Encyclopedia of crime & justice /Joshua Dressler, editor in chief.

Abortion -- Accomplice -- Actus Reus -- Adversary System -- Age and Crime -- Alcohol and Crime: Behavioral Aspects -- Alcohol and Crime: Prohibition Experiment -- Alcohol and Crime: Treatment and Rehabilitation -- Amnesty and Pardon -- Appeal -- Arraignment -- Arson: Behavioral and Economic Aspects -- Arson: Legal Aspects -- Assassination -- Assault and Battery -- Attempt -- Bail -- Bank Robbery -- Blackmail and Extortion -- Bribery -- Burden of Proof -- Burglary -- Capital Punishment: Legal Aspects -- Capital Punishment: Morality, Politics, and Policy -- Careers In Criminal Justice: Corrections -- Careers In Criminal Justice: Law -- Careers In Criminal Justice: Police -- Causation -- Civil and Criminal Divide -- Class and Crime -- Comparative Criminal Law and Enforcement: China -- Comparative Criminal Law and Enforcement: England and Wales -- Comparative Criminal Law and Enforcement: Islam -- Comparative Criminal Law and Enforcement: Preliterate Societies -- Comparative Criminal Law and Enforcement: Russia -- Competency To Stand Trial -- Computer Crime -- Confessions -- Conspiracy -- Contributing To The Delinquent of Minors -- Conviction: Civil Disabilities -- Corporal Punishment -- Corporal Criminal Responsibility -- Corpus Delicti -- Correctional Reform Associations -- Counsel: Right To Counsel -- Counsel: Role Of Counsel -- Counterfeiting --

Crime Commissions -- Criminal Careers -- Criminalization and Decriminalization -- Criminal Justice Process -- Criminal Justice System -- Criminal Law Reform: Continental Europe -- Criminal Law Reform: England -- Criminal Law Reform: Historical Development in The United States -- Criminal Law Reform: Current Issues In The United States -- Criminal Procedure: Constitutional Aspects -- Criminal Procedure: Comparative Aspects -- Criminology: Intellectual History -- Criminology: Modern Controversies -- Criminology and Criminal Justice Research: Methods -- Criminology and Criminal Justice Research: Organization -- Cross-Examination -- Cruel and Unusual Punishment -- Delinquent and Criminal Subcultures -- Deterrence -- Developing Countries, Crime In -- Deviance -- Diminished Capacity -- Discovery -- Dispute Resolution Programs -- Domestic Violence -- Double Jeopardy -- Drinking and Driving -- Drugs and Crime: Behavioral Aspects -- Drugs and Crime: Legal Aspects -- Ecology of Crime -- Economic Crime: Theory -- Economic Crime: Antitrust Offenses -- Economic Crime: Tax Offenses -- Education and Crime -- Employee Theft: Behavioral Aspects -- Employee Theft: Legal Aspects -- Entrapment -- Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide -- Exclusionary Rule -- Excuse: Theory -- Excuse: Duress -- Excuse: Infancy -- Excuse: Insanity -- Excuse: Intoxication -- Eyewitness Identification: Psychological Aspects -- Family Abuse and Crime -- Family Relationships and Crime -- Fear of crime -- Federal Bureau of Investigation: History -- Federal Criminal Jurisdiction -- Federal Criminal Law Enforcement --

Crime: Definition -- Crime Causation: The Field -- Crime Causation: Biological Theories -- Crime Causation: Economic Theories -- Crime Causation: Political Theories -- Crime Causation: Psychological Theories -- Crime Causation: Sociological Theories --

