Articles are organized in six units, the first of which focuses on crime and justice in the United States. The next two units include articles on victimology, victim rights, domestic violence, child victims, police policies and procedures, terrorism, and community policing. The final three units contain articles on the judicial system, adversarial justice, the jury system, television in the courtroom, sentencing, juvenile and community justice, whether juvenile offenders should be tried in adult courts, violent juvenile offenders, drug abuse education, young women in the juvenile justice system, intermediate sanctions, crime prevention through education, job placement for offenders, and life after death row. The volume includes a topic guide for locating articles on specific subjects and web sites that can be used to obtain additional information. References, notes, tables, figures, and photographs