Contains studies, surveys, and statistics on issues related to crime, prisons, and jails, covering victims, hate crimes and terrorism in the U.S., correctional facilities, probation and parole, and other topics.
Traces the history of crime and punishment in the U.S. from the 1800s to the early 2000s, covering twelve topics, focusing on different types of crime, and their causes.
Uses literature and case studies to chronicle the historic shift in the philosophy of punishing wrongdoers and examines the continuing tension between the desire for personal vengeance and public interest in lawfulness.
Traces the history of crime and punishment from 3200 B.C. to the present and discusses how and why the laws which govern people's behavior were created.
As punishment for painting on public property in Chicago, Beto is sent to spend the summer with relatives in Fremont, Utah, where he discovers that rock paintings are being looted and decides to do something about it.
Following an act of vandalism against her father's girlfriend, a seventeen-year-old girl is paired by the court with an eccentric senior citizen whose hobby as a sleuth turns deadly.
Looks at the Eighth Amendment to the U.S. constitution, examining the state of the world before it was passed, how it came to be passed, and how the protections that it guarantees have been handled through the years.
Karen has been using the phone too much and has been forgetting to take messages, so her parents restrict her phone use. When Karen decides to sneak calls anyway, she ends up in a huge mess.
Presents a collection of essay that trace the development of freedom from cruel and unusual puhishment--a guaranteed right of the United States Bill of Rights--by examing primary and secondary sources and providing textual analysis and commentary. Includes an annotated list of related Supreme Court cases.
Contains a selection of primary sources that examine all sides of the debate over prisons, discussing whether they are effective, how inmates should be treated, the issue of privatization, and inmate labor.
