THE COLLECTION INCLUDES ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN 1976, 1977, AND EARLY 1978 IN PROFESSIONAL JOURNALS, MAGAZINES, AND NEWSPAPERS. THE OPENING SECTION OFFERS AN OVERVIEW OF CRIME IN THE UNITED STATES AND INCLUDES A CHART SHOWING THE MOVEMENT OF CASES THROUGH THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. AMONG TOPICS COVERED ARE THE CRIMINAL ETHOS, SOCIAL-ECONOMIC CHANGE AND CRIME, 'REVOLVING DOOR' JUSTICE, HOW CRIME PAYS, HOMOSEXUALS AS VICTIMS OF CRIME, STRATEGIES FOR FIGHTING CRIME, AND DEVELOPMENTS IN CRIMINAL COURTS. TOPICS DISCUSSED IN ARTICLES ON LAW ENFORCEMENT INCLUDE POLICING IN NEW YORK CITY, TELEVISION DEPICTION OF POLICE, FAMILY CRISIS INTERVENTION, HOSTAGE NEGOTIATION, POLICE HANDLING OF LOOTING DURING NEW YORK'S POWER OUTAGE, POLICE VIGILANTES, POLICEWOMEN, AND HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION. ARTICLES ON THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM DISCUSS TRIAL JURIES, GRAND JURIES, USE IMMUNITY, PROSECUTORS AND ETHICS, PLEA BARGAINING, THE LEGAL PROFESSION, AND EVALUATIONS OF JUDGES BY LAWYERS. THE SECTION ON JUVENILE JUSTICE INCLUDES DISCUSSIONS OF YOUTH CRIME, A GHETTO YOUTH'S EVOLUTION INTO A STREET CRIMINAL, AND PROBLEMS WITH NONPUNITIVE JUVENILE JUSTICE. ARTICLES ON PUNISHMENT AND CORRECTIONS INCLUDE DISCUSSIONS OF SENTENCING REFORM, CAPITAL PUNISHMENT, PRISON OVERCROWDING, THE MEDICAL MODEL IN CORRECTIONS, REHABILITATIONS, BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION, AND RETRIBUTION. ARTICLES COVERING THESE AND OTHER TOPICS ARE ACCOMPANIED BY CHARTS, TABLES, PHOTOGRAPHS, BIBLIOGRAPHY, AND A GLOSSARY. SEE ALSO NCJ-31143, 31730, 32725, 32749, 35470, 38448, 41008, 42296, 43007, AND 47703-47725. (LKM)