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1.1 Chapter Overview and Learning Objectives
1.2 Crime and the Criminal Justice System
1.3 Deviance, Rule Violations, and Criminality
1.4 Social Norms: Folkways, Mores, and Taboos
1.5 Interactionist View
1.6 Consensus View
1.7 Conflict View
1.8 The Police, Courts, and Corrections
1.9 The Crime Control and Due Process Models
1.10 Different Types of Crimes and Offenses
1.11 Victims and Victim Typologies
1.12 Victim Rights and Assistance
1.13 Conclusion
1.14 References
2.1 Chapter Overview and Learning Objectives
2.2 Importance of Policy in Criminal Justice
2.3 The Myth of Moral Panics
2.4 The Stages of Policy Development
2.5 Criminal Justice Policies
2.6 Re-Evaluating Policy
2.7 Conclusion
2.8 References
3.1 Chapter Overview and Learning Objectives
3.2 Research Methods
3.3 Impact on People’s Lives
3.4 Underreporting of Crime
3.5 Official Statistics
3.6 Victimization Studies
3.7 Self-Report Statistics
3.8 Misusing Statistics
3.9 Conclusion
3.10 References
4.1 Chapter Overview and Learning Objectives
4.2 Law Definition
4.3 Civil, Criminal, and Moral Wrongs
4.4 Sources of Criminal Law: Federal and State Constitutions
4.5 Sources of Criminal Law: Statutes, Ordinances, and Other Legislative Enactments
4.6 Sources of Law: Administrative Law, Common Law, Case Law, and Court Rules
4.7 Classifications of Law
4.8 Substantive Law: Defining Crimes, Inchoate Liability, Accomplice Liability, and Defenses
4.9 Substantive Law: Punishment: Incarceration and Confinement Sanctions
4.10 Substantive Law: Capital Punishment
4.11 Substantive Law: Monetary Punishment Sentences
4.12 Procedural Law
4.13 Conclusion
4.14 References
5.1 Chapter Overview and Learning Objectives
5.2 Crime Theories
5.3 The Origins of Classical Criminological Theory
5.4 Neoclassical
5.5 Positivist Criminology
5.6 Other Modern Criminological Theories
5.7 Conclusion
5.8 References
6.1 Chapter Overview and Learning Objectives
6.2 Brief History of Policing
6.3 Levels of Policing and the Role of Police
6.4 Police Corruption, Misconduct, and Accountability
6.5 Current Issues in Policing
6.6 Conclusion
6.7 References
7.1 Chapter Overview and Learning Objectives
7.2 Court Jurisdictions
7.3 Structure of the Dual Court Systems
7.4 Structure of the Courts: State Courts
7.5 State Trial Courts and the Principle of Orality
7.6 The Appellate Process
7.7 Courtroom Workgroup: Judges and Court Staff
7.8 Courtroom Workgroup: Prosecutors
7.9 Courtroom Workgroup: Defense Attorneys
7.10 When Does a Defendant Have the Right to Assistance of an Attorney?
7.11 Conclusion
7.12 References
8.1 Chapter Overview and Learning Objectives
8.2 Philosophies of Punishment
8.3 Ideologies of Punishment
8.4 Retribution
8.5 Deterrence
8.6 Incapacitation
8.7 Rehabilitation
8.8 Jails
8.9 Prisons
8.10 Careers in Corrections: Corrections Officer
8.11 Conclusion
8.12 References
9.1 Chapter Overview and Learning Objectives
9.2 The Role of Community Corrections
9.3 Intermediate Sanctions
9.4 Specialty Courts
9.5 Current Issues and Crime Problems in Corrections
9.6 Careers in Community Corrections: Parole and Probation Officer
9.7 Conclusion
9.8 References
10.1 Chapter Overview and Learning Objectives
10.2 Youth Crime & Juvenile Justice
10.3 History of the Juvenile Justice System
10.4 Delinquency
10.5 Juvenile Justice Process
10.6 Getting Tough: Initiatives for Punishment and Accountability
10.7 Returning to Rehabilitation in the Contemporary Juvenile Justice System
10.8 The Structure of the Juvenile Justice System
10.9 Juvenile Institutions
10.10 Careers in Juvenile Justice
10.11 Conclusion
10.12 References
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