Four essays on crime, policing, and punishment review research on these topics that pertain to England from 1550 to 1850 (end of the Middle Ages to the Industrial Revolution), the history of Canadian criminal justice from 1750 to 1920, trends in forms of policing, and trends and findings of penological research. Four essays focus on law reform and policy. A survey of the literature on politics and crime discusses political crime, policing, and justice; criminal policymaking and development; criminology and criminal policy; and politics in the administration of justice. Other essays on law reform and policy analyze the assumptions underlying Canadian narcotics law, consider the impact of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and examine how mental disorder is addressed in the Canadian criminal justice system. Two essays on social hierarchies, crime, and justice feature discussions of feminist perspectives on criminology and the evolution and current status of juvenile delinquency theory and juvenile justice in Canada. For individual essays, see NCJ 136201-10. Chapter reading lists