Crime, justice, and punishment

Explains how and why the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Amendments to the Constitution protect the rights of those accused of a crime.

Examines the relationship between race and crime in the United States and the role that race plays in the American criminal justice system.

Details the history and cases of private investigators and bounty hunters and discusses their fictional representations in novels, short stories, motion pictures, and television shows.

Explores victims and victims' rights from various perspectives, including the psychological consequences of victimization, the divergent responses of victims seeking justice and emotional healing, and the tension between granting the wishes of victims and protecting the rights of criminal defendants.

Examines the psychology of the serial killer and the challenges such criminals present to law enforcement personnel.

Traces the history of the jury system in the United States and discusses the modern process with emphasis on such topics as deliberation and verdicts and proposals for reform.

Examines the history, mentality, goals, and acts of terrorists and discusses what a free society can do to protect itself against them.

Places the problem of child abuse and neglect in a social perspective, examining the causes as well as the characteristics of offenders, and explores the short- and long-term effects abuse has on its victims.

Discusses six criminal cases in which there was no completely satisfactory conclusion reached, including the case of the Zodiac killer, the Tylenol murderer, the assassination of President Kennedy, and an unusual skyjacking in 1971.

A sociological study of crimes committed by people under eighteen years of age and of how these offenders are handled by the justice system.