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Myths and Realities of Crime and Justice: What Every American Should Know

Steven E. Barkan

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ISBN: 9781449691080
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For all their interest in crime, most Americans know very little about the reality of crime and the criminal justice system in the United States—and most of what Americans do know is a loose collection of accumulated truths, half-truths, and outright fallacies. Myths and Realities of Crime and Justice: What Every American Should Know, Second Edition provides a concise but thorough overview of criminal behavior, crime, and the criminal justice system in the United States. Using up-to-date social science research to debunk many of the beliefs Americans hold about crime, the book examines key topics such as serial killers and mass murders, gun violence, criminal victimization, identity theft, policing and police corruption, plea bargaining, jury nullification, wrongful convictions, the death penalty, and the “CSI Effect.”
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    Chapter 1 What No One Is Telling You About Crime and
    Justice
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    Chapter 2 The Crime Problem
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    Chapter 3 How Much Crime Is There and Who Commits
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    Chapter 4 Robbers, Rapists, and Serial Killers: Violent
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    Chapter 5 Hookers, Dopers, and Corporate Crooks: Economic,
    Exploitive, and Consensual Crime
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    Chapter 6 Victims and Victimization: Will You Be Next?
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    Chapter 7 Crime and Criminal Law: Order, Liberty,
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    Chapter 8 Why They Break the Law
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    Chapter 9 Taking It to the Streets: Cops on the Job
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    Chapter 10 Pretrial Procedures and Plea Bargaining:
    From Arrest to "Let's Make a Deal"
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    Chapter 11 Criminal Trials and Courtroom Issues: Convicting
    the Innocent, Exonerating the Guilty
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    Chapter 12 Prisons and Jails: Punishment at Any Cost?
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    Chapter 13 Community Corrections and Juvenile Justice
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    Chapter 14 Conclusion: What Every American Should Know
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