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Index

ABA. See American Bar Association
Abel, Rudolf I., 423
Abortion, 1-4; and civil disobedience, 163, 743; and Comstock law, 202; and labor law, 980; protests, 1108; Roe v. Wade, 574; and terrorism, 1076; and victimless crimes, 1136
Abrams v. United States, 1243, 1245
Abscam scandal, 820, 1030, 1161
Abu-Jamal, Mumia, 141
Accessories, 4-5, 272; and conspiracy, 206-208; and mitigating circumstances, 696; vs. principals, 840
Accomplices, 4-5; and capital punishment, 300, 1089-1090; and immunity, 536; vs. principals, 840
Accounting. See Forensic accounting
Accused, The (film), 782
Acosta, R. Alexander, 648
Acquaintance rape. See Date rape
Acquittal, 5-6
Actus reus, 243, 255, 271, 322, 673, 917, 1033
Adair v. United States, 1246
Adam Bede (Eliot), 635, 642
Adam-12 (TV), 1061
Adams, John, 1252
Adams, Randall Dale, 413
Adam’s Rib (film), 435
Adams v. Texas, 314
Adamson v. California, 942, 1234, 1244, 1248
Addyston Pipe and Steel Company, United States v., 988
Adler, Mortimer, 243
Adultery, 6-7; in Colonial America, 258
Adversary system, 575, 1113; and attorneys, 379; and discovery, 331-333; and drug courts, 355; and expert testimony, 407-408; and forensic accounting, 448; and judges, 572; and juvenile justice, 481; and plea bargaining, 339; and prosecutors, 893-894; and public defenders, 888
Advertising, 1055; and child pornography, 777; deceptive, 213, 1161; and federal law, 1104; and kleptomania, 990; McGruff the Crime Dog, 651-652; spam, 1006-1008
Advocate’s Devil, The (Dershowitz), 871
AEDPA. See Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act
AFIS. See Automated Fingerprint Identification System
AFL. See American Federation of Labor
Africa, John (Vincent Leaphart), 706
African Americans; and capital punishment, 133; church burnings, 39; and equal protection under the law, 389; in fiction, 641, 643; and hate crime, 500; and homicide, 712; and Jim Crow laws, 569-571; and juries, 72; and lynching, 646-649, 710; Miami riots, 682-683; and police, 785; and police brutality, 791-797; and print media, 842; and punishment, 897; and racial profiling, 905-907, 1166-1167; and rape, 914; and riots, 902-904; Scottsboro cases, 957-960; as serial killers, 721; and slave patrols, 998-999; and suicide, 1035; and television dramas, 1062; and vandalism, 1128
Aggravated assault, 286
Aggravating circumstances, 7, 696; and bias, 500
Agnew, Spiro, 741, 817, 1256
Aguilar-Spinelli test, 529-530
Aguilar v. Texas, 160, 529
AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome), 7-8; and prisons, 115, 382, 854, 864
Alabama; capital punishment, 298; political corruption, 818; Powell v. Alabama, 831-832; Scottsboro case, 1255
Alarm systems, 70
Alaska; political corruption, 818; prosecutors, 891; sex offender registry, 982; state police, 1024
Alberts v. California, 826
Alcatraz Island, 114, 136, 1039
ALCOA. See Aluminum Company of America
Alcohol; and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, 110-113; and fatal traffic accidents, 509; and homicide, 712; and indecent exposure, 543; “moonshine,” 111; and police academies, 789; and Prohibition, 880-882; and rape, 918; and sobriety testing, 1000-1002
Alcohol abuse, 9-11, 178; and suicide, 1035
Alcohol Administration Act of 1935, 111
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, 1104
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Division, 111
Alcohol Prohibition Unit, 111
Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Bureau of. See Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
Alcoholics Anonymous, 355
Alcoholism; and child abuse, 151; and psychopathy, 886
Alibis; and dismissals, 335
Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798, 325, 967
Alien Registration Act of 1940, 999
Alien Registration Program, 534
Aliens; criminal records of, 285
Allen, William E., 422
Alliance Against Fraud in Telemarketing, 1056
Allied Crude Vegetable Oil Refining Corporation, 225
Along Came a Spider (Patterson), 643
Alternative dispute resolution, 125, 456
Aluminum Company of America, 988
Aluminum Company of America, United States v., 988
Alvarez-Machain, Humberto, 11
Alvarez-Machain, United States v., 11, 1238
America Online (AOL), 306
American Academy of Forensic Sciences, 449
American Appetites (Oates), 320
American Association of Retired Persons, 654
American Bar Association, 1163; guidelines for death-row attorneys, 316
American Board of Forensic Anthropology, 449
American Board of Forensic Document Examiners, 344
American Civil Liberties Union, 342
American Correctional Association, 855
American Federation of Labor, 99
American Justice (TV), 1261
American Law Institute, 255, 696-697
American Medical Association, 855
American Nazi Party, 170
American Polygraph Association, 823
American Prosecutors Research Institute, 727
American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, 15
American Telephone and Telegraph, 988; and sex discrimination, 979
American Tragedy, An (Dreiser), 259, 640, 643
America’s Dumbest Criminals (TV), 1261
America’s Most Wanted (TV), 1068, 1071, 1261
Ames, Aldrich H., 424
Amicus curiae briefs, 12
Amin, Idi, 560
Amnesty, 12-14; and pardons, 12
Amnesty International, 1151
Anarchism, 1254
Anatomy of a Murder (film), 547
And Justice for All (film), 432, 434, 436, 438, 1115
Andersen, Arthur, 226
Andrade, Leandro, 1088
Animal abuse, 14-17, 178, 303
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, 512
Annan, Kofi, 561
Annotated codes, 17-18
Anthony, Susan B., 1253
Anti-Car Theft Act of 1992, 704-705
Anti-Defamation League, 503
Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988, 44, 356, 659
Antigone (Sophocles), 431
Anti-horse thief movement, 1141
Anti-Racketeering Act of 1934, 18-19, 511
Anti-Racketeering Act of 1946, 511
Anti-Saloon League, 662
Antismoking laws, 19-20
Antisocial personality disorder, 886
Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, 20-22
Antitrust law, 22-26; and attorneys general, 54; cases filed, 1165; and Justice Department, U.S., 595; Sherman Antitrust Act, 987-989
Apodaca v. Oregon, 280, 517, 1235
Appeals. See Appellate process
Appellate process, 26-29, 280, 575, 1117; and clemency, 166-167; and evidence, 576; federal courts, 577; and habeas corpus, 494; and harmless error, 498; and jurisdiction, 579; and juvenile justice, 609; in Mexico, 679; and military justice, 684, 686; and military law, 683; and reversible error, 934-935; and testimony, 576
APRI. See American Prosecutors Research Institute
Aptheker v. Secretary of State, 1244
Arabs; and Patriot Act, 772
Araujo, Gwen, 501
Arbuckle, Roscoe “Fatty,” 1254
Argersinger v. Hamlin, 29-30, 230, 1235
Aristotle, 935
Arizona; boot camps, 95-96; border patrols, 98; Gault, In re, 480-481; illegal aliens, 526; Miranda v. Arizona, 690-691; Tison v. Arizona, 1089-1090; vehicle theft in, 705
Arizona v. Fulminante, 30-31, 1238
Arkansas; gun laws, 492; Wilson v. Arkansas, 1168-1169
Arnold, Benedict, 392, 1102
Arraignment, 31, 504; and clemency, 166
Arraignment, The (Martini), 867
Arrest, 32-36; booking, 93-94; and probable cause, 872-874; resisting, 930; and shoplifting, 992; and sobriety testing, 1000-1002; and suspects, 1047-1048
Arrest warrants, 36-37; and juvenile justice, 607
Arrigo, Bruce, 246
Arson, 37-40, 243, 247, 275, 428, 908; and animal abuse, 15; and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, 112; and explosion investigations, 92; and psychological profiling, 884
Artest, Ron, 1013
Articles of Confederation, 1125-1126
Articles of War, 683
Ashcroft, John, 51, 425; and Patriot Act, 773
Ashurst, Hy, 18
Asian Americans; and Ku Klux Klan, 623
Asporation, 780
Assassinations, 724, 757, 964-965, 1152-1154; Kennedy, John F., 1256; Kennedy, Robert F., 724; King, Martin Luther, Jr., 724, 729, 1256; Lincoln, Abraham, 1252. See also Hinckley, John, Jr.
Assault, 274; and HIV, 8; and sports, 1015
Assault and battery, 40-44
Assault weapons, 445, 490-491, 1143
Assembly, freedom of. See Freedom of assembly and association
Asset forfeiture, 44-45
AT&T. See American Telephone and Telegraph
ATF. See Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
Atkins v. Virginia, 131, 300, 330, 1240
Atomic bomb, 945
Attempt to commit a crime, 45-46, 272, 540
Attendant circumstances, 696
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, 600
Attica prison riot, 46-48
Attorney ethics, 1163
Attorney general, U.S., 50-52, 594; and deportation, 326; establishment of, 592; and Organized Crime Control Act, 756; and Patriot Act, 772; and U.S. attorneys, 52
Attorney General’s Council on White-Collar Crime, 524
Attorneys; and adversary system, 379; and celebrity, 141-143; death-row, 315-317; and depositions, 327; ethics of, 48-50, 432, 434, 547; and false convictions, 418; in fiction, 642; in films, 431-439; jokes about, 642; and juries, 586; as novelists, 639; and paralegals, 761-762; and plea bargaining, 781-783; and privileged communications, 869-872; Shakespeare, William, on, 642; as witnesses, 1176; women, 641. See also Death-row attorneys; defense attorneys; prosecutors
Attorneys, U.S., 52-53, 593, 594, 891; and terrorism, 1078; and treason, 1103
Attorneys general, state, 53, 54, 282, 891, 1023; and antitrust law, 25; and telephone fraud, 1056; and white-collar crime, 1163
Atwater v. City of Lago Vista, 54-55, 1239
Auburn system, 55-56, 845, 848, 897, 926
Augustus, John, 874
Automated Fingerprint Identification System, 342, 441, 725
Automatic teller machines, 192, 521
Automobile searches, 56-58, 1129-1132
Automobiles; and carjacking, 136-137, 702. See also High-speed chases; Motor vehicle theft
Autopsies, 58-59, 672, 716; and coroners, 58, 219-221; and inquests, 546
Aviation and Transportation Security Act of 2001, 996
“Axis Sally,” 1102
Background checks, 60-61; and suspects, 1048
Bacon, Kevin, 871
Bad checks, 1084
Bail Reform Act of 1966, 62, 660-661
Bail Reform Act of 1984, 62, 1237
Bail skippers, 100-101
Bail system, 61-65; and bounty hunters, 100-101; Manhattan Bail Project, 660-661; and parole, 770; and preventive detention, 839-840
Bailey, F. Lee, 142, 993
Bailiffs, 65-66; and juries, 584
“Bait and switch,” 213, 1055
Bakker, Jim, 138, 142, 466, 1257
Bakker, Tammy Faye, 138, 466
Baldus study, 650
Baldwin, Henry, 1241
Ballew v. Georgia, 1236
Ballistics, 458
Balsys, United States v., 1239
Bandura, Albert, 602
Bank robbery, 66-71, 939; and courts, 579; and federal law, 593; and motor vehicle theft, 702; and ten-most-wanted lists, 1071
Bank Secrecy Act of 1970, 556
Bankruptcy courts, 238, 577
Banks; Brinks robbery, 108; Federal Reserve Bank, 231
Barbour, Philip P., 1241
Baretta (TV), 1062-1063
Barker, Willie, 71
Barker v. Wingo, 71-72, 1011, 1236, 1248
Barkley, Charles, 1014
Barnes v. Glen Theatre, 828
Barr, Nevada, 641
Barron v. Baltimore, 210, 375, 1247; and incorporation doctrine, 541
Barrow, Clyde, 66, 423
Barry, Marion, 1258
Basic Instinct (film), 434
Basic Naturalization Act of 1906, 534
Bass, William M., III, 452
BATF. See Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
Batson, James Kirkland, 73
Batson v. Kentucky, 72-73, 1237
Battered child syndrome, 73-76
Battered wife syndrome, 73-76
Battered woman syndrome. See Battered wife syndrome
Battery, 274
Beccaria, Cesare, 895, 1139
Becker, Howard, 245
Beckwith, Byron de la, 437, 1258
Beer and Wine Revenue Act of 1933, 881
Before and After (film), 432, 747
Bell v. Wolfish, 855
Belli, Melvin, 1256
Bench trials, 279-280, 380, 575
Bench warrants, 37, 77
Bentham, Jeremy, 415, 539, 896
Benton v. Maryland, 1235
Bertillon, Alphonse, 459
Bertuzzi, Todd, 1015
Bethel School District No. 403 v. Fraser, 830
Betts v. Brady, 483, 1233, 1248
Bianchi, Kenneth, 719
Bible, 86; and theft, 1085
Bicycles; and drunk driving, 369; and police, 787
Bielaski, A. Bruce, 422
Bifurcated trials, 77-78; and capital punishment, 131
Big Bad Wolf (Patterson), 641
Big Eagle, 1252
Big Sleep, The (Chandler), 637
Bigamy, 78-79
Bill of attainder, 79-80
Bill of particulars, 80
Bill of Rights, English, 61, 935
Bill of Rights, U.S., 80-84, 208; criminal justice provisions, 277, 375, 970; enumerated rights, 209; Fifth Amendment, 428-431; and incorporation doctrine, 210-212, 277, 375-376, 518, 541-542, 545, 759, 942; and Supreme Court, U.S., 1042
Billington, John, 710
Billy Budd, Foretopman (Melville), 333, 635, 642
Billy the Kid (Henry McCarty), 757
Bin Laden, Osama, 1077
Binet, Alfred, 456
Biometrics, 440
Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002, 817
Birth control, 201-202
Birth of a Nation, The (film), 623
Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents, 84-85, 961, 1235
BJS. See Bureau of Justice Statistics
Black, Hugo L., 483, 1241; on due process, 942; on incorporation doctrine, 211, 375
