| Crime: Problems, Measurement, Theories, and Law | |
| The Problem of Social Control | |
| Introduction | |
| What is Crime? | |
| Social Control | |
| Crime in the United States | |
| Sensational Crime | |
| Street Crime | |
| Corporate Crime, White Collar Crime, and Organized Crime | |
| The Criminal Justice System | |
| Levels of Government | |
| Local-Level Criminal Justice | |
| State-Level Criminal Justice | |
| Federal-Level Criminal Justice | |
| The Criminal Justice Process | |
| The Problem with the System Metaphor | |
| It All Begins with the Family | |
| Religion | |
| Schools | |
| The Media | |
| The System of Last Resort | |
| Summary | |
| The Nature and Measurement of Crime | |
| Introduction | |
| Categories of Crime and Criminals | |
| Crimes Against the Person | |
| Crimes Against Property | |
| Crimes Against the Public Order | |
| Measurement of Crime | |
| The Uniform Crime Reports | |
| National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) | |
| Victimization Surveys | |
| Self-Report Studies | |
| Fear of Crime | |
| Summary | |
| Theories of Crime | |
| Introduction | |
| Demonology | |
| The Classical School of Criminology | |
| Cesare Beccaria | |
| Jeremy Bentham | |
| The Positivist School of Criminology | |
| Biological Theories of Crime | |
| Psychological Theories Of Crime | |
| Sociological Theories of Crime | |
| Critical Sociological Theories of Crime | |
| Summary | |
| Criminal Law | |
| Introduction | |
| The Development of Criminal Law | |
| The Code of Hammurabi | |
| Magna Carta | |
| Common Law | |
| Sources of Law | |
| Constitutions | |
| Statutes | |
| Administrative Rules | |
| Types of Law | |
| Criminal Law | |
| Criminal vs. Civil Law | |
| Substantive Law | |
| Procedural Law | |
| Case Law | |
| Types of Crime | |
| Felonies | |
| Misdemeanors | |
| Inchoate Offenses | |
| Features of Crime | |
| Actus Reus | |
| Mens Rea | |
| Concurrence | |
| Strict Liability | |
| Criminal Responsibility and Criminal Defense | |
| Summary | |
| Enforcing The Law | |
| The History and Organization of Law Enforcement | |
| Introduction | |
| A Brief History of the Police | |
| Police in Ancient Times | |
| Policing in Early England | |
| The Gin Effect | |
| Policing in the United States | |
| The 19th Century | |
| The New York City Influence | |
| London vs. New York | |
| The Chicago Influence | |
| Vigilante Policing | |
| The Introduction Of Police Professionalism | |
| The Wickersham Commission and August Vollmer | |
| Other Reformers | |
| Modern Police Organization | |
| The Problem of Jurisdiction | |
| The Levels of Law Enforcement | |
| The Federal Level | |
| Careers | |
| Federal Bureau of Investigation | |
| The Secret Service | |
| The State Level | |
| Highway Patrol | |
| The Local Level | |
| Sheriffs' Offices | |
| Innovations in Policing | |
| The Kansas City Preventive Patrol Experiment | |
| The Rand Study of Detectives | |
| The DARE Program | |
| Summary | |
| Controlling the Police | |
| Introduction | |
| Police Discretion | |
| The Expectations of Law Enforcement | |
| The Quasi-Military Nature of Police Organizations | |
| The Variety of Policing Styles | |
| The Watchman Style | |
| The Legalistic Style | |
| The Service Style | |
| The Police Subculture and Police Corruption | |
| Police Corruption | |
| The Knapp Commission | |
| Procedural Laws and Policing | |
| The Fourth Amendment | |
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