ALTHOUGH CONTAINING SOME DESCRIPTIVE AND HISTORICAL MATERIAL, THIS REVISED TEXT DEALS LARGELY WITH IDEAS RATHER THAN THE MECHANICS OF CRIMINAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION. AS IN EARLIER EDITIONS, INSTEAD OF CONFINING ITSELF TO REPORTING ON WHAT HAS BEEN WRITTEN ON CRIME AND PUNISHMENT, THE BOOK MAKES A STATEMENT ABOUT CRIME AND PUNISHMENT. IMPORTANT POINTS ARE REINFORCED BY REPETITION, SOMETIMES IMMEDIATELY, SOMETIMES IN LATER CHAPTERS. THE VOLUME IS DIVIDED INTO TWO PARTS. THE FIRST DEALS WITH THE STUDY OF DELINQUENCY AND CRIME, AND EXAMINES THE FOLLOWING TOPICS: CRIMINOLOGY AND CRIMINAL LAW; MEASURES OF DELINQUENCY AND CRIME; PERSPECTIVES AND METHODS FOR STUDYING CRIMINOLOGY; A SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY OF CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; CRIME, DELINQUENCY, AND SOCIAL STRUCTURE; AGE AND SEX RATIOS; RACE AND NATIVITY RATIOS; PERSONALITY; CULTURAL PATTERNS; FAMILY PATTERNS AND PROCESSES; INSTITUTIONAL PATTERNS; AND BEHAVIOR PROCESSES AND SYSTEMS. THE SECOND PART DEALS WITH THE PROCESSING OF DELINQUENCY AND CRIME, AND EXAMINES: VARIATIONS IN PUNITIVE POLICIES; PUNITIVE POLICES AND SOCIAL STRUCTURE; INTERVENTION AND TREATMENT; POLICING; PRETRIAL RELEASE AND DETENTION; THE CRIMINAL COURT; THE JUVENILE COURT; PROBATION; THE DEVELOPMENT OF AMERICAN PRISONS; OBJECTIVES AND CONDITIONS OF IMPRISONMENT; PRISON LABOR; EDUCATION, AND GROUP PROGRAMS; PRISON LIFE; RELEASE FROM PRISON; AND CRIME AND DELINQUENCY PREVENTION. LIMITED TABULAR DATA ARE INCLUDED. SUGGESTED READINGS AND NAME AND SUBJECT INDEXES ARE PROVIDED. (KBL)