Feminism: Criminological Aspects -- Feminism: Legal Aspects -- Forfeiture -- Forgery -- Gambling -- Gender and Crime -- Grand Jury -- Guilt -- Guilty Plea: Accepting the Plea -- Guilty Plea: Plea Bargaining -- Guns, Regulations -- Habeas Corpus -- Hate Crimes -- Homicide: Behavioral Aspects -- Homicide: Legal Aspects -- Homosexuality and Crime -- Human Immunodeficiency Virus -- Incapacitation -- Informal Disposition -- Intelligence and Crime -- International Criminal Courts -- International Criminal Justice Standards -- International Criminal Law -- Jails -- Jurisdiction -- Jury: Behavioral Aspects -- Jury: Legal Aspects -- Justification: Theory -- Justification: Law Enforcement -- Justification: Necessity -- Justification: Self-Defense -- Juvenile and Youth Gangs -- Juvenile Justice: History and Philosophy -- Juvenile Justice: Community Treatment -- Juvenile Justice: Institutions -- Juvenile Justice: Juvenile Court -- Juveniles In the Adult System -- Juvenile Status Offenders -- Kidnapping -- Libel, Criminal -- Literature and Crime -- Mail: Federal Mail Fraud Act -- Mass Media and Crime -- Mens Rea -- Mentally Disordered Offenders -- Modernization and Crime -- Obscenity and Pornography: Behavioral Aspects -- Obstruction of Justice -- Organized Crime -- Perjury --

Police: History -- Police: Community Policing -- Police: Criminal Investigations -- Police: Handling of Juveniles -- Police: Organization and Management -- Police: Police Officer Behavior -- Police: Policing Complainantless Crimes -- Police: Private Police and Industrial Security -- Police: Special Weapons and Tactics(SWAT) Teams --

Political Process and Crime -- Popular Culture -- Prediction of Crime and Recidivism -- Preliminary Hearing -- Pretrial Diversion -- Prevention: Community Programs -- Prevention: Environmental and Technological strategies -- Prevention: Juveniles as Potential Offenders -- Prevention: Police Role -- Prisoners, Legal Rights -- Prisons: History -- Prisons: Correctional Officers -- Prisons: Prisoners -- Prisons: Prisons for Women -- Prisons: Problems and Prospects -- Probation and Parole: History, Goals, and Decision-Making -- Probation and Parole: Procedural Protection -- Probation and Parole: Supervision -- Prosecution: Comparative Aspects -- Prosecution: History of The Public Prosecutor -- Prosecution: Prosecutorial Discretion -- Prosecution: United States Attorney -- Prostitution -- Psychopathy -- Publicity In Criminal Cases -- Public Opinion and Crime -- Punishment -- Race and Crime -- Rape: Behavioral Aspects -- Rape: Legal Aspects -- Rehabilitation -- Religion and Crime -- Restorative Justice -- Retributivism -- Rhode IslandCO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act) -- Rhode IslandOTS: Behavioral Aspects -- Rhode IslandOTS: Legal Aspects -- Robbery -- Rural Crime -- Schools and Crime -- Scientific Evidence -- Search and Seizure -- Sedition and Domestic Terrorism --

Sentencing: Allocation of Authority -- Sentencing: Alternatives -- Sentencing: Disparity -- Sentencing: Guidelines -- Sentencing: Mandatory and Mandatory Minimum Sentences -- Sentencing: Presentence Report -- Sentencing: Procedural Protection -- Sex Offenses: Children -- Sex Offenses: Consensual -- Sexual Predators -- Shaming Punishments -- Shoplifting -- Solicitation -- Speedy Trial -- Stalking -- Statistics: Costs of Crime -- Statistics: Historical Trends In Western Society -- Statistics: Reporting Systems and Methods -- Strict Liability -- Suicide: Legal Aspects -- Terrorism -- Theft -- Treason -- Trespass, Criminal -- Trial, Criminal -- Typologies of Criminal Behavior -- Unemployment and Crime -- Urban Crime -- Urban Police -- Vagrancy and Disorderly Conduct -- Venue -- Vicarious Liability -- Victimless Crime -- Victims -- Victims Rights -- Vigilantism -- Violence -- War and Violent -- War Crimes -- White-Collar Crime: History of An Idea -- Wiretapping and Eavesdropping.

The encyclopedia of crime and justice not only discusses many different kinds of crime--from perjury to terrorism--but also looks at law enforcement, legal procedures and penalties and the social causes and wide-ranging impact of crimes on society. The articles reflect issues dominating the news and entertainment media--topics that are frequently discussed or assigned in both high school and college curricula. What is perjury? How do copyright laws pertain to the Internet? Can a juvenile be tried as an adult for murder? In 250 A-Z entries, these interdisciplinary articles deal with the sociology, psychology, history and economics of crime.

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