The Encyclopedia of Crime and Punishment provides the most comprehensive reference for a vast number of topics relevant to crime and punishment with a unique focus on the multi/interdisciplinary and international aspects of these topics and historical perspectives on crime and punishment around the world.

Table of Contents

• Volume I: Crime and Punishment A–C
• A
• Age and Crime
• Aggression and Crime
• Alcohol Use and Crime
• Anthropology and Crime
• Antisocial Behavior and Crime
• Arrest
• Arson
• Art and Crime
• Assault
• At-Risk Youth
• B
• Bail
• Biology and Crime
• Biosocial Criminology
• Boot Camps
• Bribery
• Bullying
• Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF)
• Burglary
• C
• Campus Crime
• Capital Punishment
• Child Abuse
• Child Molestation
• Child Neglect
• Child Pornography
• Classical Strain Theory
• Classification
• Community Corrections
• Community Policing
• CompStat
• Computer Science and Crime
• Consumer Fraud
• Couples Counseling and Domestic Violence
• Crime and Criminal Justice Statistics in Belgium: An Overview
• Crime and Punishment in Africa
• Crime and Punishment in Asia
• Crime and Punishment in Australia
• Crime and Punishment in Bangladesh
• Crime and Punishment in Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Crime and Punishment in Brazil
• Crime and Punishment in Canada
• Crime and Punishment in Central America
• Crime and Punishment in Chile
• Crime and Punishment in China
• Crime and Punishment in Colombia
• Crime and Punishment in Egypt
• Crime and Punishment in El Salvador
• Crime and Punishment in Ethiopia
• Crime and Punishment in Finland
• Crime and Punishment in France
• Crime and Punishment in Germany
• Crime and Punishment in Great Britain
• Crime and Punishment in Greece
• Crime and Punishment in Hong Kong
• Crime and Punishment in India
• Crime and Punishment in Iran (Islamic Republic of)
• Crime and Punishment in Ireland
• Crime and Punishment in Israel
• Crime and Punishment in Italy
• Crime and Punishment in Japan
• Crime and Punishment in Korea, Republic of (South Korea)
• Crime and Punishment in Mexico
• Crime and Punishment in Nigeria
• Crime and Punishment in Poland
• Crime and Punishment in Portugal
• Crime and Punishment in Puerto Rico
• Crime and Punishment in Romania
• Crime and Punishment in Russia
• Crime and Punishment in Saudi Arabia
• Crime and Punishment in Serbia
• Crime and Punishment in South Africa
• Crime and Punishment in Spain
• Crime and Punishment in Sweden
• Crime and Punishment in Taiwan (Republic of China)
• Crime and Punishment in the Caribbean
• Crime and Punishment in the European Union
• Crime and Punishment in the Philippines
• Crime and Punishment in the United Kingdom
• Crime and Punishment in the United States
• Crime and Punishment in Turkey
• Crime and Punishment in Vietnam
• Crime Mapping
• Crime Measurement
• Crime Prevention
• Criminal Courts
• Criminal History
• Criminal Investigation
• Criminal Justice System
• Criminal Law
• Criminal Procedure
• Criminal Profiling
• Criminalistics
• Criminology
• Critical Criminology
• Cross-Sectional Research
• Cultural Criminology
• Cyberbullying
• Cycle of Violence
• Volume II: Crime and Punishment D–N
• D
• Dating Violence
• Deadly Force
• Defense Attorneys
• Detective Work
• Deterrence Theory
• Differential Association Theory
• Digital Crime
• Discrimination
• Diversion
• Domestic Violence Courts
• Driving under the Influence of Alcohol
• Drug Courts
• Drug Crime
• Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
• Drug Use and Crime
• Due Process
• E
• Economic Costs of Crime
• Edge Ethnography
• Education and Crime
• Elder Abuse
• Employment Theft
• Environment and Crime
• Epidemiological Criminology
• Ethics in Policing
• Ethnicity and Crime
