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Criminal Justice

Editor: Phyllis Gerstenfeld
   California State University, Stanislaus
ISBN: 978-1-58765-218-9
List Price: $364

September 2005 · 3 volumes · 1,370 pages · 8"x10"

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Criminal Justice
Table of Contents

Contents
Publisher's Note
Contributors
Complete List of Contents
Editor's Introduction

A
Abortion
Accomplices and accessories
Acquittal
Adultery
Aggravating circumstances
AIDS
Alcohol use and abuse
Alvarez-Machain, United States v.
Amicus curiae briefs
Amnesty
Animal abuse
Annotated codes
Anti-Racketeering Act of 1934
Antismoking laws
Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act
Antitrust law
Appellate process
Argersinger v. Hamlin
Arizona v. Fulminante
Arraignment
Arrest
Arrest warrants
Arson
Assault and battery
Asset forfeiture
Attempt to commit a crime
Attica prison riot
Attorney ethics
Attorney general of the United States
Attorney generals, state
Attorneys, U.S.
Atwater v. City of Lago Vista
Auburn system
Automobile searches
Autopsies

B
Background checks
Bail system
Bailiffs
Bank robbery
Barker v. Wingo
Batson v. Kentucky
Battered child and battered wife syndromes
Bench warrants
Bifurcated trials
Bigamy and polygamy
Bill of attainder
Bill of particulars
Bill of Rights, U.S.
Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents
Blackmail and extortion
Blended sentences
Bloodstains
Blue laws
Bombs and explosives
Booking
Boot camps
Border patrols
Boston police strike
Bounty hunters
Bowers v. Hardwick
Brady v. United States
Branch Davidian raid
Breach of the peace
Bribery
Brinks bank robbery
Brown v. Mississippi
Burden of proof
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
Bureau of Justice Statistics
Bureau of Prisons
Burglary

C
Cable and satellite television signal theft
California v. Greenwood
Campus police
Canadian justice system
Capital punishment
Capone, Al
Carjacking
Case law
Cease-and-desist orders
Celebrity criminal defendants
Celebrity trial attorneys
Certiorari
Chain gangs
Chain of custody
Change of venue
Chicago Seven trial
Child abduction by parents
Child abuse and molestation
Chimel v. California
Circumstantial evidence
Citations
Citizen arrests
Civil disobedience
Civilian review boards
Clear and present danger test
Clemency
Clerks of the court
Coast Guard, U.S.
COINTELPRO
Coker v. Georgia
Cold cases
Color of law
Commercialized vice
Common law
Community-based corrections
Community-oriented policing
Community service
Competency to stand trial
Comprehensive Crime Control Act
Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act
Computer crime
Computer forensics
Computer information systems
Comstock Law
Concurrent sentences
Confessions
Consent searches
Conspiracy
Constitution, U.S.
Consumer fraud
Contempt of court
Contributing to delinquency of minors
Convictions
Coroners
Corporal punishment
Corporate scandals
Counsel, right to
Counterfeiting
Court-martials
Court reporters
Court types
Crime
Crime Index
Crime labs
Crime scene investigation
Crimes of passion
Criminal history record information
Criminal intent
Criminal justice education
Criminal justice in U.S. history
Criminal justice system
Criminal law
Criminal liability
Criminal procedure
Criminal prosecution
Criminal records
Criminals
Criminology
Cross-examination
Cruel and unusual punishment
Cryptology
Cultural defense
Cybercrime

D
DARE programs
Date rape
Deadly force
Death qualification
Death-row attorneys
Decriminalization
Defendant self-representation
Defendants
Defense attorneys
Defenses to crime
Deportation
Depositions
Deterrence
Diminished capacity
Diplomatic immunity
Discovery
Discretion
Dismissals
Disorderly conduct
District attorneys
Diversion
DNA testing
Document analysis
Domestic violence
Double jeopardy
Drive-by shootings
Drug courts
Drug czar
Drug Enforcement Administration
Drug legalization debate
Drug testing
Drugs and law enforcement
Drunk driving
Due process of law
Duress

E
Effective counsel
Elderly prisoners
Electronic surveillance
Embezzlement
Entrapment
Environmental crimes
Equal protection under the law
Escobedo v. Illinois
Espionage
Evidence
Ex post facto laws
Exclusionary rule
Excuses and justifications
Execution, forms of
Execution of judgment
Expert witnesses
Extradition
Eyewitness testimony

