Includes index and glossary.

Contents: Concepts of crime, law, and criminology: Crime and criminology -- The nature and extent of crime -- Victims and victimization -- Theories of crime causation: Rational choice theory -- Trait theories -- Social structure theories -- Social process theories: socialization and society -- Social conflict, critical criminology, and restorative justice -- Developmental theories: life course, latent trait, and trajectory -- Crime typologies: Interpersonal violence - Political crime and terrorism -- Property crime -- Enterprise crime: white-collar and green-collar crime -- Public order crime: sex and substance abuse -- Crimes of the new millennium: cybercrime and transnational organized crime -- The criminal justice system: Criminal justice: process and perspectives -- Police and the courts: investigation, arrest, and adjudication -- Punishment and correction --