“black codes,” 569
Black Marble, The (Wambaugh), 639
Black Panther Party; and COINTELPRO, 170
Black Panthers, 1008, 1158; and Hoover, J. Edgar, 515
Blackmail, 85-88; and rape, 913
Blackmun, Harry, 530, 1241; on cruel and unusual punishment, 1020; on free expression, 901, 1082
Blackstone, William, 180, 399, 462
Blair, John, Jr., 1241
Blake, Robert, 919, 1062, 1260
Blakely v. Washington, 1240
Blakey, G. Robert, 908
Blanton v. North Las Vegas, 279
Blatchford, Samuel, 1241
Bleak House (Dickens), 806
Blended sentences, 88-89
Bloch, Alexander, 946
Bloch, Emanuel, 946
Bloodstains, 43, 89-90
Blue-collar crimes, 1162
Blue laws, 90-91
BNDD. See Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs, Bureau of
Bobbitt, Lorena, 1258, 1262
Body Farm, 452
Body Heat (film), 434
Body of Evidence (film), 434
Boeing Corporation, 394
Boerne v. Flores, 929
Boesky, Ivan, 549, 1161
Bogart, Humphrey, 435, 1178
Boggs, Hale, 1153
Boggs Act of 1951, 658
Boggs Act of 1956, 358
Bombings; and MOVE, 706-708
Bombs and explosives, 91-93, 110-113; and terrorists, 562; and Unabomber, 1119-1120; and Weather Underground, 1158
Bonaparte, Charles J., 420
Bonfire of the Vanities, The (Wolfe), 320, 637
Booking, 93-94
Boot camps, 94-97, 183, 609, 849, 972; and forestry camps, 461; military discipline, 95, 878
Booth, John Wilkes, 1252
Booth v. Maryland, 773
Borchard, Edwin, 415, 417
Borden, Lizzie, 710, 1253
Border Patrol, U.S., 1131
Border patrols, 97-99, 534; and Homeland Security Department, 512; and illegal aliens, 526
Bork, Robert, 1004, 1156
Bosniap, 560
Boston; police, 258; Roman Catholic priests scandal, 942-945; youth gangs, 1194
Boston massacre, 1252
Boston police strike, 99-100, 727
Boston Strangler, 142
Boucha, Henry, 1014
Bounty hunters, 64, 100-101, 160, 801
Bowers v. Hardwick, 101-102, 177, 1237, 1251
Boyd v. United States, 1159, 1241
Bradley, Joseph P., 1241
Bradley, Tom, 619
Bradwell v. Illinois, 641, 1241, 1243
Brady, Robert M., 102
Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act of 1993, 490
Brady v. United States, 102-103, 953, 1235
Brainwashing, 324
Branch, Elmer, 470
Branch Davidians, 103-104, 112
Brand, Neville, 135
Brandeis, Louis D., 166, 748, 1241
Brandenburg v. Ohio, 166, 999
Branzburg v. Hayes, 736
Brazilian television, 1065
Breach of contract; and punitive damages, 900
Breach of the peace, 104-105, 336-337, 930; and citizen’s arrests, 160; and guns, 492; and loitering, 644
Breaking and entering. See Burglary
Breed v. Jones, 608
Brennan, William J., 826-828, 1241; on capital punishment, 299, 470, 489; on cruel and unusual punishment, 131, 1020; on exclusionary rule, 632; on Fourth Amendment, 85; on free expression, 1082
Brewer, David J., 1241
Brewer v. Williams, 671
Breyer, Stephen G., 1044, 1242
Bribery, 105-108, 802, 1161-1162; and extortion, 86; and federal law, 426; and police, 260, 621
Briefs. See Amicus curiae briefs
Brinegar v. United States, 872
Brinks bank robbery, 108
Briseno, Theodore J., 792
Brooks, Pierce, 1144
Brown, Bobby, 138
Brown, Henry B., 1242
Brown, Joe, 1265
Brown, John, 1101, 1252
Brown v. Board of Education, 571, 1021; and forensic psychologists, 456
Brown v. Mississippi, 108-109, 970, 1233; and incorporation doctrine, 541
Brown v. Texas, 532, 1130
Brown v. Walker, 1249
Brubaker (film), 438
Bruscino v. Carlson, 1040
Bruton v. United States, 1276 Bryan, William Jennings, 1176
Bryant, Kobe, 139, 918, 1014
Brynes, James F., 1242
Buchalter, Louis “Lepke,” 423, 1255
Bulgaria, 232
Bulow, Claus von, 433, 1257
Bundy, Ted, 719
Burch v. Louisiana, 280, 1236
Burden of proof, 109-110, 190, 219, 1082, 1115; and child abuse, 155; and due process, 374; and insanity defense, 110, 547-548; and presumption of innocence, 837-838; and self-defense, 968; and traffic law, 1096
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, 110-113; and arson, 39; and Branch Davidians, 103-104, 112; and ecoterrorism, 1075; and Treasury Department, U.S., 1104; Web site, 491
Bureau of Justice Statistics, 113-114, 726; and criminology, 291; National Crime Victimization Survey, 725-726; and recidivism, 922; and sexual victimization, 912
Bureau of Land Management, 1075
Bureau of Prisons. See Prisons, Bureau of
Bureau of the Census. See Census Bureau, U.S.
Burger, Warren E., 827, 829, 1044, 1242; appointment of, 157; on exclusionary rule, 961; on plea bargaining, 953; and Watergate scandal, 1157
Burgess, Anthony, 898, 928
Burgess, Ernest, 482
Burglary, 115-118, 1084; and common law, 274; and motor vehicles, 1086; neighborhood watch programs, 733; and trespassing, 633
Burleson, Donald, 306
Burlington Industries v. Ellerth, 1133
Burns, William J., 422
Burr, Aaron, 1101-1102, 1252
Burr, Raymond, 1267
Burton, Harold H., 1242
Bush, George, 922; drug policy, 356; and Iran-Contra scandal, 764; and Supreme Court, U.S., 1044
Bush, George W., 1, 524, 565, 594, 836; and abortion, 3; and Ashcroft, John, 51; and Homeland Security Department, 511; and Mexico, 527; and news media, 736; and Patriot Act, 772; on racial profiling, 905
Bush, Jenna, 390
Bute v. Illinois, 1242
Butler, Pierce, 748, 1242
Byrd, James, 501
Byrnes, Thomas, 806
Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984, 119
Cable television, 119
Caesar, Julius, 302
Cagney and Lacey (TV), 1062
Caine Mutiny, The (Wouk), 1178
Calder, Ronald, 410
Calder v. Bull, 399, 1243
CALEA. See Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies
California; antismoking laws, 20; boot camps, 95; border patrols, 97; castration laws, 778; Chimel v. California, 157-158; disorderly conduct statute, 337; DNA collecting, 343; drunk driving standards, 370; Faretta v. California, 419-420; forensic laboratories, 459; gambling in, 474-475; gun laws, 443, 445; hate crime, 500; Highway Patrol, 1023-1025; Hurtado v. California, 518-519; illegal aliens, 526; Indian casinos, 476;  jury instructions, 110; juvenile justice, 610; King beating case, 618-621; Klaas murder, 922; mandatory sentencing, 659; National Guard, 729; Operation Pipeline, 906; Peterson murder trial, 472; police, 775; police chiefs, 797; police ethics, 809; political corruption, 818; prisons, 269, 846, 855, 1040-1041; private detectives, 806; racial profiling, 906; recidivism in, 923; Robinson v. California, 941-942; sex offender registry, 981; spam laws, 1007; Symbionese Liberation Army, 1049-1050; three-strikes laws, 922, 1088-1089; victims’ rights, 1140; vigilantism in, 1142. See also Los Angeles
California v. Acevedo, 963
California v. Ciraolo, 464
California v. Greenwood, 119-120, 1239
Calley, William J., 1256
Cambodia, 791
Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, 163
Campaign Reform Act. See Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002
Campbell, John A., 1242
Campus police, 120-122
Canada; borders, 97, 1131; Gouzenko case, 394; gun laws, 492; justice system, 122-126; Law Commission of, 244; newspapers, 841; restorative justice programs, 932; Royal Canadian Mounted Police, 124, 946-948, 1140; and United States, 125; and U.S. Prohibition, 748; witness protection program, 1174
Cannabis. See Marijuana
Canter, David, 883
Capital punishment, 126-134; and accomplices, 1089-1090; application of, 470-471; and bifurcated trials, 78; and Canada, 125; and civil rights, 650-651; and clemency, 166-167; and Coker v. Georgia, 171-172; cruel and unusual punishment clause, 470-471, 488-489; and death qualification, 314-315; and death-row attorneys, 315-317; electrocution, 298, 405; and extradition, 412; and false convictions, 416-417; in films, 438; firing squads, 298, 404-405; forms of execution, 129, 403-407; gas chambers, 405; hanging, 298, 404-405; and hate crime, 500; history of, 261; and juries, 1172-1173; and juveniles, 131, 1020-1021; lethal injection, 129, 298, 406; and mental disorders, 446-447; and military justice, 683; and psychopathy, 886; and sex offenses, 171-172; and Supreme Court, U.S., 1043, 1045; Supreme Court on, 650-651; and theft, 1085 Capone, Al, 134-136, 423, 478-479, 556, 1039, 1105, 1269; bootlegging of, 880; and films, 135; and Saint Valentine’s Day Massacre, 950-951; trial of, 1255
Capote, Truman, 636, 639
Capriati, Jennifer, 991
Car chases; and Simpson, O. J., 993. See also High-speed chases
Car theft. See Motor vehicle theft
Cardozo, Benjamin N., 759, 1242
Carjacking, 136-137, 702-703
Carlin, George, 829
Caroline Products Co., United States v., 1249
Carroll v. United States, 56, 464, 622, 873, 1246, 1250
Carter, Jimmy, 682, 1257
Carter, Rubin “Hurricane,” 438, 495
Carter v. Carter Coal Company, 646
Case law, 137
Case of the Velvet Claws, The (Gardner), 639
Castillo v. United States, 104
“Castle doctrine,” 969
Castration, 896
Castro, Fidel, 995, 997, 1154
Catholics for a Free Choice, 3
Catron, John, 1242
Caunitz, William F., 639
CBP. See Customs and Border Protection
CCS. See Cold Case Squad
CCTV (closed-circuit television). See Surveillance cameras
Cease-and-desist orders, 138
Celebrities; attorneys, 141-143; defendants, 138-141, 143
Celler-Kefauver Anti-merger Act of 1950, 988
Censorship; and Comstock law, 201-202; gag orders, 472-473
Census Bureau, U.S.; crime statistics, 114, 726, 1221-1227
Certiorari, 28, 143-144, 1042
Chain gangs, 144-145
Chain of custody, 92, 145-147, 197; and rape, 915; and sobriety testing, 1001
Challenge of Crime in a Free Society, The (1967), 749, 837
Chamber, The (Grisham), 637
Chambers, Whittaker, 394
Chambers v. Florida, 1233
Chambliss, William, 291
Champion v. Ames, 1244
Chancery courts. See Equity courts
Chandler, Raymond, 636-637, 866
Chaney, James E., 424
Change of venue, 147, 1111; and King beating case, 620
Chaplin, Charles, 699
Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire, 826
Chapman, Duane “Dog,” 100
Chapman v. California, 31
Character evidence, 396-398
Charles II, 935
Charlie’s Angels (TV), 1062, 1261
Chase, Salmon P., 1243
Chase, Samuel, 1243, 1252
Chávez, César, 743
Chavis, Benjamin, 745
Check kiting, 1084
Checks and balances; and pardon power, 762; and president, U.S., 835; and Supreme Court, U.S., 1042
Cher, 1115
Chessman, Caryl, 1255
Chesterton, G. K., 636
Chicago; gangsters, 134-136, 477, 479, 652; geographic information systems, 482; guns laws, 443; Haymarket Riot, 1253; International Association of Chiefs of Police, 556-557; juvenile courts, 151; juvenile justice, 270; police, 532, 806, 1180; police department, 507; and Prohibition, 479; radio, 910; riots, 724, 902; voter fraud in, 1148; youth authorities, 1189; youth gangs, 1191
Chicago (film), 1111
Chicago Seven trial, 148, 1256
Chicago v. Morales, 1194
Chiefs of police. See Police chiefs
Child abduction, 148-150, 614-618, 694
Child abuse, 74, 150-157; pedophilia, 776-778; and runaways, 694; and statutes of limitations, 1028
Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 1974, 152-153; unintended consequences, 155
Child Abuse Protection and Enforcement Act of 2000, 836
Child custody, 1175; and adultery, 6; and child abduction, 149, 615; and courts, 236; and restraining orders, 934
Child endangerment, 150
Child molestation, 150-157; and Jackson, Michael, 143; and Roman Catholic priests, 942-945; and rules of evidence, 397; and sex-offender registries, 982
Child neglect, 150; prevalence, 152
Child Online Protection Act of 1998, 825
Child pornography. See Pornography and children
Child-Savers movement, 151
Chimel v. California, 157-158, 1235
China; counterfeiting in, 234; espionage of, 393; forensic entomology, 452; gambling in, 473
CHiPs (TV), 1063, 1261
Chiseling, 213, 802
Choirboys, The (Wambaugh), 639, 815
Choke holds, 312; and deaths, 313
“Chop shops,” 702, 704
Christian Identity movement, 1077
Christie, Agatha, 638
Christopher, Warren, 619
Christopher Commission, 619-620, 791
Chromatography, 345, 361-362, 460 Church burnings, 39
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 78, 1253
Cianci, Vincent “Buddy,” Jr., 819
Circumstances. See Aggravating circumstance; mitigating circumstances
Circumstantial evidence, 158-159, 396; and embezzlement, 385; and Rosenberg espionage case, 946
Citations, 159-160
Citizen’s arrests, 160-161
Citizenship and Immigration Services, U.S., 512, 535
City of Renton v. Playtime Theaters, 828
Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act of 2000, 45
Civil disobedience, 161-165
“Civil Disobedience” (Thoreau), 161, 743
Civil law; and liability, 275; statutes of limitations, 1027; summons, 1038
Civil liberties; and asset forfeiture, 44; and Constitution, U.S., 208-212; double jeopardy, 351-352; exclusionary rule, 400-402; and grand juries, 488; and Magna Carta, 653; and Patriot Act, 772
Civil procedure, 591
