《Criminology》

Part OneCriminology and the Issue of Crime3

Chapter 1: Crime and Criminology3

Chapter 2: The Problem of Crime in the United States20

Chapter 3: Crime Statistics49

Review and Preview: Part One and Part Two66

Part TwoTheories of Crime71

Chapter 4: Perspectives on Criminal Acts71

Chapter 5: Criminal Offenders: Individually Oriented Perspectives97

Chapter 6: Criminal Offenders: Group-, Culture-, and System-Oriented Perspectives122

Chapter 7: Perspectives on Victims of Crime149

Chapter 8: Perspectives on Social Contexts of Crime158

Review and Preview: Part Two and Part Three179

Part ThreeTypes of Crime185

Chapter 9: Person-to-Person Violent Crimes185

Chapter 10: Person-to-Person Property Crimes218

Chapter 11: Corporate Crime244

Chapter 12: Crimes against Organizations270

Chapter 13: Social-Order Crime298

Chapter 14: Organized Crime330

Chapter 15: Political Crime357

Review and Preview: Part Three and Part Four380

Part FourThe Criminal Justice System389

Chapter 16: Police389

Chapter 17: Criminal Court419

Chapter 18: Corrections450

Chapter 19: Possibilities for Criminal Justice479

Acknowledgments503

Indexes505