• European Court of Human Rights
• Evaluation Research
• Evidence-Based Policing
• Experimental Research Design
• Eyewitness Testimony
• F
• Family Court
• Family Disorganization and Crime
• Family Violence
• Fear of Crime
• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
• Feminist Theory
• Forensics and Crime
• Forgery
• G
• Gambling
• Gang Membership
• Gender and Crime
• General Strain Theory
• Genetics and Crime
• Genocide
• Geography and Crime
• Guns and Crime
• H
• Hate Crime
• Historical Responses to Crime
• Homeland Security
• Homelessness and Crime
• Homicide
• Homicide of Police
• Hot Spots Policing
• Human Trafficking
• I
• Identity Theft
• Immigration and Crime
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
• Indirect Victimization
• Inequality and Crime
• Infanticide
• Institutional Anomie Theory
• Integrated Theories of Crime
• Intelligence (IQ) and Crime
• International Corrections
• International Crime Statistics
• International Criminal Court (ICC)
• International Justice
• International Policing
• INTERPOL
• Intimate Partner Violence
• J
• Jails
• Judges
• Juries
• Juvenile Court
• Juvenile Justice
• Juvenile Waivers
• Juveniles
• L
• Labeling Theory
• Larceny-Theft
• Law and Crime
• Life-Course/Developmental Theories
• Longitudinal Research
• M
• Media and Crime
• Medicine and Crime
• Mental Health Courts
• Mental Health Law and Policy and Crime
• Mental Illness and Crime
• Miranda Rights
• Missing and Exploited Children
• Motor Vehicle Theft
• N
• National Crime Victimization Survey
• National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS)
• National Institute of Justice (NIJ)
• Neutralization Theory
• Volume III: Crime and Punishment O–Z
• O
• Occupational Crime
• Organized Crime
• P
• Parole
• Parricide
• Personality and Crime
• Pharmacy and Crime
• Philosophies of Punishment
• Philosophy and Crime
• Plea Bargaining
• Police Brutality
• Police Discrimination
• Police History
• Police Patrol
• Police Pursuit
• Police Technology
• Police: Administration and Organization
• Political Crime
• Political Science and Crime
• Poverty and Crime
• Power-Control Theory
• Prescription Drug Use
• Prison History
• Prison Populations
• Prison Reform
• Prison Riots
• Prison Structure
• Prisoners
• Prisoners’ Rights
• Prisons: Administration and Organization
• Privatization of Police
• Privatization of Prison
• Probation
• Prosecutors
• Prostitution
• Psychological Theories of Crime
• Public Health and Crime
• Public Perceptions of Crime
• Public Safety and Crime
• Q
• Quasi-Experimental Research Methods
• R
• Race and Crime
• Race and Policing
• Rape and Other Sexual Assault
• Rational Choice Theory
• Recidivism
• Reentry
• Rehabilitation
• Reintegration
• Religion and Crime
• Repeat Victimization
• Research Methods
• Restorative Justice
• Robbery
• Routine Activities Theory
• Rule of Law
• S
• Sampling Strategies
• School Discipline and Crime
• School Violence
• Self-Control Theory
• Self-Report Research
• Sentencing
• Sexual Harassment
• Shoplifting
• Social Bond Theory
• Social Class and Crime
• Social Disorganization Theory
• Social Justice
• Social Learning Theory
• Sociology of Crime and Deviance
• Sociology of Law
• Stalking
• Statistics and Crime
• Subcultural Theories
• Survey Research
• T
• Terrorism
• Three Strikes Laws
• Traffic Offenses
• Treatment Programs
• U
• Uniform Crime Reports
• United States Marshals Service
• United States Secret Service
• United States Supreme Court
• Urban Crime
• V
• Validity and Reliability
• Vandalism
• Victim Advocates
• Victimization
• Victim–offender Overlap
• Victims’ Rights
• W
• War Crimes and Military Justice
• White-Collar Crime
• Women and Policing
• Workplace Violence
• Y
• Youth Violence
• Z
• Zero-Tolerance Policing