pt. I. What causes crime? The subculture of violence / Marvin Wolfgang & Franco Ferracuti
Crime and social inequity / Elliott Currie
Crime and routine activities / Lawrence E. Cohen & Marcus Felson
Deviant places / Rodney Stark
Criminal homicide as a situated transaction / David Luckenbill
Crime and low self-control / Michael R. Gottfredson & Travis Hirschi
pt. II. Controversial crimes. The overreach of the criminal law / Norval Morris & Gordon Hawkins
Hate crimes / James B. Jacobs & Kimberly A. Potter
Child abuse / Leslie Margolin
School shootings / Ronald Burns & Charles Crawford
Date rape / Eugene J. Kanin
Computer crime / Stephen M. Rosoff, Henry N. Pontell, and Robert Tillman
Corporate crime / John Braithwaite and Gilbert Geis
State-organized crime / William J. Chambliss
pt. III. Controversial crime-fighting methods. Racial profiling / David A. Harris
Militarizing American police / Peter B. Kraska & Victor E. Kappeler
Zero tolerance policing / Judith A. Greene
The punitive trend of American drug policy / Peter Reuter
Sex offender notification and community justice / Lois Presser and Elaine Gunnison
Three strikes laws / James Austin, John Clark, Patricia Hardyman, & D. Alan Henry
DNA testing / Paul E. Tracy & Vincent Morgan
Gun control / Philip J. Cook and Mark H. Moore
Abolish the juvenile court / Barry C. Feld
The death penalty / Michael L. Radelet & Marian J. Borg.