Civil rights; and “color of law,” 174-175; and equal protection under the law, 389-390; and Federal Bureau of Investigation, 595; and indeterminate sentencing, 543; and Jim Crow laws, 569-571; and Justice Department, U.S., 595; and police brutality, 791-797
Civil Rights Act of 1875, 569
Civil Rights Act of 1964, 571, 978-981, 1180; and sexual harassment, 983
Civil Rights Act of 1968; antirioting clause, 148
Civil Rights Act of 1991, 979-980, 984
Civil Rights movement; and Ku Klux Klan, 624; and National Guard, 728
Civil War; and counterfeiting, 231, 964; and Internal Revenue Service, 555; martial law during, 667; outlaws during, 757; slave patrols during, 998; treason cases during, 1101
Civilian review boards, 165, 803; and police brutality, 794-795
CJIS. See Criminal Justice Information Services
Claiborne, Harry, 537
Clandestine (Elroy), 639
Clark, Marcia, 142, 993
Clark, Tom, 664, 1243; on police interrogation, 690
Clarke, Edward Y., 423
Clarke, Floyd, 422
Clarke, John H, 1243
Clean Air Act of 1970, 387
Clean Water Act of 1977, 388
Clear and present danger test, 165-166
Cleckley, Hervey, 885
Clemency, 166-167
Clerks of the court, 167-168, 235
Clifford, Nathan, 1243
Clinard, Marshall, 1161-1162
Clinton, Bill, 836, 1154; impeachment of, 1259; and Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act, 1143; and Whitewater scandal, 1157
Clockwork Orange, A (Burgess), 898, 928
Closed-circuit television. See Surveillance cameras
Coast Guard, U.S., 168-170, 239; and drug trafficking, 367; and Homeland Security Department, 513
Cocaine, 97, 169, 177, 261, 356, 358-359, 365-366, 752, 803-804, 847; detection of, 362; and mandatory sentencing, 659; and punishments, 245, 288
Cochran, Johnnie L., Jr., 142, 993
Coffelt, Leslie, 964
Cohen, Fred, 192, 306
Cohen, Stanley, 245
Cohen v. California, 177, 829
Cohn, Roy M., 945
COINTELPRO, 170-171, 515, 947
Coker v. Georgia, 171-172, 300, 1236
Cold Case Files (TV), 173, 1262
Cold Case Squad, 173
Cold cases, 172-174; and DNA testing, 343
Cold War; Rosenberg espionage case, 945-946
Cole, USS, 1077
Cole v. Arkansas, 1234
Colescott, James A., 624
College campuses; stalking on, 1018
Collier, James, 881
Colombia; counterfeiting in, 232, 234; drug cartels, 232, 751, 753-754, 1170
Color of law, 174-175, 799; and extortion, 87; and police brutality, 793; and vigilantism, 831
Colorado, 1022; attorneys, 315; boot camps, 95; Columbine High School killings, 719, 954, 956; political corruption, 818
Colosimo, Jim, 478-479
Columbia (space shuttle), 92
Columbine High School killings, 719, 954, 956
Columbo (TV), 1063, 1262
Comity, 494
Commercialized vice, 175-179; and gambling, 473-477
Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, 557, 629, 666
Committee of 100, 163
Common law, 179-181, 1019; and accessories, 4, 272; and arson, 37; and bail, 839; and bribery, 105, 107; and burglary, 274; and Canada, 122; and case law, 137; and citizen’s arrests, 160; and classification of crimes, 272; and competency, 188; courts of, 236; and criminal intent, 255; and criminal liability, 273; and criminal principals, 840; and effective counsel, 29; and homicide, 710; and ignorance of the law, 525; and indecent exposure, 543; and indictments, 545; and kidnapping, 618; and mala in se and mala prohibita, 656; and malice, 657; and Mexico, 676; and Model Penal Code, 696-697; and police powers, 1072; and precedent, 833; and rape, 912-913; and reversible error, 934; and robbery, 937; search and seizure clause, 960; and Second Amendment, 490; and seditious libel, 966; and self-defense, 968; stare decisis, 1021-1022; vs. statutory law, 1026; and theft, 1083; and treason, 1100, 1103; and vagrancy, 1126; and witnesses, 1175 Commonwealth v. Fisher, 607
Communications Decency Act of 1996, 830
Communism; and Federal Bureau of Investigation, 170, 423; and Hoover, J. Edgar, 515; and Smith Act, 999
Communist Control Act of 1954, 421
Communist Party; and Scottsboro cases, 958
Community-based corrections, 181-183, 270
Community-oriented policing, 184-187, 628-630; and civilian review boards, 803; and illegal aliens, 528; and McGruff the Crime Dog, 651-652; and police powers, 814; and youth gangs, 1193
Community service, 187-188; and forestry camps, 461-462; and rehabilitation, 927; and restitution, 931; Ryder, Winona, and, 991; and vandalism, 1129
Commutation of sentences; and clemency, 166
Compensatory damages, 900
Competency to be executed, 447
Competency to stand trial, 188-190
Complicity, 272, 1003
Comprehensive Crime Control Act of 1984, 190-191, 658, 665, 1174; and bail, 62; and computer fraud, 306
Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970, 177, 191, 358, 365, 658
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, 388
Computer; viruses, 192, 1108
Computer Abuse Amendments Act of 1994, 308
Computer-aided dispatch, 199
Computer crime, 191-197, 304-309; and extortion, 87; and forensic accounting, 448
Computer forensics, 197-199, 302-303
Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1984, 192, 308
Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1987, 195
Computer information systems, 199-201
Computers; and cryptology, 197, 305; and polygraph testing, 822; spam, 1006-1008; viruses, 192, 304, 1007
Comstock, Anthony, 201-202
Comstock law, 201-202
“Concerning Dissent and Civil Disobedience” (Fortas), 164
Concurrent sentences, 203-204, 218
Confessions, 83, 204-205; coerced, 30-31, 108-109; and corporal punishment, 222; and false convictions, 418; and police ethics, 810; Supreme Court on, 108-109, 391-392
Confidential sources, 736-738
Congress, U.S.; and attorney generals, 51; environmental legislation, 387; and identity theft, 522; and interstate commerce, 645-646; and Justice Department, U.S., 592-593, 595; and military law, 684; and police corruption, 804; and political corruption, 817, 820; and Supreme Court, U.S., 984; and wiretaps, 1169
Connecticut; blue laws, 90; and contraceptives, 1; gun laws, 445; Palko v. Connecticut, 759-760; state police, 1024; Yale university police, 120
Connelly, Michael, 638, 641
Connors, Mike, 1063
Consensual crimes, 286, 1136-1138
Consent searches, 206
Conspiracy, 45, 206-208, 273, 840; and antitrust law, 22, 25, 987-989; and Chicago Seven, 148; and drug laws, 659; and inchoate crimes, 540; and Kennedy assassination, 1153; and multiple jurisdiction offenses, 708; and organized crime, 908; and solicitation to commit a crime, 1003; and terrorism, 206, 772; and Watergate scandal, 488
Constitution, U.S., 208-212; Bill of Rights, 80-84; and capital punishment, 471; commerce clause, 646; and courts, 579; on extradition, 410; extradition clause, 410; and federal crimes, 426; and federal law enforcement, 111; and habeas corpus, 494; and impeachment, 537; and income tax, 1051; and incorporation doctrine, 541-542; and jury system, 585; and military law, 683; and pardon power, 763-764; and police powers, 812; and privacy rights, 864; and religion, 929; and Supreme Court, U.S., 1041-1045; and treason, 1100. See also individual amendments
Consumer fraud, 213-215, 282, 909; cost of, 1162
Contempt of court, 215-216; and Chicago Seven trial, 148; and news media, 737
Continental Congress, 654, 683, 743
Contracts; and duress, 377
Contributing to delinquency of minors, 216-217
Controlled substances, 365; and Drug Enforcement Administration, 357-358; and jurisdictions, 708; and police dogs, 808-809
Controlled Substances Act of 1970, 191, 358, 365
Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act of 2003, 1007 Convictions, 217-219; appeal of, 280; and concurrent sentences, 203-204, 218; and criminal records, 284-286; and effective counsel, 381; and miscarriage of justice, 691; and plea bargaining, 281; and reversible error, 934-935; and standards of proof, 1019-1020; wrongful, 414-419
Conyers, John, 907
Coolidge, Calvin, 99, 326; and Prohibition, 880; and Teapot Dome scandal, 1054
Cooper, D. B., 995-996
Cooper, John Sherman, 1153
Cop Hater (McBain), 638
Copeland, Royal, 18
Coplon, Judith, 394, 423
COPS (TV), 1068, 1262
Corfield v. Coryell, 1251
Cornwell, Patricia, 452, 596, 637, 639, 641
Coroners, 219-221, 716, 806; and autopsies, 58; and inquests, 546; juries, 586, 648; and medical examiners, 220, 671
Corporal punishment, 221-223, 844-845, 895, 972; in schools, 223
Corporate crime, 1161
Corporate scandals, 223-228
Correctional officers. See Prison guards
Corrections; community-based, 181-183; and criminology, 293
Corruption. See Police corruption; political corruption
Cosa Nostra, La. See Mafia
Costello, Frank, 479
Coster, Donald, 225
Counsel, right to, 29-30, 228-230, 391-392, 483, 670-671, 687; and defendant self-representation, 318-319; Gideon v. Wainwright, 482-483; and military justice, 686
Counselman v. Hitchcock, 1241
Counterfeiting, 230-234, 1104; and Federal Crimes Act of 1790, 426; and identity theft, 520, 1056; and Interpol, 566; and Marshals Service, U.S., 665; and National Stolen Property Act, 732; and Secret Service, 230-234, 964-966
Counter-Intelligence Program. See COINTELPRO
County of Riverside v. McLaughlin, 278
Court of Federal Claims, 577
Court of International Trade, 577
Court reporters, 235, 1034; and grand juries, 1081; and hearings, 504; and trial transcripts, 1112
Court TV, 1059, 1262
Courts, 575-578; appellate process, 26-29; bankruptcy courts, 238, 577; Canadian, 124; and case law, 137; and criminology, 292; drug courts, 354-356; execution of judgment, 407; in films, 431-439; hearings, 504-505; and judicial review, 574-575, 1041-1045; jurisdictions, 578-580; and jury system, 584-589; juvenile, 597-599; and juveniles, 610-611; in Mexico, 679; night courts, 738; persuasive authority, 137; state, 576; subpoena power, 1033-1034; traffic, 1094-1095; types, 235-239, 578-580
Courts-martial, 239-242; and Calley, William, 1256; and military justice, 683-686
Cox, Archibald, 1004, 1155-1156; firing of, 1156
Coy v. Iowa, 1237
Cramer v. United States, 1102
Crane, Stephen, 661
Crawford, Michael, 673
Crawford v. Washington, 1240
CRB. See Civilian review boards
Credit cards, 1086
Cressey, Donald, 384
Crick, Francis, 340
Crime, 242-247
Crime & Punishment (TV), 1263
Crime Index, 247-248, 1226, 1228-1232
Crime labs, 172, 248-250, 459, 629, 716, 807; and crime scene investigation, 251; DNA testing, 340-344; in fiction, 640; and state police, 509, 1024; and toxicology, 1091
Crime passionnel. See Crimes of passion
Crime prevention; and attempt to commit a crime, 45-46; and community-oriented policing, 184-187; and drug courts, 354-356; and juvenile delinquency, 603; and McGruff the Crime Dog, 651-652; and police powers, 266
Crime scene investigation (CSI), 250-252, 452; and forensics, 460
Crime statistics; and abortion, 1; and animal abuse, 15; and criminology, 291; and homicide, 712; reliability of, 291; Uniform Crime Reports, 1120-1121; and Wickersham Commission, 1168
Crime trends, 1228-1232
Crimes; defined, 1033
Crimes of passion, 252-253; manslaughter, 663
Crimes Without Victims (Schur), 1136
Criminal history record information, 253-255
Criminal intent, 255-256, 322-325; and Model Penal Code, 255, 697; and motives, 700-701; and spam, 1007; and traffic violations, 1094
Criminal investigation; and psychologists, 815
Criminal justice; history of, 257-263
Criminal justice education, 256-257, 749
Criminal Justice Information Services, 284-285
Criminal justice system, 263-271; and criminology, 292
Criminal law, 271-275
Criminal Law (film), 432, 871
Criminal liability, 275-276; and due process, 376; and excuses, 403
Criminal procedure, 276-281
Criminal profiling. See Psychological profiling
Criminal prosecution, 281-283
Criminal psychology; vs. forensic psychology, 455
Criminal records, 284-286
Criminal statistics; National Crime Victimization Survey, 725-726 Criminalistics, 248-250, 458-459; definition of, 458
Criminals, 286-289; and deterrence, 896; and psychological profiling, 883-885
Criminology, 287, 290-295; and burglary, 117; and graffiti, 485; and incapacitation, 539; and sex offender registries, 982; study of, 797; and trace evidence, 1092-1093; and victimless crime, 1136
Crofton, Walter, 767
Cross-Border Crime Forum, 125
Cross burning, 500, 901, 1145-1146
Cross-examination, 295-297, 1114
Crouse, Ex parte, 606, 765
Crucible, The (film), 951
Cruel and unusual punishment, 83, 297-301, 941-942, 948-949; and capital punishment, 131, 470-471, 488-489; and diminished capacity, 330, 447; and execution, 129; and execution of juvenile offenders, 131, 1020-1021; and mental disorders, 131, 300; and prison health care, 855; and prison overcrowding, 860; and schools, 223; Supreme Court on, 1002-1003
Cruikshank, United States v., 469, 1250
Cruikshank v. United States, 490
Cruise, Tom, 240, 431, 437
Cryptology, 302-303; and computers, 197, 305; in World War II, 302, 392
CSA. See Controlled Substances Act of 1970
