Part 1 - Introduction to the Study of Crime and Criminology
1 Crime, Criminal Law, and Criminology
2 The Measurement of Crime and its Impact
Part 2 - Explanations of Criminal Behavior
3 Early Explanations of Criminal Behavior and Their Modern Counterparts
4 Biological and Psychological Theories of Criminal Behavior
5 Sociological Theories of Criminal Behavior I: The Social Structural Approach
6 Sociological Theories of Criminal Behavior II: The Social Process Approach
Part 3 - Types of Crime
7 Violent Crimes
8 Property Crimes
9 Business and Government-Related Crimes
10 Organized Crime, Drug Trafficking, and Terrorism
Part 4 - Criminal Justice Systems
11 United States Criminal Justice Systems
12 Police
13 Court Systems
Part 5 - Social Reaction to Crime: Corrections
14 The Confinement of Offenders
15 Corrections in the Community
Appendix A: Selected Amendments to the U.S. Constitution
Appendix B: How to Read a Court Citation