Crime, Prisons, and Jails (Information Plus Reference Series)

Cover Page......Page 1
Title Page......Page 3
ISBN 141440767X......Page 4
TABLE OF CONTENTS (with page links)......Page 5
HOW TO USE THIS BOOK......Page 6
COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS......Page 7
CRIME ON THE DECLINE......Page 8
Crime in Urban and Rural Areas......Page 9
Race and Ethnicity......Page 13
TYPES OF CRIME......Page 15
Murder......Page 16
Rape......Page 19
Robbery......Page 21
Burglary......Page 24
Motor Vehicle Theft......Page 25
Crimes Committed with Firearms......Page 26
Firearm-Related Deaths......Page 27
Background Checks for Firearms......Page 28
THE NATIONAL CRIME VICTIMIZATION SURVEY......Page 30
Victims of Property Crimes......Page 31
CHARACTERISTICS OF VICTIMS Gender......Page 32
Age......Page 33
Race and Ethnicity......Page 34
Victim/Offender Relationship......Page 35
Victims’ Activities......Page 37
Violent Crime......Page 41
VICTIM SERVICES AND ASSISTANCE......Page 44
Victim Compensation......Page 45
Federal Action......Page 46
The Comprehensive Crime Control Act of 1990......Page 47
The Air Transportation Safety and System Stabilization Act......Page 48
HATE CRIME LEGISLATION Federal Laws......Page 50
Hate Crime Statistics......Page 51
Kinds of Crime Motivated by Hate......Page 52
Who Commits Hate Crimes?......Page 54
TERRORISM......Page 55
INCIDENTS OF INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM......Page 56
Coordinating National Security after 9/11......Page 57
Treatment of Terror Suspects......Page 58
INCIDENTS OF DOMESTIC TERRORISM......Page 59
Eco-terrorism......Page 60
PERCEPTIONS OF WHITE-COLLAR CRIMES......Page 62
IDENTITY THEFT......Page 63
CORPORATE CRIME......Page 65
FALSIFYING CORPORATE DATA......Page 66
FRAUD BY INSURANCE COMPANIES......Page 67
TELEMARKETING FRAUD......Page 68
Internet Fraud......Page 69
Computer Hacking......Page 70
ANTITRUST VIOLATIONS......Page 71
MONEY LAUNDERING......Page 72
RETAIL STORE THEFT......Page 74
PUBLIC CORRUPTION......Page 75
SCAMS ON THE ELDERLY......Page 76
ENVIRONMENTAL CRIME......Page 77
GOALS OF THE CORRECTIONS SYSTEM......Page 78
Effectiveness of Prisons......Page 80
TRUTH-IN-SENTENCING......Page 82
FEDERAL SENTENCING GUIDELINES......Page 83
‘‘Departures’’ from the Guidelines......Page 84
STATE SENTENCES AND TIME SERVED......Page 86
Tightening Preexisting Statutes......Page 87
ALTERNATIVE SENTENCING......Page 88
Work Release and Weekend Sentencing......Page 89
Day Fines......Page 90
House Arrest and Electronic Monitoring Program......Page 91
Feeling Afraid......Page 92
CONFIDENCE IN THE POLICE......Page 93
The Reform Movement......Page 98
Federal Inmate Populations......Page 99
State Inmate Populations......Page 100
JAILS......Page 101
Facilities and Staffing......Page 102
PRIVATE CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES......Page 103
COMPARING THE CRIME RATE AND INCARCERATION RATE......Page 104
Jail Capacity......Page 106
Drug Offenses......Page 109
COSTS OF CORRECTIONS......Page 110
Federal Prison Expenditures......Page 111
Local Jail Expenditures by Counties and Municipalities......Page 112
PRISON WORK PROGRAMS AND INDUSTRIES......Page 113
Work in State Prisons......Page 114
TYPES OF CRIMES Federal Prisons......Page 116
State Prisons......Page 117
Jails......Page 118
Education Programs......Page 119
PRISONERS WITH CHILDREN......Page 121
DRUG USE......Page 122
MEDICAL PROBLEMS IN JAIL INMATES......Page 123
PRISONERS’ RIGHTS UNDER THE LAW......Page 124
PRODUCE THE BODY......Page 126
Religious Beliefs......Page 127
EIGHTH AMENDMENT......Page 128
Isolation......Page 129
Death Penalty......Page 130
Guards Using Force......Page 131
THE COURT GOES BACK TO BASICS......Page 132
INNOCENCE PROTECTION ACT......Page 133
Geographical Distribution......Page 134
Probation Officers......Page 135
SUPERVISED RELEASE......Page 136
PAROLE Trends in Parole......Page 137
Characteristics of Parolees......Page 138
Parole Violation and Rearrest Trends......Page 139
Handling of Juvenile Arrests......Page 148
Arrest Rates by Gender......Page 149
Arrests by Race......Page 150
Disposition of Juveniles Arrested......Page 151
Drug Abuse Violations......Page 152
SCHOOL CRIME......Page 153
YOUTH GANGS......Page 154
THE CRIMES—COURT STATISTICS......Page 155
CASE PROCESSING......Page 156
Detention......Page 157
Prosecuting Juveniles as Adults......Page 158
Detention and Case Processing......Page 159
JUVENILES IN RESIDENTIAL PLACEMENT......Page 160
JUVENILES IN ADULT PRISONS AND JAILS......Page 161
JUVENILES AND THE DEATH PENALTY......Page 162
IMPORTANT NAMES AND ADDRESSES......Page 164
RESOURCES......Page 166
C......Page 168
E......Page 169
I......Page 170
M......Page 171
R......Page 172
S......Page 173
V......Page 174
Z......Page 175