CSI. See Crime scene investigation
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (TV), 1263
Cultural defense, 303-304
Cumming v. County Board of Education, 569
Cunanan, Andrew, 723
Curfews, 148; and halfway houses, 496; and house arrest, 516
Curtis, Benjamin R., 1243
Cushing, William, 1243
Custody, chain of. See Chain of custody
Customs and Border Protection, 97-98
Customs Service, U.S., 666, 806, 906; and motor vehicle theft, 705; and Treasury Department, U.S., 1104
Cybercrime, 191-197, 304-309; and computer forensics, 197-199; and extortion, 87; and Federal Bureau of Investigation, 422, 595; and Secret Service, 965; spam, 1006-1008
Czolgosz, Leon, 1253
Dahmer, Jeffrey, 1258
Dahrendorf, William, 291
Dalton gang, 66
Daniel, Peter V., 1243
Darden, Christopher A., 142, 993
DARE programs, 310
“Dark figure of crime,” 151
Darrow, Clarence, 141, 711, 910, 1176, 1253-1254
Dasch, George John, 423
Daschle, Tom, 1016
Databases; sex offender registries, 981-982
Date rape, 310-311, 912, 915, 918
“Date-rape” drug, 457
Daugherty, Harry, 1255
Davis, Angela, 141, 851, 1256
Davis, David, 1243
Davis, Jefferson, 1102
Davis, John W., 1004
Davis, Rennie, 148, 1256
Davis, Richard Allen, 922
Day, William R., 1243
DCFL. See Defense Department, U.S., Computer Forensics Lab
DEA. See Drug Enforcement Administration
Dead Man Walking (film), 438
Deadly force; police use of, 312-314, 629, 793, 795, 1072-1073; and self-defense, 273
Dean, John, 1155, 1256
De Angelis, Anthony, 225
Death; causes of, 672; and coroners, 219-221; manner of, 219, 672; and medical examiners, 671-673
Death qualification, 314-315
Death-row attorneys, 315-317
Debs, Eugene V., 1241, 1254
Declaration of Independence, 585, 590-591; and petition of redress, 469
Decriminalization, 317; and drugs, 178, 356; and gambling, 475; and victimless crime, 178, 1137
Defendant self-representation, 318-319
Defendants, 319-320; and appellate process, 26-29; and bill of particulars, 80; celebrities, 138-141; and death-row attorneys, 315-317; and effective counsel, 379-381; and right to counsel, 228-230; rights of, 268; and summonses, 1038. See also Indigent defendants
Defenders, The (TV), 1263
Defense attorneys, 279-280, 320-321; death-row attorneys, 315-317; and district attorneys, 338; ethics of, 49; and grand juries, 487; origins of, 258-259; and polygraph testing, 822; and prosecutors, 331-333, 891-893; and trials, 1113-1118; and voir dire, 1146. See also Attorneys; public defenders
Defense Department, U.S.; Computer Forensics Lab, 198
Defenses, 322-325; diminished capacity, 324, 329-330; duress, 323, 377-378; entrapment, 323, 386-387; insanity, 323, 546-549; self-defense, 968-970
Defenses to crime, 180, 273, 403
DeFreeze, Donald, 1050
Delaware; prosecutors, 891
Dellelo, Robert, 675
Dellinger, David, 148
DeLorean, John, 1257
Democracy; and capital punishment, 126, 299; and civil disobedience, 162-164; and criminal justice, 264; and electronic surveillance, 1078; and judicial review, 574; and pardons, 763-764; and police powers, 784, 793, 800, 906; and political corruption, 816-817; and protest, 744; and public-order offenses, 890; and sedition, 967; and terrorism, 1079; and trial publicity, 1111; and voting fraud, 1146-1148; and war on terrorism, 773 De Mornay, Rebecca, 380
Denby, Edwin, 1054
DeNiro, Robert, 135
Dennis, Eugene, 999
Dennis v. United States, 1245, 1250
Dental forensics. See Forensic odontology
Denver Area Educational Consortium v. Federal Communications Commission, 830
Deoxyribonucleic acid. See DNA
Departments, U.S. See names of specific departments
Deportation, 325-327; and Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act, 21; and border control, 1143; and diplomatic immunity, 331; Palmer raids, 760; and Patriot Act, 772
Depositions, 327; cross-examination, 295
Depression era; Federal Bureau of Investigation, 515; forestry camps, 461; gangsters, 477-480; prisoner parole, 768; and Prohibition, 881; Royal Canadian Mounted Police, 947; vagrancy laws, 1126
Dershowitz, Alan M., 142, 432, 778, 871, 993, 1257
DeSalvo, Albert, 142
Desegregation, 1021; and Marshals Service, U.S., 665
Detectives, 89, 805-807; and arson, 39; and cold cases, 172-174; in fiction, 635-644, 911, 1060-1066; and forensics, 457-461; and homicide, 713. See also Police detectives; private detectives
Deterrence, 328-329, 539, 664; and attempt to commit a crime, 45-46; and capital punishment, 132; and contempt of court, 216; and fines, 439; and juvenile delinquency, 603; and punishment, 895-896, 898-899, 972; and punitive damages, 900; and reckless endangerment, 925; and restorative justice, 933; and strict liability offenses, 1033; and supermax prisons, 1040; and surveillance cameras, 1046-1047; and terrorism, 1079; and traffic fines, 1095
Detroit Pistons, 1012
Devanter, Willis Van, 1250
Devil’s Advocate, The (film), 437
Dewey, Thomas E., 1255
Diallo, Amadou, 1262
Dickens, Charles, 639, 806, 877
Dickerson v. United States, 204, 1239
Digital Theft Deterrence and Copyright Damages Improvement Act of 1999, 308
Dillinger, John, 67, 423
Diminished capacity, 274, 324, 329-330; and bifurcated trials, 77; and false convictions, 418
Dingell, John, 226
Diplomatic immunity, 330-331
“Dirty bombs,” 93
Dirty Harry series (films), 211, 433, 435
Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Team, 451
Disasters, 454, 546; and Homeland Security Department, 512; victim assistance, 731
Discipline, 74
Discovery, 331-333; and bill of particulars, 80; and depositions, 327
Discretion, 333-334; and indeterminate sentencing, 543-544; and suspended sentences, 1049
Disfranchisement of felons, 427
Dismissals, 334-335
Disorderly conduct, 104-105, 336-337, 692; and alcohol, 9; and vagrancy, 1126; and loitering, 644
Dispositions; and child abuse, 154; and juvenile justice, 608; nolle prosequi, 739-740
District attorneys, 281, 337-339, 891; and inquests, 546; and juvenile justice, 598; National District Attorneys Association, 726-727
District of Columbia; adultery laws, 6; bail, 62; corporal punishment, 223; courts, 578; parole in, 1123; political corruption, 818; preventive detention, 63; prisoner rights, 427; victim assistance in, 732; Watergate scandal, 1154-1158
Diversion, 283, 285, 339-340, 607, 1129; and community-based corrections, 270; and domestic violence, 351
Divorce; and adultery, 6; and bigamy, 78; and child abduction, 149; and child custody, 155; and courts, 236; and privileged communications, 870
DNA; and adultery, 6; and bloodstains, 89-90; and cold cases, 174; and hair, 1092; and insects, 452; and Patriot Act, 772; and sex offenders, 981; in Simpson murder case, 993
DNA testing, 340-344; and crime labs, 248; vs. dental records, 454; and false convictions, 415-419; and forensic anthropology, 451; and homicide, 714; and juries, 589; and prisoners, 865; and rape, 916
Document analysis, 248, 344-346, 458
Dogs. See Police dogs
Doheny, Edward L., 1054
Doherty, Larry Joe, 1269
Domestic Preparedness, Office of, 512
Domestic violence, 73-76, 346-351; and alcohol abuse, 10; and animal abuse, 15; and assault, 42; and homicide, 712; and restraining orders, 934; and stalking, 1018; and television dramas, 1062
Donovan, Raymond James, 1257
Doremus, United States v., 177 Dorr, Thomas, 1101
Dostoevski, Fyodor, 635
Double jeopardy, 82, 351-352, 759; and acquittal, 5; and dismissals, 335; and Fifth Amendment, 430; and juvenile justice, 608; and mistrials, 695
Douglas, Michael, 1063
Douglas, William O., 175, 1244; attempted impeachment of, 538; on Fourth Amendment, 1080; on incorporation doctrine, 211, 375; and Rosenberg espionage case, 946
Douglas v. California, 230, 280
Downey, Robert, Jr., 138, 927
Doyle, Arthur Conan, 636-637
Dracula, Vlad III, 718
Draft evaders; and forestry camps, 461
Dragnet (TV), 1060-1062, 1263
Draper, John, 306
Drayton, United States v., 1240
Dreiser, Theodore, 259, 640, 643, 661
Drive-by shootings, 352-354, 1193
Driving School Association of America, 1100
Drope v. Missouri, 188
Drug Abuse Resistance Education. See DARE programs
Drug courts, 354-356, 609
“Drug czar,” 356-357, 731
Drug Enforcement Administration, 11, 357-358, 365-366, 596; and wiretaps, 1169
Drug laws; and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, 112;  and Drug Enforcement Administration, 596; and mandatory sentences, 658-660
Drug testing, 361-364, 612, 1000-1002; and drug courts, 354-355; and parole, 770; and recidivism, 923
Drug traffic; in Canada, 127; and Coast Guard, U.S., 169; and drive-by shootings, 352; and homicide, 712; interdiction, 367; and juvenile delinquency, 601; and law enforcement, 365-369; and Mexico, 677, 681; Opium Exclusion Act, 750-751; and sting operations, 1029-1030; and ten-most-wanted lists, 1072; and “war on drugs,” 360; and youth gangs, 1191
Drug trafficking; and organized crime, 752
Drug use; and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, 601; and DARE programs, 310; decriminalization of, 178, 317, 356; and HIV, 8; and juvenile delinquency, 601; and law enforcement, 365-369; legalization debate, 358-361, 591; and mandatory sentences, 497-498; and property crimes, 286; and punishment, 245; and rehabilitation, 927; and shoplifting, 991; and sobriety testing, 1000-1002
Drunk driving, 9, 369-373, 1096, 1098; and hearings, 505; and sobriety testing, 1000-1002; and traffic fines, 1095
Drunkenness, 336; and hit-and-run accidents, 510; and sports, 1012
DSAA. See Driving School Association of America
Due process, 260, 373-377; and bifurcated trials, 77; and deportation, 325; and dismissals, 335; and drug testing, 364; and exclusionary rule, 401; and Fifth Amendment, 429; and Fourteenth Amendment, 429; and habeas corpus, 495; and hearings, 504; and indeterminate sentencing, 544; and juvenile courts, 270; and juvenile justice, 607; and juvenile offenders, 481; and perjury, 778; and police powers, 813; and preventive detention, 953-954
Dueling, 258, 277
Dukakis, Michael, 922, 1254
Duke, David, 624
Dulles, Allen W., 1153
Duncan v. Kahanamoku, 239, 667
Duncan v. Louisiana, 1235
Duquesne, Fritz, 423
Duress, 273, 323, 377-378, 403; and Model Penal Code, 403
Durham rule, 273, 547
Durk, David, 621
Durkheim, Émile, 244
Dusky v. United States, 188
Duvall, Gabriel, 1244
Dyer (Motor Vehicles Theft) Act (1919), 421, 701, 732
Dylan, Bob, 1158
E. C. Knight Company, United States v., 988
Earth First, 1076
Earth Liberation Front, 1075
Easement, 1109
East St. Louis riot, 902
Eastman, Monk, 478
Eastwood, Clint, 211, 433, 435, 438
Ebbers, Bernard, 227
Ebbers, Kenneth, 227
Economic Espionage Act of 1996, 394
Ecoterrorism, 1075
Edmunds, George F., 987
Education; and campus police, 120-122; and forensic psychology, 457; and juvenile delinquency, 601; and police, 785; and sex discrimination, 979
Education Amendments of 1972, 979, 984
Edwards, Edwin, 138
Edwards v. Arizona, 687
Edwards v. California, 1242
Edwards v. South Carolina, 105
Effective counsel, 379-381; in films, 434; and self-representation, 419-420
Ehrlichman, John, 1155, 1257
Eichmann, Adolf, 565
Eighteenth Amendment, 83, 111, 817, 880-882
Eighth Amendment; cruel and unusual punishment clause, 297-301, 497-498, 942, 949, 1002-1003, 1020-1021; excessive bail clause, 61, 210, 277, 839; and prison health care, 855; and prison overcrowding, 860; and three-strikes laws, 1088 Einstein, Albert, 946
Eisenhower, Dwight D., 729; and Rosenberg espionage case, 946
Eisenhower, Milton S., 724
Elderly prisoners, 381-382
Electric chair. See Electrocution
Electrocution, 298, 405
Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986, 308, 383
Electronic Crimes Task Force, 524
Electronic Espionage Act of 1996, 308
Electronic mail; and computer forensics, 197-198; and cybercrime, 304-305, 307-308; and electronic surveillance, 382-384; and Patriot Act, 772; spam, 1006-1008
Electronic surveillance, 382-384, 612-613, 748-749; cameras, 70, 1046-1047; and organized crime, 754; and Patriot Act, 772; and privacy rights, 865; and stakeouts, 1016-1017; wiretaps, 1169-1171
Electronic Theft Act of 1997, 308
Eliot, George, 635, 642
Elkins, Aaron J., 641
Elkins v. United States, 870, 1159
Elliott, William, 624
Ellis Island, 533
Ellsberg, Daniel, 1256
Ellsworth, Oliver, 1244
Elmira prison model, 846
Elmira system, 767-768
Elroy, James, 639
E-mail. See Electronic mail
Embezzlement, 275, 384-386; and bank robbery, 67; and theft, 1083
Emerson, United States v., 936
Eminent domain, 430
Employee Polygraph Protection Act of 1988, 385, 822
Employment; and crime, 184; and sex discrimination, 978-981
Employment Division v. Smith, 929
End Racial Profiling Act of 2001, 905
End Racial Profiling Act of 2004, 907
