Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents: Perspectives on criminal justice -- The nature and causes of crime -- Defining and measuring crime -- Perpetrators and victims of crime -- Criminal law -- The Criminal justice system -- Criminal procedure and the police -- Origins and organization of law enforcement -- Issues in law enforcement and police behavior -- Origins and organization of the courts -- Trial defense and prosecution -- Trials and sentencing -- Origins and organization of jails and prisons -- Probation and community corrections -- Justice and punishment in the twenty-first century -- Juvenile justice -- Economic and political crime -- Comparative criminal justice --