Introduction to the study of crime and criminology: Crime, criminal law and criminology -- The Measurement of crime and its impact -- Explanations of criminal behavior: Early explanations of criminal behavior and their modern counterparts -- Biological and psychological theories of criminal behavior -- Sociological theories of criminal behavior I: the social-structural approach -- Sociological theories of criminal behavior II: the social-process approach -- Types of crime: Violent crimes -- Property cirmes -- Business and government-related crimes -- Drug abuse, drug trafficking, and organized crime -- Criminal justice systems: U.S. criminal justice systems -- Police -- Court systems -- Social reactions to crime: corrections: The Confinement of offenders -- Corrections in the community

1. Criminology
2. Crime -- United States
3. Criminal justice
4. Administration of -- United States