England; capital punishment, 258; chancery courts, 765.; history of, 257; homicide laws, 710; mail fraud, 654; police, 258, 806; posse comitatus, 257, 831; right to bear arms, 935; Scotland Yard, 806; sheriffs, 985 See also Great Britain
English Common law. See Common law
Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry Reform Act of 2002, 527
Enmund v. Florida, 300, 1090
Enron Corporation, 226, 1160-1164
Entomology, forensic, 452-453
Entrapment, 273, 323, 386-387; and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, 111; and “reverse sting” operations, 369; and sting operations, 1029-1030
Environmental crimes, 387-389, 752, 1107, 1161, 1165; and Federal Bureau of Investigation, 387, 423; and Justice Department, U.S., 595
Environmental Protection Agency, 387-389, 925
Environmental racism, 745
EPA. See Environmental Protection Agency
Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972, 641, 1180
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 925, 979, 984
Equal Pay Act of 1963, 980
Equal protection under the law, 389-390
Equal Rights Amendment, 980
Equity courts, 236, 1019
Equity Funding Corporation of America, 226
Ernst and Ernst v. Hochfelder, 225
Ervin, Sam, Jr., 1155-1156
Erznoznik v. Jacksonville, 828
Escape from Alcatraz (film), 438
Escobar, Pablo, 1170
Escobedo v. Illinois, 391-392, 671, 1234, 1244
Escott v. BarChris Construction Corporation, 225
Espionage, 392-395; and death penalty, 127; and treason, 1102
Espionage Act of 1917, 166, 421, 423, 967, 1102, 1248; and Rosenberg case, 945
Estelle v. Gamble, 855
Estelle v. McGuire, 74
Estes, Billie Sol, 225
Ethelred I, 588
Ethics, 640, 1029-1030; attorneys, 48-50, 379-381; and COINTELPRO, 170-171; and criminology, 293; in films, 431-439; and news media, 736-738; police, 809-811; and prison health care, 856; and punishment, 898
Euthanasia, 1036
Evans, Hiram Wesley, 624
Evers, Medgar, 424, 437, 1258
Evers, Myrlie, 437
Evidence, 158-159, 1114; and appellate process, 576; and burden of proof, 109; and child abuse, 74, 156; and discovery, 331-333; and dismissals, 335; exclusionary rule, 400-402; “good-faith” exception, 530-531; hearsay, 398, 505; planting of, 418; rules of, 396-399, 505, 1175, 1177; shoe prints, 989-990; and testimony, 1081-1082; tire-tracks, 458, 989-990; victim-impact, 773-774, 1177. See also Trace evidence
Evidence, rules of, 498-499, 669-670, 1158-1159; and juveniles, 480-481
Ewing, Gary, 1088
Ewing v. California, 1240
Ex post facto laws, 399-400; and Lindbergh kidnapping, 635
Excessive bail, 61, 83
Excessive force, 920-921
Exclusionary rule, 157, 323, 391, 400-402, 532-533, 961, 1158-1159; in fiction, 638; in films, 433; “good faith” exception, 530-531, 632; and search warrants, 963; and Supreme Court, U.S., 1043; and vigilantism, 433
Excuse defense, 303
Excuses and justifications, 403
Execution of judgment, 407
Executioner’s Song, The (Mailer), 640, 643 Executions; in films, 438; by firing squad, 298; forms of, 129, 403-407; history of, 259; and incapacitation, 539; public, 221; violence of, 297
Executive orders, 684, 837
Executive privilege; and Watergate scandal, 1155-1156
Expanded War Crimes Act of 1997, 1151
Expert testimony. See Expert witnesses
Expert witnesses, 407-409; and battered woman syndrome, 75; and child abuse, 74; and cross-examination, 296; and false convictions, 417; forensic accountants, 447; and rules of evidence, 396
Explosives Control Act of 1970, 111
Expungement of records, 608, 740
Extortion, 85-88; and Hobbs Act, 511; and police brutality, 802; and robbery, 939
Extradition, 409-412; and bounty hunters, 100; and Canada, 125; and capital punishment, 412; and habeas corpus, 411; and Justice Department, U.S., 593; and Marshals Service, U.S., 596, 666; and Mexico, 11
Extradition Act of 1793, 410
Exxon Valdez, 1161, 1262
“Eye for an eye, an,” 877, 897-898, 927
Eyewitness testimony, 412-414; and false convictions, 413, 417
Fall, Albert B., 1054, 1254
False arrests; and National Crime Information Center, 725
False convictions, 133, 415-419; in films, 436
False imprisonment, 274, 614-618, 802
False pretenses, 275, 465, 1083
Families; battered child and battered wife syndromes, 73-76; and child abuse, 155-156; and child-protective agencies, 155
Family Abuse Prevention Act of 1977 (Oregon), 348
Family courts, 579
Faragher v. City of Boca Raton, 1133
Faretta v. California, 318, 419-420, 1236
Farmer v. Brennan, 860
FARS. See Fatality Analysis Reporting Systems
Fatality Analysis Reporting Systems, 507
Father Brown, 636
Faubus, Orville, 729
Faulkner, William, 436
Fay, Michael, 223
FBI. See Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI, This Week, 1071
FCC. See Federal Communications Commission
F.E.A.R. See Forfeiture Endangers American Rights
Federal Bureau of Investigation, 420-426, 595, 883-884; and Abscam, 820; and arson, 39; Automated Fingerprint Identification System, 342, 441, 725; and bank robbery, 67, 69-70; and Branch Davidians, 103-104; and Capone, Al, 136; and child pornography, 825; COINTELPRO, 170-171; and color of law violations, 174; Combined DNA Index System, 342; and computer forensics, 198; Crime Index, 247-248, 1221-1232; Criminal Justice Information Services, 284-285; and espionage, 392; forensic laboratories, 459; and fraud, 468; and Hoover, J. Edgar, 514-516; and identity theft, 523; informants, 30; investigators, 806; and kidnapping, 615; and King, Martin Luther, Jr., 743; and Lindbergh kidnapping, 635; and Marshals, U.S., 665; most-wanted lists, 136; and motor vehicle theft, 703, 705; and narcotics, 366, 422-423; National Computer Crime Squad, 708; National Crime Information Center, 94, 422, 725, 1024; national sex offender registry, 982; and organized crime, 366; Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force, 366; and police brutality, 794; and President’s Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice, 837; and Prohibition, 881; and rape, 914; renaming of, 515; Rosenberg espionage case, 945; and Ruby Ridge raid, 948; and serial killers, 719; and skyjacking, 996; and spam, 1007; and sting operations, 1030; ten-most-wanted lists, 1070-1072; and terrorism, 595, 1078; and treason, 1103; Uniform Crime Reports, 260, 556, 726, 1120-1121, 1221-1232; and Watergate scandal, 1155; and white-collar crime, 1163; and wiretaps, 394, 1169; and women, 1180
Federal Bureau of Narcotics, 85
Federal Communications Commission, 238, 829, 909, 925; and Jackson, Janet, 542; and telephone fraud, 1056
Federal Communications Commission v. Pacifica Foundation, 829
Federal Crimes Act of 1790, 426
Federal Emergency Management Agency, 512
Federal firearms licenses, 491
Federal Insanity Defense Reform Act of 1984, 548
Federal Kidnapping Act, 102
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, 97, 512, 1104
Federal Prison Industries, 857
Federal Prisoner Rehabilitation Act of 1965, 182, 1186
Federal Protective Service, 512
Federal Rules of Evidence, 396-399, 1175, 1177
Federal Tort Claims Act of 1946, 434
Federal Trade Commission, 25, 213; and fraud, 467; and identity theft, 522-523, 1085; and regulatory crime, 925; and spam, 1007; Telemarketing Sales Rule, 1056; and telephone fraud, 1056 Federal Wiretap Act of 1968, 383
Federalist Papers, 590
Federalists, 967
Feingold, Russ, 907
Felon disfranchisement, 427
Felonies, 272, 427-428; and antitrust law, 26; arraignment, 279; arson, 38; bank robbery, 66-71; blackmail, 86, 88; bribery, 107; and citizen’s arrests, 160-161; and Clean Air Act, 388; computer crimes, 196; defendants, 29, 229, 279; drunk driving, 372; extortion, 86, 88; insurance fraud, 552; kidnapping, 618; mail fraud, 654; and mandatory sentencing, 658-660; and military courts-martial, 685; robbery, 937-941; and telephone fraud, 1057; theft, 1083; and trespass, 1108
Felony-murder rule, 925, 1089
Ferguson, Colin, 319
Ferracuti, Franco, 290
Few Good Men, A (film), 240, 431
Field, Stephen J., 1244
Fielding, Henry, 258
Fifth Amendment, 82, 428-431; and defendant rights, 319; and double jeopardy, 351-352; due process clause, 297, 373-377, 839; and grand juries, 210, 277, 487, 518; and incorporation doctrine, 541; and military law, 684; and Miranda v. Arizona, 690; and right to trial by jury, 585; and self-incrimination, 102, 204-205, 536, 671, 688-690, 748, 970-971, 1177
Figlio, Robert M., 1039-1040
Films, 431-439; Accused, The, 782; Adam’s Rib, 435; Anatomy of a Murder, 547; And Justice for All, 432, 434, 436, 438, 1115; Basic Instinct, 434; Before and After, 432, 747; Body Heat, 434; Body of Evidence, 434; Brubaker, 438; and Capone, Al, 135; Chicago, 1111; Criminal Law, 432, 871; Crucible, The, 951; Dead Man Walking, 438; Devil’s Advocate, The, 437; Dirty Harry, 211; Dirty Harry series, 433; Escape from Alcatraz, 438; Few Good Men, A, 240, 431; Firm, The, 437; and forensic psychology, 456; French Connection, The, 799; Fugitive, The, 665; Ghosts of Mississippi, 437; Goodfellas, 755, 1175; Guilty as Sin, 380, 432; Hurricane, The, 438; I Want to Live!, 205; Inherit the Wind, 1176; Intruder in the Dust, 436; Jagged Edge, 434; JFK, 1154; Jokers, The, 673; Last Dance, 438; Lethal Weapon series, 433; Life of David Gale, The, 132, 436, 438; Little Caesar, 478; Magnum Force, 435; Maltese Falcon, The, 435; Minority Report, 838; Mississippi Burning, 1171; Mrs. Soffel, 438; My Cousin Vinny, 296, 332, 335; Natural Born Killers, 720; New Jersey Drive, 701; North West Mounted Police, 947; Onion Field, The, 893; Physical Evidence, 434; Presumed Innocent, 264; Primal Fear, 321, 433; Reversal of Fortune, 432; serial-killer themes, 719; Serpico, 435, 621-622; Shawshank Redemption, The, 436, 861-862; Star Chamber, The, 433, 435; Suspect, 434, 1115; Thin Blue Line, The, 413; Time to Kill, A, 436; To Kill a Mockingbird, 436, 588; True Believer, 438; True Crime, 436, 438; Twelve Angry Men, 920; Wrong Man, The, 436
Final Appeal (Scottoline), 639
Financial crimes; and Secret Service, 964-966
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, 1104-1105
Finch, Stanley W., 422
Fines, 439-440; and regulatory crime, 925
Fingerprints, 340, 440-442, 458, 626; and crime labs, 248; in fiction, 440; and kidnapping, 617; and National Crime Information Center, 725
Firearms, 443-446, 458; and crime labs, 248; and homicide, 712, 715; and right to bear arms, 935-937; and robbery, 939; and suicide, 1035
Firearms Owners’ Protection Act of 1986, 111
Firing squads, 298, 404-405
Firm, The (film), 437
Firm, The (Grisham), 639, 643
First Amendment; and blue laws, 91; and civil disobedience, 164; and clear and present danger, 166; and cross burning, 1145-1146; and free press, 967, 1082-1083, 1172; and free speech, 799, 833, 999; and freedom of assembly, 469, 645, 743; and hate crime, 500, 503, 901-902; and hate speech, 1145; and incorporation doctrine, 541; and news sources, 736-738; and pornography, 177, 826-830; and religion, 929
First Judiciary Act of 1789, 664
FISA. See Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978
Flag burning, 1082-1083
Fleiss, Heidi, 140
Fleming, Ian, 393
Florida; boot camps, 95; capital punishment, 446; and Capone, Al, 135; chain gangs, 145; courts, 29; drug courts, 354; drug laws, 283; gun laws, 490; house arrest in, 183; investigatory agency, 1024; Miami riots, 682-683; segregation, 571; vagrancy laws, 1126; work camps, 1184
Florida v. Bostick, 206, 1247
Florida v. Royer, 532, 812
Floyd, Charles “Pretty Boy,” 66, 423
Flynn, Elizabeth Gurley, 1255
Flynn, William J., 422
Flynt, Jimmy, 781
Fonda, Henry, 436
Fong Yue Ting v. United States, 325
Forbes, David, 1014
Ford, Alvin Bernard, 446
Ford, Gerald R., 13, 1153, 1157; amnesty of war resisters, 13; appointment to vice presidency, 741; pardon of Nixon, 764; and Douglas, William O., 538; and Warren Commission, 1153 Ford, Harrison, 264, 665
Ford v. Wainwright, 300, 446-447, 1237
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, 226
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, 383, 1170
Foreign terrorist organization, 21
Forensic accounting, 447-449, 458; and embezzlement, 385
Forensic anthropology, 449-452, 457, 641, 714
Forensic dentistry. See Forensic odontology
Forensic engineering, 458
Forensic entomology, 452-453, 458
Forensic medicine, 459
Forensic nursing, 458
Forensic odontology, 453-454, 457, 710
Forensic palynology, 454-455
Forensic pathology, 457, 716
Forensic psychiatry, 457
Forensic psychology, 455-458
Forensic serology, 458
Forensic toxicology, 457
Forensics, 457-461; and arson, 40; bloodstains, 89-90; computer, 197-199; document analysis, 344-346; in fiction, 638, 641; trace evidence, 1092-1093
Forestry camps, 461-462
Forfeiture Endangers American Rights, 45
Forgery, 428, 462, 866, 1084; and document analysis, 344-346, 458; and embezzlement, 385; and Secret Service, 965; and white-collar crime, 1163, 1165
