Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Tables and Figures ix
4. Preface xi
5. 1 Perspectives on the Problem of Crime 1
6. PART 1 Methods and Theories
7. 2 Crime Data and Methods of Research 35
8. 3 Individualistic Explanations of Criminal Behavior 79
9. 4 Sociological Explanations of Criminal Behavior 113
10. 5 Conflict Theory and Critical Criminology 151
11. PART 2 Patterns of Criminality and Victimization
12. 6 Corporate and Organized Crime 183
13. 7 Political and Governmental Crime 229
14. 8 Street Crime 277
15. 9 Gender and Crime 319
16. 10 Sexual Violence 361
17. PART 3 Criminal Justice and the Search for Solutions
18. 11 The Police and the Courts 405
19. 12 Punishment and Prisons 449
20. 13 Community Corrections and Alternative Solutions 481
21. References 503
22. Index 573
23. About the Book 613