Introduction to the study of crime: Crime, the criminal, and criminology -- Concept and purpose of law -- Measurement of crime in the United States -- Research methodologies in criminology -- Explanations of criminal behavior: Individualistic theories of criminal behavior -- Sociological theories of criminal behavior: social-structural theories -- Sociological theories of criminal behavior: social-process theories -- Types of criminal offenders -- The Criminal justice system: Overview of the criminal justice system: Overview of the criminal justice system -- The Police -- Detention and short-term treatment -- Lawyers and judges -- The Court system: Social reaction to crime: corrections: Punishment -- Prison: the alternative to corporal punishment -- The Modren prison: progress toward treatment and rehabilitation -- The Prison community -- Release from prison

1. Crime and criminals
2. Criminal justice
3. Administration of
4. Corrections