THE READINGS FOCUS ON EIGHT MAJOR OFFENSE CATEGORIES: HOMICIDE AND ASSAULT; NARCOTICS, ADDICTION; ORGANIZED CRIME; PROFESSIONAL CRIME; PROPERTY OFFENSES; SEX OFFENSES; WHITE COLLAR CRIME; AND OFFENSES BY JUVENILES AND YOUTHS. EACH SECTION IS INTRODUCED BY AN OVERVIEW OF THE OFFENSE IN QUESTION, INCLUDING SELECTED STATISTICS FOR 1970 THROUGH 1975. INCLUDED IN THE COLLECTION ARE ARTICLES FROM MAGAZINES AND PROFESSIONAL JOURNALS AND EXCERPTS FROM BOOKS AND REPORTS. SEVERAL SECTIONS INCLUDE EXCERPTS FROM 1967 REPORTS BY THE PRESIDENT'S COMMISSION ON LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE. AMONG THE TOPICS COVERED ARE THE FOLLOWING: CRIME AS AN AMERICAN WAY OF LIFE; A VIEW OF THE CONTEMPORARY OFFENDER; MEASUREMENT OF CRIME; FEAR OF CRIME IN SMALL TOWNS; A COMPARISON OF HOMICIDE, AGGRAVATED ASSAULT, SUICIDE, AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE; A COMPARISON OF HOMICIDES IN TWO CITIES; PATTERNS IN CRIMINAL AGGRAVATED ASSAULT; THE VIOLENT OFFENDER; THE NARCOTIC ADDICT AS A CRIMINAL; AND WHY NARCOTICS LAWS HAVE FAILED. OTHER TOPICS INCLUDE ORGANIZED CRIME AS A BUSINESS ENTERPRISE, WHY THE CRIME SYNDICATE CANNOT BE STOPPED, CATEGORIES OF PROFESSIONAL CRIME, THE CONFIDENCE GAME, STRUCTURES AND CAREERS IN BURGLARY, THE HEIST, AND THE SOCIAL ORGANIZATION OF ARMED ROBBERY. AMONG OTHER TOPICS ARE THE FOLLOWING: A SOCIOLOGICAL CRITIQUE OF SEX OFFENSES; WHITE COLLAR CRIMINALITY; THE CONCEPT OF WHITE COLLAR CRIME; MIDDLE-CLASS JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; YOUTH CRIME IN URBAN COMMUNITIES; ORGANIZED CRIME AND INNER-CITY YOUTH; VICTIM-INDUCED CRIMINALITY; VICTIM PRECIPITATION AND VIOLENT CRIME; AND VICTIM COMPENSATION SYSTEMS. FOR SEPARATE ARTICLES, SEE NCJ-43966 THROUGH 43975, AND NCJ-26967, 10040, 04248, 03331, 13807, 16948, 07653, 05578, 05931, 19267, 41393, 16847, AND 16848.