PART ONE: WHAT IS CRIME AND HOW MUCH OF IT IS THERE? 1. Images of Crime and Its Control. 2. Definitions of Crime. 3. Criminal Law and Political Crime. 4. Methods of Gathering Crime Data.

PART TWO: WHO COMMITS CRIME AND WHY? 5. Individualistic Theories. 6. Sociological Perspectives on Crime. 7. New Directions in Critical Criminology. PART THREE: WHAT CRIMES SHOULD WE BE MOST CONCERNED ABOUT? 8. Murder and Manslaughter.

9. Violence Against Women in Intimate Relationships. 10. Corporate and Organized Crime. 11. Drug Use and Abuse. PART FOUR: WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT CRIME? 12. Policy Recommendations.

References. Name Index. Subject Index.