Crime and criminal justice -- The nature and extent of crime -- Understanding crime and victimization -- Criminal law: substance and procedure -- Criminal justice in the new millennium: terrorism, homeland security, and cyber crime -- Police in society: history and organization -- The police: organization, role, function -- Issues in policing -- Police and the rule of law -- The courts and the judiciary -- The prosecution and the defense -- Pretrial procedures -- The criminal trial -- Punishment and sentencing -- Community sentences: probation, intermediate sanctions, and restorative justice -- Corrections: history, institutions, and populations -- Prison life: living in and leaving prison -- The juvenile justice system

1. Criminal justice
2. Administration of -- United States
3. Criminal law -- United States
4. Criminal procedure -- United States