F
False convictions
Faretta v. California
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Federal Crimes Act
Felon disfranchisement
Felonies
Fifth Amendment
Films and criminal justice
Fines
Fingerprint identification
Firearms
Ford v. Wainwright
Forensic accounting
Forensic anthropology
Forensic entomology
Forensic odontology
Forensic palynology
Forensic psychology
Forensics
Forestry camps
Fourth Amendment
Fraud
Freedom of assembly and association
Furman v. Georgia

G
Gag orders
Gambling
Gangsters of Prohibition era
Gault, In re
Geographic information systems
Gideon v. Wainwright
Good time
Graffiti
Grand juries
Gregg v. Georgia
Gun laws

H
Habeas corpus
Halfway houses
Harmelin v. Michigan
Harmless error
Harris v. United States
Hate crime
Hearings
Hearsay
High-speed chases
Highway patrols
Hit-and-run accidents
Hobbs Act
Homeland Security Department
Hoover, J. Edgar
House arrest
Hung juries
Hurtado v. California

I
Identity theft
Ignorance of the law
Illegal aliens
Illinois v. Gates
Illinois v. Krull
Illinois v. McArthur
Illinois v. Wardlow
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Immunity from prosecution
Impeachment of judges
In forma pauperis
Incapacitation
Inchoate crimes
Incorporation doctrine
Indecent exposure
Indeterminate sentencing
Indictment
Information
Inquests
Insanity defense
Insider trading
Insurance fraud
Internal affairs
Internal Revenue Service
International Association of Chiefs of Police
International Brotherhood of Police Officers
International law
International tribunals
Interpol

J
Jaywalking
Jim Crow laws
Judges
Judicial review
Judicial system, U.S.
Jurisdiction
Jury duty
Jury nullification
Jury sequestration
Jury system
Just deserts
Justice
Justice Department, U.S.
Juvenile courts
Juvenile delinquency
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Office of
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act
Juvenile justice system
Juvenile waivers to adult courts

K
Katz v. United States
Kevorkian, Jack
Kidnapping
King beating case
Knapp Commission
Knowles v. Iowa
Ku Klux Klan
Kyllo v. United States

L
Latent evidence
Law enforcement
Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
Leon, United States v.
Lesser-included offenses
Lindbergh law
Literature about criminal justice
Loitering
Lopez, United States v.
Lynching

M
McCleskey v. Kemp
McGruff the Crime Dog
Mafia
Magna Carta
Mail fraud
Mala in se and mala prohibita
Malice
Mandamus
Mandatory sentencing
Manhattan Bail Project
Mann Act
Manslaughter
Mapp v. Ohio
Marshals Service, U.S.
Martial law
Maryland v. Buie
Maryland v. Craig
Massachusetts v. Sheppard
Massiah v. United States
Medical examiners
Mens rea
Mental illness
Mexican justice system
Miami riots
Military justice
Minnick v. Mississippi
Miranda rights
Miranda v. Arizona
Miscarriage of justice
Misdemeanors
Missing persons
Mistrials
Mitigating circumstances
Model Penal Code
Money laundering
Moral turpitude
Mothers Against Drunk Driving
Motives
Motor vehicle theft
MOVE bombing
Multiple jurisdiction offenses
Murder and homicide
Murders, mass and serial

N
National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence
National Crime Information Center
National Crime Victimization Survey
National District Attorneys Association
National Guard
National Institute of Justice
National Narcotics Act
National Organization for Victim Assistance
National Stolen Property Act
Neighborhood watch programs
New Jersey v. T.L.O.
New Mexico state penitentiary riot
News source protection
Night courts
No-knock warrants
Nolle prosequi
Nolo contendere
Nonlethal weapons
Nonviolent resistance
"Not-in-my-backyard" attitudes

O
Objections
Obstruction of justice
Olmstead v. United States
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968
Opinions
Opium Exclusion Act
Organized crime
Organized Crime Control Act
Outlaws of the Old West

