Contents: Crime and justice in America -- What is the sequence of events in the criminal justice system -- The Road to September 11 -- Crime witout punishment -- Cyber-crimes -- Making computer crime count -- Enough is enough -- Trust and confidence in criminal justice -- So u want to be a serial-murder profiler -- Victimology -- What is life worth -- Coping after terrorism -- Telling the truth about damned lie and statistics -- Violence and the remarking of a self -- prosecutors,kids,and domestic violence cases -- Strengthening anistalking statutes -- The Police -- The Changing roles and strategies of the police in time of terror -- Racial profiling and its apologists -- Early warning systems: Responding to the problem police officer -- Crime story:The digital age -- Ethics and criminal justice:some observations on police misconduct -- Spirituality and police suicide: A double-edged sword -- The Judicial system -- Jury consulting on trial -- Opting in to mental health courts -- Anatomy of verdict -- Looking askance at eyewitness tesimony -- The Creeping expansion of DNA data banking -- Juvenil justice -- Sentencing guidelines and the transformation of juvenil justice in the 21st century -- Hard-time kids -- Gangs in middle America: Are they a threat -- Trouble with the law Doubting the system -- Punishment and correction -- Kicking out the demons by humanizing the experience-an interview with Anthony papa -- Trends in state parole -- Inmate reentry and post-release suppervision: The case of massachusetts -- Rethinking the daeth penalty.