Forrest, Nathan Bedford, 623
Fortas, Abe, 175, 481, 483, 1244; on political dissent, 164
Fosse, Bob, 1111
Foster, Marcus, 1050
Foster care, 156; and child abuse, 154; and probationers, 878
Fourteenth Amendment, 210-211, 376, 569; and “color of law,” 175; due process clause, 30, 108-109, 277, 375, 470, 518-519, 759-760, 942, 953-954, 1011; equal protection clause, 72, 389-390; and Fifth Amendment, 429; and incorporation doctrine, 541-542; and right to trial by jury, 585; and Supreme Court, U.S., 1042
Fourth Amendment, 81, 463-464; and arrest warrants, 36-37; and knock-and-announce principle, 1168-1169; and police powers, 813; and privacy rights, 864-866; and probable cause, 612-613, 872; search and seizure clause, 84-85, 119-120, 157-158, 209, 277, 313, 375, 391, 498-499, 531-532, 622-623, 668-670, 734-735, 738-739, 960-963, 1030-1031, 1080-1081, 1130, 1158-1159; and search warrants, 963-964; and Whren v. United States, 1166-1167
Fox, Vicente, 527, 681
FPI. See Federal Prison Industries
France; espionage of, 393
Frank v. Mangum, 1248
Frankfurter, Felix, 1244
Franklin, Benjamin, 233, 654
Franklin v. Gwinnett County School District, 984
Fraud, 465-469; and bigamy, 78-79; and computer crime, 193; corporate, 245; corporate scandals, 223-228; counterfeiting, 230-234; and forensic accounting, 447-449; identity theft, 520-525. See also Computer fraud; consumer fraud; insurance fraud; mail fraud; telephone fraud; voting fraud
Free speech; and counterfeiting, 232
Freedom of assembly and association, 469-470; and loitering laws, 645; and nonviolent resistance, 743; and police, 799
Freedom of Information Act of 1967, 516, 945
Freeh, Louis J., 422
Freeman, Morgan, 637
Frei, Max, 454
French Connection, The (film), 799
French Revolution, 1074
Freud, Sigmund, 456, 913
Fried, Charles, 1004
“Friend of the court” briefs, 12
Froines, John, 148
Frontier, American, 831, 969, 986
“Fruit-of-the-poison-tree” rule, 638
Frye v. United States, 821
FTO. See Foreign terrorist organization
Fugate, Caril Ann, 723
Fugitive, The (film), 665
Fugitive, The (TV), 665
Fugitive Slave Act of 1793, 664, 1251
Fugitives; and bounty hunters, 100-101; and Marshals, U.S., 596, 665
Fuhrman, Mark, 993
Fuller, Corey, 65
Fuller, Melvin W., 1244
Fulminante, Oreste C., 30
Furman, William, 470
Furman v. Georgia, 131, 299, 470-471, 489, 1236, 1241
Gacy, John Wayne, 719
Gag orders, 472-473, 1111; and contempt of court, 216
Gambling, 175, 178, 305, 473-477, 708, 890; and embezzlement, 384; on Internet, 305; and organized crime, 18, 135, 475, 479, 515, 653, 755, 908; and victimless crime, 1137; and vigilantism, 1141
Gandhi, Mohandas K., 286, 743, 898
Gangs; drive-by shootings, 352-354; youth, 601, 711, 1191-1194
Gangsters, 477-480; Capone, Al, 134-136; and drive-by shootings, 353; and murder, 710; Saint Valentine’s Day Massacre, 135, 950-951
Garcia-Abrego, Juan, 1071
Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority, 646
Gardner, Erle Stanley, 639, 642, 1267
Garfield, James A., 965 Garfield, John, 1253
Garland, Ex parte, 763-764
Garner, James, 1063, 1268
Garrett, Patrick, 758
Garrison, Jim, 1154
Garrity v. New Jersey, 554
Garvey, Marcus, 326, 421
Gas chambers, 405
Gates, Bill, 23
Gates, Daryl, 619, 797, 1008
Gault, Gerald, 480, 607
Gault, In re, 480-481, 607, 1122, 1234, 1244
Gay rights, 101-102
Gebhart v. United Railways Company, 870
Genetics; and criminal behavior, 288, 600, 675; DNA testing, 340-344
Geneva Convention of 1949, 684
Geneva Convention on the High Seas of 1958, 997
Geneva Conventions, 1149-1152
Genocide, 559-561, 563; Rwanda, 561
Geographic information systems, 199, 201, 481-482, 787
Georgia; boot camps, 95; capital punishment, 261; Coker v. Georgia, 171-172; Furman v. Georgia, 470-471; Gregg v. Georgia, 488-489; sodomy laws, 101-102
Gere, Richard, 321, 433, 1111
Germany; espionage of, 394
Get Christie Love! (TV), 1062
Ghosts of Mississippi (film), 437
Gibbons, Leeza, 154
Gibbons v. Ogden, 470
Gibson, Mel, 433
Gideon, Clarence, 538
Gideon v. Wainwright, 229, 482-483, 538, 887, 1043, 1234, 1244; and public defenders, 887
Gillette, Chester, 259, 640
Gilmore, Gary, 640, 1257
Ginsburg, Ruth Bader, 1044, 1244
GIS. See Geographic information systems
Gitlow v. New York, 1248; and incorporation doctrine, 541
Goering, Hermann, 1150
Goldberg, Arthur J., 1244
Goldberg, Whoopi, 437
Goldman, Emma, 423, 760, 1254
Goldman, Ronald, 993
Goldstein, Herman, 185
Goldwater, Barry, 1157
Gonzales, Alberto R., 52, 594
Good, Sarah, 952
Good time, 483-484, 768; and indeterminate sentencing, 543; and prison escapees, 852
Goode, Wilson, 706
Goodman, Andrew, 424
Gore, Al, 936
Gossiping, 658
Gotti, John, 140, 424, 1170
Gouzenko, Igor, 394
Governors; and extradition, 410-411; pardon power, 12, 764
Graffiti, 484-486, 1127, 1129; and youth gangs, 1191, 1193
Graham, Barbara, 205
Graham v. Connor, 809
Grand juries, 486-488, 585; and attorneys, U.S., 595; and courts-martial, 239; and Fifth Amendment, 82, 429; and incorporation doctrine, 541; and indictments, 277, 279, 281, 518-519, 544-545; and military justice, 686; and organized crime, 754; and Organized Crime Control Act, 756; origins of, 258; and political corruption, 820; and public prosecutors, 892; secrecy of, 838, 1081; testimony before, 1081
Grandfather clauses, 570-571
Graner, Charles, Jr., 685
Grant, Hugh, 740
Gratian of Bologna, 935
Graves, Bibb, 959
Gray, Horace, 1245
Gray, L. Patrick, III, 422
Great Britain; counterfeiting in, 232; Crown Jewels, 673; television dramas, 1064. See also England
Greenglass, David, 945
Greenwood, Billy, 119
Gregg, Troy, 489
Gregg v. Georgia, 131, 300, 471, 488-489, 1045, 1236, 1247, 1249
Grier, Robert C., 1245
Griffin v. Illinois, 1112
Grigori, Natasha, 306
Grisham, John, 637, 639-640, 642-643
Griswold v. Connecticut, 1, 864
Groome, John C., 1022
Gross, Has, 459
Gross Commission, 804
Guide dogs, 857
Guilty as Sin (film), 380, 432
Guinn v. United States, 571
Guiteau, Charles J., 1253
Gun Control Act of 1968, 111-112, 444, 491, 936
Gun-Free School Zones Act of 1990, 646, 1239
Gun laws, 443-446, 490-493; and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, 110-113; and drive-by shootings, 354; and mental disorders, 491; and right to bear arms, 935-937
Guns; and assault, 41; and youth gangs, 601
Gusenberg, Frank, 951
Gusenberg, Pete, 951
Habeas corpus, 280, 381, 494-496, 1242, 1248; and Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act, 21, 494; and Constitution, U.S., 208; and courts-martial, 241; and extradition, 411; and juvenile justice, 609; Lincoln’s suspension of, 667, 1243; and Magna Carta, 653; and martial law, 667; in Mexico, 679; and Patriot Act, 772
Hacking, computer, 192, 194, 302, 304-305, 308-309, 521, 1108
Hackman, Gene, 434, 799
Hagan, John, 246
Hagerman, Amber, 617
Hague Convention of 1899, 1150
Haldeman, H. R. “Bob,” 792, 1155, 1257
Hale, Matthew, 913
Halfway houses, 182, 496-497, 924; and NIMBY attitudes, 745; and parole, 769; security of, 851
Hall, Jerome, 243
Hall, Theodore, 394
Hall v. de Cuir, 569
Hallucinogens, 365, 929
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld, 1240 Hamilton, Alexander, 1104, 1252
Hammett, Dashiell, 636-637, 866
Hammurabi, 41, 1084, 1139
Hand, Learned, 4, 374
Handgun Control Inc., 491
Handwriting analysis, 248, 344, 458
Hanging, 298, 404-405; and lynching, 647; and Salem witch trials, 952
Hanks, Tom, 637
Hanssen, Robert, 393-395
Hard Copy (TV), 1264
Harding, Warren G., 1254; and Prohibition, 479, 880; and scandals, 515; and Teapot Dome scandal, 1054
Hardwick, Michael, 101
Hare, Robert, 885
Harlan, John Marshall (I), 518, 1245
Harlan, John Marshall (II), 157, 177, 481, 612, 829; on police interrogation, 690
Harmelin, Ronald Allen, 497
Harmelin v. Michigan, 497-498, 949, 1238
Harmless error, 30-31, 498; and reversible error, 934
Harper v. Virginia, 571
Harpers Ferry raid, 1252
Harris, James H., 499
Harris, Thomas, 596, 719
Harris v. United States, 157, 498-499, 1235, 1247, 1251
Harrison Narcotic Drug Act of 1914, 177, 358, 365-366, 477, 751, 890
Hart, Pearl, 756
Hastings, Alcee, 537
Hatchett, Glenda, 1264
Hate crime, 243, 499-504, 1171-1172; and arson, 39; and cross burning, 1145-1146; and First Amendment, 901-902; lynching, 646-649; and Model Penal Code, 697; and police brutality, 791; and religion, 977; and Secret Service, 965; and terrorism, 503; and victimology, 1138
Haupt v. United States, 1102
Hauptmann, Bruno, 423, 614, 635, 711, 1255; and handwriting analysis, 344
Hawaii; and gambling, 473; gun laws, 445; police, 629; political corruption, 818
Hawaii Five-O (TV), 1063
Hayden, Tom, 148
Haymarket Riot, 1253
Hayward, Susan, 205
Haywood, William Dudley (“Big Bill”), 423, 1253
Hazelwood, Joseph, 1262
Hazelwood, Roy, 337
Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of, 151, 155
Health care; in prisons, 854-856
Health care fraud, 552
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, 468
HealthSouth Corporation, 227, 448
Hearings, 504-505; and grand juries, 585. See also Preliminary hearings
Hearsay evidence, 398, 505, 1176; in films, 380; and grand juries, 487
Hearst, Patricia, 68, 142, 424, 1049-1050, 1257
Helm, Jerry, 1002
Helmsley, Leona, 142
Helter Skelter (Bugliosi), 639
Helvering v. Hallock, 1021
Henry, Stuart, 246
Henry II, 1085
Henry VIII, 473
Henry v. United States, 671
Hepburn, Katharine, 435
Hercule Poirot, 638
Herndon v. Lowry, 1248
Heroin, 317, 358, 361, 365, 658, 751-752; criminalization of, 358; detection of, 362; and organized crime, 177, 477
Herrera v. Collins, 301
Heston, Charlton, 936
Hickey, Eric W., 719
Hickock, Dick, 639
High-speed chases, 506-508, 629, 882; French Connection, The, 799; and motor vehicle theft, 702. See also Car chases
Highway patrols, 508-510, 1022-1025
Hiibel v. Sixth Judicial District Court of Nevada, 1048, 1240
Hill, Anita, 984
Hill, Joe, 1254
Hill Street Blues (TV), 1063, 1264
Hillerman, Tony, 641
Himes, Chester, 641
Himmelsbach, Ralph, 996
Hinckley, John, Jr., 140, 190, 274, 548
Hirsch, Andrew von, 589
Hiss, Alger, 423, 945, 1102, 1255
Hit-and-run accidents, 510, 1098; and forensic evidence, 458
HIV (human immunodeficiency virus), 7-8
Ho Chi Minh, 1158
Hoar, George F., 987
Hobbs, Carl, 511
Hobbs Act of 1946, 19, 511
Hoblit, Gregory, 321
Hoffa, Jimmy, 817, 1256
Hoffman, Abbie, 148, 991
Hoffman, Julius, 148
Hoke v. United States, 1243, 1246
Holliday, George, 619
Holmes, H. H., 718
Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr., 166, 431, 748, 1245
Holocaust, 559
Homeland Security Act of 2002, 169, 365, 511, 975; and illegal aliens, 527; and Treasury Department, U.S., 1104
Homeland Security Department, 511-514, 535; and border patrols, 97, 527; Coast Guard, 168-170; and computer crime, 196; Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Team, 451; and Interpol, 566; and law enforcement, 266; and Nine-Eleven attacks, 975; Transportation Security Administration, 997; and Treasury Department, U.S., 1104
Homestead Act of 1862, 756
Homicide, 274, 709-718; and abortion, 1-4; and battered child syndrome, 74; and euthanasia, 1036; and federal law, 426; and hate crime, 501; and HIV, 8; investigations, 672; and kidnapping, 618; manslaughter, 662-663; in prisons, 862; and self-defense, 968-970; and television news, 1067. See also Murder Homicide: Life on the Street (TV), 1063, 1264
Homosexuality; and hate crime, 500, 1138; and sexual harassment, 983; and victimless crime, 1136
Hoover, Herbert, 775, 849, 1167; and Capone, Al, 135; and Prohibition, 880-881
Hoover, J. Edgar, 287, 422, 514-516; and bank robbery, 67; eccentric behavior, 425; and Federal Bureau of Investigation, 114, 421-423, 425; and ten-most-wanted lists, 1070; and wiretaps, 394
Hoovervilles, 1126
Horton, Willie, 922
Hoskins, Robert, 140
Hostages; in prison riots, 46-48, 735-736; and SWAT teams, 1008; and terrorism, 562
Hot pursuit; and indictments, 544
House arrest, 183, 516-517; and probation, 876
Howell, Vernon Wayne (David Koresh), 103
Huberty, James, 719
Hudson and Goodwin, United States v., 1246
Hudson v. United States, 1239
Hughes, Charles Evans, 109, 1004, 1245
Human rights, 1152
Human Rights Watch, 791, 1151
Hung juries, 71, 517-518, 587, 1117; and mistrials, 695
Hunt, E. Howard, 1154, 1257
Hunt, Ward, 1245
Hunting, 443, 491, 935, 1091
Hurricane, The (film), 438
Hurtado, Joseph, 518
Hurtado v. California, 375, 430, 488, 518-519, 545, 1233, 1245, 1247
Hussein, Saddam, 560
Hutchinson, Anne Marbury, 1252
Hypnosis, 271, 456
I Want to Live! (film), 205
ICC. See International Criminal Court
ICJ (International Court of Justice). See World Court
Identity fraud; and theft, 1084
Identity theft, 286, 467-468, 520-525, 1085-1086; and computer crime, 193; and Secret Service, 965; and telephone fraud, 1055
