Chapter 1: Crime and its Victims
Who are the Victims?
Victims of Violent Crimes
Victims of Property Crimes
Helping Victims of Crime
The Push for Victims' Rights
History of Violent Crime in America
How Much Crime Is There?

Chapter 2: Who are the Criminals?
Youth, Gangs, and Violence
Swindlers and Con Artists

Chapter 3: Crime and Defenses
The Basics of Crime
Ingredients of a Crime
Murder Most Foul
No Honor Among Thieves
Hate Crimes
Cybercrime
Legal Defenses to Crime

Chapter 4: Police and Society
A Question of Attitude
From Citizen Volunteers to
xxxx Professional Police

Chapter 5: Methods and
Investigations
Local Police
Community Policing
Criminal Investigations
Crime Labs

Chapter 6: Police and the Law
Criminal Procedure
The Law of Search and Seizure
Has a Search or Seizure Taken Place?
Is the Search or Seizure Reasonable?
Motor Vehicle and Other Exceptions
Interrogation and Confessions
The Exclusionary Rule

Chapter 7: The Limits of Police Authority
Racial Profiling
Police Corruption
Use of Force
Policing the Police
You and the Police

Chapter 8: Courts and the
Case Process
The Two Systems of Criminal Courts
Judges and Judicial Independence
Criminal Lawyers
The Criminal Case Process
Using This Unit

Chapter 9: Investigation and Arrest
Arrest
Police Crime Investigation Report
State Criminal Code
In Defense of Thomas Carter

Chapter 10: Pretrial
First Appearance Before a Judge
The Question of Bail
Prosecutorial Review
Plea Bargaining
Probable Cause Hearing
Carter's Probable Cause Hearing
Arraignment
An Issue at the Arraignment

Chapter 11: Trial
Trial Procedures
Cast of Characters
The Trial of Thomas Carter
Jury Selection
Trial Strategy
Opening Statements
Direct and Circumstantial Evidence
Rules of Evidence
Closing Statements
Instructing the Jury

Chapter 12: Corrections and Society
The Purpose of Punishment
A Brief History of Punishment
Sentencing

Chapter 13: Current Debates
Are Too Many People Behind Bars?
Do Some Mandatory-Minimum
xxx Sentences Violate the Eighth
xxx Amendment?
Are Federal Drug-Sentencing Laws
xxxUnfair to Blacks?

Chapter 14: Alternatives to Prison
The Need for Alternatives
Fines
Probation
Revoking Probation
Community Service
Community Corrections

Chapter 15: Prisons Today
Prison in America
Prison Revolts
Parole
Staying Out of Prison

Chapter 16: Capital Punishment
History of the Death Penalty in America
Public Opinion on the Death Penalty
Recent Developments in Capital Punishment

Chapter 17: From Criminal to
Delinquent
History: Children and the Law
From Criminal to Delinquent
Different Worlds

Chapter 18: The Problem of
Delinquency
What is Delinquency?
A Tour of the System
Initial Detention of Juveniles

Chapter 19: Children and the Constitution
The Rights of Juveniles
School Searches

Chapter 21: The Causes of Crime
Theories and Approaches
Social and Cultural Factors
Individual and Situational Factors

Chapter 22: Crime and the
Government
The Role of Government
Crime and the Federal Government
Federal Policy: Civil Forfeiture
Federal Policy: Gun Control
An Attack on Crime: The State Level
The New Role of State Supreme Courts
The Color of Justice