P
Palko v. Connecticut
Palmer raids
Pandering
Paralegals
Pardons
Parens patriae
Parole
Parole officers
Patriot Act
Payne v. Tennessee
Peace Officers Standards and Training
Pedophilia
Perjury
Pickpocketing
Plain view doctrine
Plea bargaining
Pleas
Police
Police academies
Police Activities League
Police brutality
Police chiefs
Police civil liability
Police corruption
Police detectives
Police dogs
Police ethics
Police lineups
Police powers
Police psychologists
Political corruption
Polygraph testing
Pornography
Pornography, child
Posse comitatus
Powell v. Alabama
Precedent
Preliminary hearings
Presentence investigations
President, U.S.
President's Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration
Presumption of innocence
Preventive detention
Principals (criminal)
Print media
Prison and jail systems
Prison escapes
Prison guards
Prison health care
Prison industries
Prison overcrowding
Prison violence
Privacy rights
Private detectives
Private police and guards
Privileged communications
Probable cause
Probation, adult
Probation, juvenile
Prohibition
Proximate cause
Psychological evaluation
Psychological profiling
Psychopathy
Public defenders
Public-order offenses
Public prosecutors
Punishment
Punitive damages

Q

R
R.A.V. v. City of St. Paul
Race riots in the twentieth century
Racial profiling
Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act
Radio broadcasting
Rape and sex offenses
Reasonable doubt
Reasonable force
Reasonable suspicion
Recidivism
Reckless endangerment
Regulatory crime
Rehabilitation
Religious sects and cults
Resisting arrest
Restitution
Restorative justice
Restraining orders
Reversible error
Right to bear arms
Robbery
Robinson v. California
Roman Catholic priests scandal
Rosenberg espionage case
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Ruby Ridge raid
Rummel v. Estelle

S
Saint Valentine's Day Massacre
Salem witchcraft trials
Santobello v. New York
Schall v. Martin
School violence
Scottsboro cases
Search and seizure
Search warrants
Secret Service, U.S.
Seditious libel
Self-defense
Self-incrimination, privilege against
Sentencing
Sentencing guidelines, U.S.
September 11, 2001, attacks
Sex discrimination
Sex offender registries
Sexual harassment
Sheriffs
Sherman Antitrust Act
Shoe prints and tire-tracks
Shoplifting
Simpson trials
Skyjacking
Slave patrols
Smith Act
Sobriety testing
Solem v. Helm
Solicitation to commit a crime
Solicitor general of the United States
Solitary confinement
Spam
Special weapons and tactics teams (SWAT)
Speeding detection
Speedy trial right
Sports and crime
Stakeouts
Stalking
Standards of proof
Stanford v. Kentucky
Stare decisis
State police
Status offenses
Statutes
Statutes of limitations
Statutory rape
Sting operations
Stop and frisk
Strategic policing
Strict liability offenses
Subpoena power
Suicide and euthanasia
Summonses
Supermax prisons
Supreme Court, U.S.
Surveillance cameras
Suspects
Suspended sentences
Symbionese Liberation Army

T
Tax evasion
Teapot Dome scandal
Telephone fraud
Television courtroom programs
Television crime dramas
Television news
Television police reality shows
Ten-most-wanted lists
Tennessee v. Garner
Terrorism
Terry v. Ohio
Testimony
Texas v. Johnson
Theft
Three-strikes laws
Tison v. Arizona
Toxicology
Trace evidence
Traffic courts
Traffic fines
Traffic law
Traffic schools
Treason
Treasury Department, U.S.
Trespass
Trial publicity
Trial transcripts
Trials

U
Unabomber
Uniform Crime Reports
Uniform Juvenile Court Act
United States Code
United States Parole Commission
United States Sentencing Commission
United States Statutes at Large

V
Vagrancy laws
Vandalism
Vehicle checkpoints
Verdicts
Vicarious liability
Victim and Witness Protection Act
Victim assistance programs
Victim-offender mediation
Victimless crimes
Victimology
Victims of Crime Act
Vigilantism
Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act
Violent Criminal Apprehension Program
Virginia v. Black
Voir dire
Voting fraud

W
Walnut Street Jail
War crimes
Warren Commission
Watergate scandal
Weather Underground
Weeks v. United States
White-collar crime
Whren v. United States
Wickersham Commission
Wilson v. Arkansas
Wiretaps
Wisconsin v. Mitchell
Witherspoon v. Illinois
Witness protection programs
Witnesses
Women in law enforcement and corrections
Work camps
Work-release programs
World Court

X

Y
Youth authorities
Youth gangs

Z

Bibliography of Basic Works on Criminal Justice
Crime Rates
Crime Trends: Graph
Criminal Arrests: Table
Famous American Trials: Table
Glossary of criminal justice terminology
Punishments: Table
Supreme Court Cases: Table
Supreme Court Justices
Time Line: Key Events and Laws
Web sites for crime statistics
Topics by Subject Category
Index to Court Cases
Index to Laws and Acts

Personages Index
Subject Index


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