Identity Theft and Assumption Deterrence Act of 1998, 468, 522-524
Identity Theft Penalty Enhancement Act of 2004, 524
Ignorance of the law, 323, 525-526
Illegal aliens, 526-529
Illinois; capital punishment, 133; Escobedo v. Illinois, 391-392; gangsters, 479, 950-951; gun laws, 443; juvenile justice, 265, 270, 597, 606, 765; political corruption, 818; prisons, 1039; race riots, 902; rape laws, 913; sports violence in, 1012; vigilantism in, 1142; Witherspoon v. Illinois, 1172-1173. See also Chicago
Illinois v. Allen, 1235
Illinois v. Gates, 529-530, 1236
Illinois v. Krull, 530-531, 1237
Illinois v. Lidster, 1130
Illinois v. McArthur, 531-532, 1239
Illinois v. Rodriguez, 961
Illinois v. Wardlow, 532, 1239
Immigration; and border patrols, 97-99; and child labor, 151; and Coast Guard, U.S., 168; and “color of law,” 175; and cultural norms, 244; and culture defense, 303; and deportation, 325-327; and gun laws, 490; and Homeland Security Department, 512; and illegal aliens, 526-529; and Immigration and Naturalization Service, 533-536; and Ku Klux Klan, 623; and machine politics, 1147; and political corruption, 816
Immigration Act of 1891, 533
Immigration Act of 1917, 534
Immigration Act of 1918, 421
Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Bureau of, 261, 367, 535, 754
Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952, 326, 534
Immigration and Naturalization Service, 97, 526-529, 533-536; reorganization of, 527
Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, 528
Immunity from prosecution, 536; and child abuse, 153; and organized crime, 754; and police officers, 433; and witnesses, 595
Impeachment; of Chase, Samuel, 1252; of judges, 537-538; and pardons, 763; of presidents, 1253, 1259
In Cold Blood (Capote), 636, 639
In forma pauperis, 538, 690
In loco parentis, 121, 735
Incapacitation, 539, 896; and executions, 539; and juvenile delinquency, 603; selective, 1039; and three-strikes laws, 1087-1089
Incarceration; and community service, 187-188
Incest, 288
Inchoate crimes, 45-46, 272, 540; and conspiracy, 206-208, 540
Income tax. See Tax evasion
Incommensurability, 898
Incorporation doctrine, 541-542, 1042, 1233-1235; and Supreme Court justices, 1241-1242, 1245, 1247-1249, 1251
Indecent exposure, 542-543
Indeterminate sentencing, 182, 543-544, 590, 606, 658, 972; and Elmira system, 767, 846; and juvenile justice, 609
Indian casinos, 178, 476
Indiana; Ku Klux Klan in, 623
Indianapolis v. Edmond, 1131
Indictments, 544-545; and dismissals, 334; and due process, 518-519; and grand juries, 281
Indigent defendants, 29-30, 538, 831-832, 1112; and bail, 64; and death-penalty cases, 316; and public defenders, 887; and vagrancy laws, 1126-1127 Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004, 1190
Industrial Workers of the World, 423
Infanticide, 151
Informants, 872, 1003; and organized crime, 653, 754; and sting operations, 368
Information, 545-546
Ingraham v. Wright, 223
Inherit the Wind (film), 1176
Injunctions; and restraining orders, 933-934
Innocence; and acquittal, 5-6. See also Presumption of innocence
Innocence of Father Brown, The (Chesterton), 636
Innocence Project, 249, 343, 419
Inquests, 546; and coroners’ juries, 586
INS. See Immigration and Naturalization Service
Insanity defense, 190, 323, 546-549; and bifurcated trials, 77; and burden of proof, 110; and criminal liability, 273; and defendant self-representation, 318; and diminished capacity, 329-330; history of, 329; and mass murder, 721
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act of 1948, 388
Insects. See Forensic entomology
Insider trading, 140, 467, 549-550, 653, 1161
Insider Trading Act of 1984, 549
Inspector General, Office of, 1104, 1106
Insurance fraud, 550-553, 1162; and arson, 37-40; and automobiles, 702; and motor vehicle theft, 705
Integrated Automated Fingerprinting Identification System, 200
Internal affairs, 553-554; and police brutality, 793, 795; and police corruption, 803
Internal Revenue Code, 1051
Internal Revenue Service, 238, 555-556, 1104; investigations of, 480; and tax evasion, 1051-1054; Web site, 697
Internal Revenue Service Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998, 555
International Association of Chiefs of Police, 556-557, 629, 775, 787, 797, 1121; and ethics, 809
International Brotherhood of Police Officers, 557
International Court of Justice, 1151. See also World Court
International Criminal Court, 560-561, 563-565, 1151, 1188
International Criminal Police Organization. See Interpol
International law, 558-563; Canada, 122-126; diplomatic immunity, 330-331; and extradition, 11, 409-412; and Federal Bureau of Investigation, 422; and Interpol, 566-567; and Justice Department, U.S., 597; and military justice, 684; and terrorism, 562, 565-567; and war crimes, 559, 563-564, 1149-1152; World Court, 1186-1188
International Police Academy, 556
International Red Cross, 1151
International tribunals, 563-566, 1151
Internet, 192; auction fraud, 194; and bank robbery, 67; and child pornography, 823-826; criminal justice Web sites, 1284-1289; and cryptology, 302; cybercrime, 304-309; and gambling, 476; and hate groups, 503; and identity theft, 520-521; and organized crime, 304; phishing, 521; and print media, 841; sex offender registries, 981; and spam, 1006-1008; and ten-most-wanted lists, 1071
Internet fraud, 467-468
Internet Fraud Complaint Center, 468
Interpol, 358, 566-567, 666; and homicide rates, 711; and Justice Department, U.S., 595-596
Interrogation; and Miranda rights, 688-690; and police ethics, 809
Interstate commerce; and Hobbs Act, 511; and National Stolen Property Act, 732; and Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, 756
Interstate Identification Index, 200
Intruder in the Dust (film), 436
Investigations; and bounty hunters, 100-101; cold cases, 172-174; geographic information systems, 481-482; and legislative bodies, 505; mass murders, 721; and serial killings, 720, 722; and television dramas, 1060-1066
Iowa; Knowles v. Iowa, 622-623; political corruption, 818; state police, 1023
Iran-Contra scandal, 764, 1157, 1257
Iraq, 560
Iredell, James, 1245
Ironside (TV), 1264
IRS. See Internal Revenue Service
Israel; Eichmann trial, 565; espionage of, 394; extradition agreement with United States, 412
Ito, Lance, 993
IWW. See Industrial Workers of the World
Jack the Ripper, 718, 883
Jackson, Andrew, 1141
Jackson, George, 851
Jackson, Howell E., 1245
Jackson, Janet, 542
Jackson, Jonathan, 851
Jackson, Lucious, 470
Jackson, Michael, 143, 472, 1110, 1260
Jackson, Robert H., 1102, 1245
Jackson, United States v., 102
Jackson v. Bishop, 223
Jackson v. Indiana, 189
Jacobellis v. Ohio, 177, 827
Jacobson v. United States, 387, 1238
Jagged Edge (film), 434
Jails. See Prisons
James, Jesse, 66 James II, 935
Japan; espionage of, 393; in World War II, 423
Japanese American internment; and martial law, 667
Jaworski, Leon, 1156
Jay, John, 1246
Jaywalking, 568-569
Jefferson, Thomas, 302, 1252; and Sedition Act, 967
Jeffreys, Alec, 340
Jews; ancient zealots, 1074; gangs, 652; and hate crime, 500; and Holocaust, 559; and Ku Klux Klan, 623
Jim Crow laws, 569-571
John, King, 653
John Paul II, Pope, 2
Johnson, Andrew, 1253; amnesty of Confederate officers, 13
Johnson, Dave, 106
Johnson, Don, 380
Johnson, Gregory Lee, 1082
Johnson, Jack, 423
Johnson, Lyndon B., 835, 903; and Estes, Billie Sol, 226; and National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence, 724; and President’s Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice, 837; and voting fraud, 1148; and Warren Commission, 1152-1154
Johnson, Thomas, 1246
Johnson, William, 1246
Johnson v. Zerbst, 229, 1233
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Organizations, 855
Jokers, The (film), 673
Jones, Tommy Lee, 665
Jones v. Van Zandt, 1246, 1251
“Joyrides,” 704
“Joyriding,” 701
Judge Greg Mathis (TV), 1264
Judge Hatchett (TV), 1264
Judge Joe Brown (TV), 1265
Judge Judy (TV), 1265
Judges, 571-574; and adversary system, 572; and appellate courts, 27; and case law, 137; and contempt of court, 215-216; and convictions, 219; and defendant self-representation, 318; and district attorneys, 338; and drug courts, 355; and evidence, 1114; execution of judgment, 407; federal, 577; in fiction, 641; in films, 431-439; functions, 575; gag orders, 472-473; impeachment of, 537-538, 1252; and jury nullification, 582-583; and mandatory sentencing, 658-660; and objections, 747; opinions, 750; state courts, 576; and trials, 1113-1118
Judges’ Bill, 1042
Judicial review, 574-575; and certiorari, 143-144; and Supreme Court, U.S., 1041-1045
Judicial system, U.S., 575-578
Judiciary Act of 1789, 50, 62, 657
Judiciary Act of 1925, 1042
Juries; and arson cases, 40; and bifurcated trials, 78; and capital punishment, 1172-1173; and change of venue, 147; and conspiracy, 207; and convictions, 219; and death qualification, 314-315; and evidence, 396-399; and gag orders, 472; hung, 517-518; and judges, 582-583; in Mexico, 679; and peremptory challenges, 72-73, 1146; selection, 1113; and trials, 1113-1117. See also Hung juries
Jurisdiction of courts, 575-580; and common law, 1177; and judges, 573; juvenile courts, 598, 605, 607-608, 1025; and military justice, 683-684; and mistrials, 695; multiple jurisdiction offenses, 708-709; night courts, 738; and precedent, 833; and public defenders, 888; and sentencing guidelines, 974; Supreme Court, U.S., 1042; World Court, 1187
Jury duty, 580-582; and summonses, 581, 1038
Jury nullification, 517, 582-583; and Simpson trial, 993
Jury sequestration, 66, 583-584, 589, 1116, 1176-1177; and trial publicity, 1111
Jury system, 279, 584-589; voir dire, 1146
Just deserts, 132, 589-590, 875; and probation, 876; and retribution, 898
Justice, 590-592
Justice Assistance, Bureau of, 749
Justice Department, U.S., 592-597; and antitrust law, 22-26; and attorney general, 50-52; attorneys, 52-53; Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs, 366; Bureau of Prisons, 269; and computer crime, 195; corporate lenience policy, 26; creation of, 51; and crime labs, 250; Criminal Division, 595; and hate crime, 500; Homeland Security Department, 526; and identity theft, 523; Immigration and Naturalization Service, 533-536; independent counsel, 594; National Institute of Justice, 729-730; Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 604-605; and Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act, 749; and police brutality, 795; Public Integrity Section, 818; and restorative justice, 931; and treason, 1103; and Treasury Department, U.S., 1106; Victims of Crime Act, 1140
Justice for All Act of 2004, 1283
Justice Information Network, 199
Justice Statistics, Bureau of. See Bureau of Justice Statistics
Justices of the peace, 159, 236, 576, 986
Juvenile courts, 597-599; blended sentences, 88-89; and criminal liability, 273; history, 151, 259; and parens patriae, 765-766; and status offenses, 1025-1026; Uniform Juvenile Court Act, 1121-1122; and vandalism, 1129
Juvenile delinquency, 216-217, 599-604, 1040; and disorderly conduct, 336; and diversion, 339-340; and drug courts, 355; joyriding, 701; and Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 604-605; and parens patriae, 765-766; and shoplifting, 991; and television news, 1067; and vandalism, 1129 Juvenile justice, 270, 606-610; and capital punishment, 128, 131; courts, 610-611; and forestry camps, 461; Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 604-605; and restitution, 931; and rules of evidence, 480-481; status offenses, 1025-1026; and suspects, 1048; and vandalism, 1129; youth authorities, 1189-1190
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Office of, 604-606
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, 598, 604, 605-606; and forestry camps, 461
Juvenile justice system; and criminal justice system, 265
Juvenile waivers to adult courts, 607-608, 610-611
Kaczynski, Theodore J., 318, 424, 719, 1119-1120
Kanka, Megan, 981
Kansas; courts, 268; sex offense laws, 777
Kansas City Preventive Patrol Experiment, 260
Kansas v. Hendricks, 777
Kant, Immanuel, 590, 897-898
Karen Sisco (TV), 665
Karpis, Alvin, 423
Kastigar v. United States, 487, 536
Katz v. United States, 157, 464, 612-613, 865, 1235, 1245, 1249
Kaufman, Irving R., 946
Kawakita v. United States, 1103
Keenan, Joseph B., 18
Kellerman, Jonathan, 641
Kelley, Clarence M., 422
Kelly, George “Machine Gun,” 66, 423, 1039
Kelly, Paul, 478
Kempe, Henry C., 73
Kemper, Edmund, 719
Kennedy, Anthony, 687, 1044, 1246; on cruel and unusual punishment, 497; on free expression, 1082
Kennedy, Edward, 190
Kennedy, John F.; assassination of, 1256; and voting fraud, 1148; and Warren Commission, 1152-1154
