Conflict Theories
- Emergent Perspectives
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- Introduction
- The Nature and Purpose of Law
- The Rule of Law
- Types of Law
- General Catagories of Crime
- General Features of Crime
- Elements of a Specific Criminal Offense
- Types of Defenses to a Criminal Charge
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- Introduction
- Historical Development of the Police
- American Law Enforcement Today: From the Federal to the Local Level
- Federal Law Enforcement Agencies
- State-Level Agencies
- Local Agencies
- Private Protective Services
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- Introduction
- The Police Mission
- Operational Strategies
- Managing Police Departments
- Policing Styles
- Discretion and the Individual Officer
- Professionalism and Ethics
- Ethnic and Gender Diversity in Policing
- Police Departments as Learning Organizations
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- Introduction
- The Abuse of Police Power
- Individual Rights
- Search and Seizure
- Arrest
- The Intelligence Function
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- Introduction
- Police Personality and Culture
- Corruption and Integrity
- The Dangers of Police Work
- Police Use of Force
- Racial Profiling and Biased Policing
- Police Civil Liability
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- Introduction
- History and Structure of the American Court System
- The State Court System
- The Federal Court System
- The Courtroom Work Group
- Professional Courtroom Participants
- Nonprofessional Courtroom Participants
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- Introduction
- Pretrial Activities
- The Criminal Trial
- Stages of a Criminal Trial
- Improving the Adjudication Process
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- Introduction
- The Philosophy and Goals of Criminal Sentencing
- Indeterminate Sentencing
- Structured Sentencing
- Truth in Sentencing
- Federal Sentencing Guidelines
- Innovations in Sentencing
- The Sentencing Environment
- The Victim—Forgotten No Longer
- Modern Sentencing Options
- Death: The Ultimate Sanction
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- Introduction
- What is Probation?
- What is Parole?
- Probation and Parole: The Pluses and Minuses
- The Legal Environment
- The Federal Probation System
- The Job of Probation and Parole Officers
- Intermediate Sanctions
- The Future of Probation and Parole
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- Introduction
- Early Punishments
- The Emergence of Prisons
- Prisons Today
- Jails
- Private Prisons
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- Introduction
- The Male Inmate's World
- The Female Inmate's World
- The Staff World
- Prison Riots
- Prisoners' Rights
- Issues Facing Prisons Today
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- Introduction
- Juvenile Justice throughout History
- The Problems of Children Today
- The Legal Environment
- The Juvenile Justice Process Today
- The Post-Juvenile Court Era
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- Introduction
- What Is a Drug?
- A History of Drug Abuse in America
- The Most Common Drugs—and Who Is Using Them
- Drugs and Crime
- Solving the Drug Problem
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- Introduction
- The Chinese Justice System
- Islamic Criminal Justice
- International Criminal Justice Organizations
- Transnational Crime
- Terrorism
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- Introduction
- Technology and Crime
- Technology and Crime Control
- Criminalistics: Past, Present, and Future
- Technology and Individual Rights
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