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About the Authors
Acknowledgments
Preface
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Crime and Justice in American Society
1.1
The Problem of Crime
1.2
The Criminal Justice System
1.3
Understanding the Criminal Justice System
1.4
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Understanding and Measuring Crime
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2.1
Types of Crime
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2.2
Measuring Crime
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2.3
Recent Trends in Crime Rates
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2.4
Explaining Crime
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2.5
Theory and Policy: Reducing Crime
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2.6
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Victims, Victimization, and Criminal Justice
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3.1
Defining Crime Victims
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3.2
The Social Backgrounds of Crime Victims
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3.3
The Victim-Offender Relationship
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3.4
The Costs and Consequences of Criminal Victimization
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3.5
The Issue of Victim Precipitation
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3.6
Deviant Behavior and Victimization
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3.7
Repeat Victimization
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3.8
Victims and the Criminal Justice System
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3.9
White-Collar Crime and Victimization
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3.10
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Criminal Law
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4.1
History of Criminal Law
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4.2
Types of Crime
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4.3
Elements of a Crime
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4.4
Criminal Responsibility and Legal Defenses
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4.5
Constitutional and Procedural Rights
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4.6
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History and Organization of Police
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5.1
The Development of Police and Policing
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5.2
The Organization of Law Enforcement
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5.3
Diversity in Policing
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5.4
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Understanding Police Work
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6.1
Becoming a Police Officer
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6.2
Socialization of New Police
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6.3
Doing Police Work
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6.4
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Issues in Policing
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7.1
The Dangers of Policing
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7.2
Stress, Burnout, and Suicide
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7.3
Racial Profiling
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Gender and Racial Discrimination Among Police
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7.5
Police Misconduct
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Criminal Courts: History, Organization, and Principal Players
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8.1
History of the U.S. Criminal Courts
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8.2
Formal Organization of Criminal Courts Today
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8.3
Principal Courtroom Players
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8.4
The Courtroom Workgroup
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8.5
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Criminal Proceedings: From Arrest to Trial
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9.1
Pretrial Procedures
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9.2
Plea Bargaining
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9.3
Criminal Trials
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9.4
Two Issues in Criminal Proceedings
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9.5
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Sentencing
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10.1
Introduction to Sentencing
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10.2
Goals of Sentencing
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Types of Sentences
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How Sentencing Happens
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10.5
Determinants of Sentencing
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10.6
A Final Word on Sentencing
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Prisons and Punishment: Yesterday and Today
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11.1
Introduction to Prisons and Punishment
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Punishment in Historical Perspective
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Prisons and Jails Today
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Private Prisons
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Capital Punishment
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Life Behind Bars
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12.1
A Profile of Prisoners and Jail Inmates
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Living in Captivity
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Prison Violence
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Correctional Treatment
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12.5
Women in Prison
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12.6
The Legal Rights of Prisoners
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12.7
Correctional Officers
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Community Corrections
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13.1
Overview of Community Corrections
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13.2
Probation
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Intermediate Sanctions
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13.4
Parole
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Juvenile Justice
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14.1
Understanding Juvenile Delinquency
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14.2
Trends in Juvenile Crime
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14.3
History of Juvenile Justice
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14.4
The Juvenile Justice Process
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14.5
Factors Affecting Juvenile Justice Processing Decisions
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Dealing with Delinquency
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Epilogue: The Future of Criminal Justice
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15.1
What Have You Learned from This Book?
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15.2
Reforming Criminal Justice
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15.3
A Final Word
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15.4
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