Kennedy, Joseph, 1148
Kennedy, Robert F., 665; assassination of, 724; and Hoover, J. Edgar, 515
Kennewick Man, 451
Kent State University massacre, 729
Kent v. United States, 607, 1122
Kentucky; antismoking laws, 20; Batson v. Kentucky, 72-73; political corruption, 818; Stanford v. Kentucky, 300, 1020-1021
Kentucky v. Dennison, 410
Ker v. California, 499
Kerner Commission, 791
Kevorkian, Jack, 613-614, 1036, 1259, 1263
KGB, 423, 425
Kidnapping, 274, 614-618, 694; Alvarez-Machain, United States v., 11; and bounty hunters, 101; Brady v. United States, 102-103; and carjacking, 136; and Chessman, Caryl, 1255; and child abduction, 148-150, 694; and Federal Bureau of Investigation, 421, 423; and federal law, 593; and Lindbergh law, 633-634, 1255; and Miranda v. Arizona, 690; and motor vehicle theft, 702; Smart, Elizabeth, case, 189; and Symbionese Liberation Army, 1049-1050; as theft, 1085
King, Larry, 143
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 286-287, 743; assassination of, 724, 729, 1256; and Federal Bureau of Investigation, 424; and Hoover, J. Edgar, 515; “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” 161
King, Rodney, 618-621, 792, 797, 903-904, 1085
King, Stephen, 862
King beating case, 147
Kirby v. Illinois, 811
Kiss the Girls (Patterson), 641
Kissling, Francis, 3
Klaas, Polly, 922
Klaus, Wilhelm, 455
Kleindienst, Richard, 1155
Kleptomania, 990
Klopfer v. North Carolina, 1011, 1235
Knapp, Whittman, 621
Knapp Commission, 621-622, 802-803; and Serpico (Maas), 643
Knowles v. Iowa, 622-623, 1239
Kocsis, Richard N., 883
Kojak (TV), 1063, 1265
Koon, Stacey C., 792, 1258
Korbut, Olga, 991
Korematsu v. United States, 1241, 1244, 1247
Koresh, David, 103
Krafft-Ebing, Richard von, 776
Kramer, Stanley, 1176
Kreuger, Ivar, 224
Ku Klux Klan, 502, 623-624, 1077, 1145-1146; and COINTELPRO, 170; and Hoover, J. Edgar, 515; and posses, 831; and Secret Service, 965; and vigilantism, 1141
Kunstler, William, 148, 1256
Kyllo, Danny, 624
Kyllo v. United States, 464, 624-625, 1240
L.A. Law (TV), 1265
Labor Department, U.S., 760, 980
Labor racial unrest; and National Guard, 727-728
Labor unions; and Hobbs Act, 511
Labor unrest; Boston police strike, 99-100
Lamar, Joseph, 1246
Lamar, Lucius Q.C., 1246
Landru, Henri, 718
Lanier, Mark, 246
Lansbury, Angela, 1266
Lansky, Meyer, 478-479
Larceny, 275. See also Burglary; Pickpocketing; Robbery; Theft
Las Vegas, 475, 479; jaywalking in, 568 Last Coyote, The (Connelly), 638
Last Dance (film), 438
Latent evidence, 626, 635; fingerprints, 441, 626
Law, Bernard, 943
Law & Order (TV), 1063-1064, 1265
Law codes, 1122
Law enforcement, 266, 627-630; and criminology, 292; and federal government, 266
Law Enforcement Assistance Administration, 628, 631, 749, 835; Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 604-605
Law Enforcement Education Program, 749
Lawrence v. Texas, 1240
Lay, Kenneth, 1164
LEAA. See Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
League of Nations, 1187
Leaphart, Vincent, 706
Learned helplessness, 75
Le Carré, John, 393
Lee, Harper, 639
Lee, Henry, 993
Lee, John Doyle, 1253
Lee, Rex, 1004
Legal defenses; cultural, 303-304
Lemon v. Kurtzman, 929
Lennon, John, 699
Leno, Jay, 472
Leon, Alberto, 632
Leon, United States v., 402, 530, 632, 961, 1236, 1251
Leopold, Nathan, 711, 1254
Lesser-included offenses, 633; and Uniform Code of Military Justice, 684
Lethal injection, 129, 298, 406
Lethal Weapon series (film), 433
LeTourneau, Mary Kay, 140
“Letter from Birmingham Jail” (King), 161
Lex talionis. See “Eye for an eye, an”
Liability; and proximate cause, 882. See also Criminal liability
Liddy, G. Gordon, 1154, 1256
Lidster, Robert, 1130
Lie detectors. See Polygraph testing
Life of David Gale, The (film), 132, 436, 438
Lightner, Candace, 370, 699
Lightner, Cari, 370
Lincoln, Abraham, 1243, 1252; assassination of, 710, 965, 1252; and Internal Revenue Service, 555; and martial law, 667
Lindbergh, Charles A., 423, 614, 634, 711
Lindbergh kidnapping, 633-634, 1255; and Federal Bureau of Investigation, 423; and radio, 910
Lindbergh law of 1934, 615, 633-634
Lindsay, John, 621
Literature, 635-644; serial-killer themes, 719
Little Caesar, 478
Liuzzo, Viola, 424
Livingston, Henry B., 1246
Livor mortis, 672
Lobbying organizations; Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial E-mail, 1007; International Brotherhood of Police Officers, 557; Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), 699-700
Locard, Edmond, 459, 1092
Locard’s Exchange Principle, 459, 1092
Lochner v. New York, 574
Locke, John, 968
Lockyer v. Andrade, 1088
Loeb, Richard, 711, 1254
Loewe v. Lawlor, 833
Loitering, 336, 644-645, 1126
Lombroso, Cesare, 287, 821
Looting, 1085
Lopez, Alfonso, Jr., 645-646
Lopez, Jennifer, 665
Lopez, United States v., 594, 645-646, 1239
Los Angeles; forensic laboratory, 459; King beating case, 618-621, 1258; police, 797; police corruption, 418, 802; police department, 507; riots, 620, 729, 903-904, 1085; SWAT teams, 1008; youth authorities, 1189; youth gangs, 1191
Lotteries, 178, 473-477; and cybercrime, 305
Louima, Abner, 794
Louisiana; Mardi Gras, 543; political corruption, 818; rape laws, 1028; segregation, 569
Louisiana ex rel. Francis v. Resweber, 1234
Louisville, New Orleans and Texas Railroad v. Mississippi, 569
Loving v. Virginia, 1250
LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide), 365
Lucasville prison riot, 863
Lumet, Sidney, 920
Lurton, Horace H., 1246
Lynch, Edward, 1141
Lyncher Act of 1996, 982
Lynching, 389, 646-649; of gamblers, 474; and homicide, 710
Lysergic acid diethylamide. See LSD
Maas, Peter, 643
Mabry v. Johnson, 953
McCain, Ed, 638
McCarran (Internal Security) Act of 1950, 421
McCarthy, Joseph R.; and Hoover, J. Edgar, 515
McCauley, William, 1252
McCleskey, Warren, 650
McCleskey v. Kemp, 650-651, 1045, 1237
McCloy, John J., 1153
McConnell, William John, 1142
McCord, James, 1154-1155
McDuffie, Arthur, 682, 904
McFadden, Martin, 1080
McGovern, George, 1154
McGowan v. Maryland; , 90
McGruff the Crime Dog, 651-652
McGurn, “Machine Gun” Jack, 951
Machine guns, 104; and Branch Davidians, 104; and youth gangs, 601
Mack v. United States, 490
McKenna, Joseph, 1246
McKesson & Robbins, 225
McKinley, John, 1246
McKinley, William, 965, 1253 McLean, John, 1246
McNabb v. United States, 1234
McNaghten, Daniel, 329
McNamara, J. J. and J. B., 1254
Maconochie, Alexander, 767
McReynolds, James C., 1246
McSorley, Marty, 1015
McVeigh, Timothy, 140, 147, 430, 1078, 1079, 1259
MADD. See Mothers Against Drunk Driving
Madison, James, 81, 590
Mafia, 652-653, 751-755; and extortion, 86; and Federal Bureau of Investigation, 423; and Kennedy, Robert F., 515; and RICO, 908
Magna Carta, 653, 831, 1113; and due process, 374
Magnum Force (film), 435
Mail fraud, 654-656, 908
Mail Fraud Act of 1872, 655
Mailer, Norman, 640, 643
Maine; prisoner rights, 427
Mala in se, 243, 272, 656-657; and murder, 709; offenses, 180
Mala prohibita, 243, 272, 656-657
Malcolm X, 203
Malden, Karl, 1063
Malice, 657; and civil disobedience, 162; and common law, 180; and crimes of passion, 252-253; and murder, 709
Mallory v. United States, 1234
Malloy v. Hogan, 970, 1234
Maltese Falcon, The (film), 435
Mancusi, Vincent, 47
Mandamus, writ, 657-658
Mandatory sentencing, 7, 10, 334, 497-498, 573, 658-660, 899, 972; and alcohol abuse, 10; and clemency, 167; cruel and unusual punishment clause, 948-949; and mitigating circumstances, 696; and presentence investigations, 834; and prison overcrowding, 859; three-strikes laws, 1087-1089; and violent criminals, 286
Manhattan Bail Project, 660-661
Manhattan Project, 945
Manifest necessity, 695
Mann, James Robert, 662
Mann (White Slave Traffic) Act of 1910, 176, 420, 423, 477, 661-662, 1243
Manning, Silas, 71
Manslaughter, 274, 662-663, 709; and Branch Davidian raid, 104; and common law, 180; and crimes of passion, 180, 252-253; and machine guns, 104; and premeditated murder, 253; types, 181
Manson, Charles, 140, 639, 719, 722, 1256
Mapp, Dollree, 663
Mapp v. Ohio, 157, 391, 401, 463, 632, 663-664, 941, 961, 963, 1043, 1159, 1234, 1243
Marbury v. Madison, 574, 1042
March, Fredric, 1176
Margolin, Philip, 641
Mariel Boatlift, 169
Marijuana, 365, 752, 890, 1137; decriminalization of, 317, 359; detection of, 872; and Drug Enforcement Administration, 358; and juvenile crime, 879, 1137
Marijuana Tax Act of 1937, 358
Marion Penitentiary, 1039
Marital rape. See Spousal rape
Marriage; bigamy and polygamy, 78-79
Marshall, John, 470, 574, 1101, 1244, 1247, 1250, 1252
Marshall, Thurgood, 1004, 1247; on capital punishment, 299, 447, 489, 774; on cruel and unusual punishment, 131, 1020; on exclusionary rule, 632; on free expression, 1082; on juries, 72
Marshals Service, U.S., 593, 596, 664-666; and The Fugitive, 665; and Stewart, Martha, 140
Martial law, 239, 666-667; and SWAT teams, 1009; and terrorism, 1079
Martin v. Hunter’s Lessee, 1249
Martini, Steve, 867
Martinson, Robert, 261, 923
Martinson Report, 261
Maryland; Agnew scandal, 741, 817; Barron v. Baltimore, 541; boot camps, 96; Booth v. Maryland, 773; gun laws, 445; highway patrol, 509; medical examiners, 221; Smith v. Maryland, 612
Maryland v. Buie, 667-668, 1238
Maryland v. Craig, 668-669, 1238
Mass murderers, 718-723; and animal abuse, 15
Massachusetts; Abuse Prevention Law, 348; antismoking laws, 20; Boston police, 801; Boston police strike, 99-100, 727; capital punishment, 129; gun laws, 445, 972; insurance fraud, 551; lottery, 476; National Guard, 727, 729; prisons, 183, 675, 849; probation in, 874, 877; prostitution laws, 175; Sacco and Vanzetti case, 209, 1254; Salem witchcraft trials, 951-952; state police, 1022
Massachusetts v. Sheppard, 402, 664, 669-670, 1236
Massiah v. United States, 30, 205, 670-671, 1234
Mather, Cotton, 951
Mather, Increase, 951
Mathis, Greg, 1264
Matthews, Stanley, 1247
Maxwell v. Dow, 1233
Measurements of crime. See Crime statistics
Media; Amber Alerts, 617; and computer crime, 192; and corporate scandals, 224-225; and criminals, 289; and false convictions, 415; and hate crime, 501; and insanity defense, 324; and kidnapping, 615; and missing persons, 693; and murder, 710-711; and polygraph testing, 822; role in defining crime, 245; and Roman Catholic priests scandal, 942-945; and sports, 1014; television news, 1066-1068; and victimology, 1139; and white-collar crime, 289
Mediation, victim-offender, 1135-1136
Medicaid, 465, 552
Medical examiners, 460, 671-673, 716; and autopsies, 58-59, 672; and cold cases, 172; and coroners, 220, 671; in fiction, 637, 639, 641; and inquests, 546; training of, 672 Medicare, 465, 552
Meese, Edwin, 731
Megan’s Law, 981, 1139
“Melissa” virus, 306
Melville, Herman, 333, 635, 642
Menendez, Erik and Lyle, 1258, 1262
Mens rea, 243, 253, 255, 271, 276, 322-323, 673-674, 700, 917; and arson, 38; and Model Penal Code, 697; and regulatory crime, 925; and sports violence, 1015; and strict liability offenses, 1033
Mental disorders; and battered women, 75; and competency to stand trial, 188-190; and cruel and unusual punishment, 131, 300; and defendant self-representation, 318; and diminished capacity, 329-330; and forensic psychology, 456; and gun laws, 491; and insanity defense, 190, 546-549; kleptomania, 991; pedophilia, 776-778; and police, 815; and probate courts, 236; and rape, 918; and solitary confinement, 675, 1006, 1041; and stalking, 1018; Unabomber, 1120
Mental illness, 674-676
Merchant of Venice, The (Shakespeare), 635, 642
Mercy killing, 583, 614
Meritor Savings Bank v. Vinson, 983
Merryman, Ex parte, 1250
Merton, Tom, 438
Methamphetamines, 358, 365-366, 752; Ecstasy, 365
Mexico; borders, 97-98; counterfeiting in, 234; and extradition, 11, 411; gun laws, 492; illegal immigrants from, 526-529; justice system, 676-682; Zapatistas, 1074
Miami riots, 682-683, 904
Michael, Jerome, 243
Michalowski, Raymond, 246
Michigan; capital punishment, 130; Detroit riots, 729; drug laws, 658; Harmelin v. Michigan, 497-498; National Guard, 729; rape laws, 918; sentencing, 428
Michigan v. Long, 668
Michigan v. Sitz, 464
Military; martial law, 666-667
Military academies, 684
Military justice, 683-686;  and war crimes, 1149-1152
Military Justice Act of 1968, 683
Military Justice Act of 1983, 683
Military law; and discretion, 333
Militias; and civil disorders, 1022; during Civil War, 1101; and hate crime, 502; and National Guard, 727-729; and right to bear arms, 935-937; and slave patrols, 998
Milken, Michael, 140, 549, 1161
Miller, Arthur, 951
Miller, Samuel F., 1247
Miller, United States v., 490, 612, 937
Miller v. California, 177, 827, 1242
Miller v. Texas, 490
Milligan, Ex parte, 1243
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