Specific chapters are devoted to crime, deviance, and criminal law; the nature and distribution of crime; and factors and theories in criminality. Police operations and the crime laboratory; trends, issues, and problems in law enforcement; prosecution and defense; pretrial procedures; the courts; and the criminal trial are examined. Additional chapters look at sentencing, jails and detention, correctional institutions, and alternatives to confinement. Also discussed are social, political, and racial forces in American prisons; juvenile justice; the victims of crime; and crime control and prevention. Each chapter has a summary, issue paper, review questions, a glossary, notes, and references. An index is included.