Subjects covered in the volume's five sections are: (1) crime and justice in the United States; (2) the police; (3) adjudication and sentencing; (4) jails, prisons, and community-based corrections; and (5) the future of crime and criminal justice. The readings include recent criminal justice research monographs; articles from the professional and academic literature; case studies; sociological, psychological, and criminological analyses; materials from the popular media and literature; and historical and philosophical discussions related to issues confronting criminal justice today. Topics include the evolution of criminal law, fallacies and truths about crime, racism in the criminal justice system, policing innovation, police ethics, the judicial process, jail overcrowding, shock incarceration programs, private prisons, parole, probation, careers in corrections, and others. Figures, chapter reference notes and discussion questions, reference lists, and index