1. Crime and Crime Statistics -- 2. The Pattern of Crime -- 3. The Criminal: Myth and Reality -- 4. The Origins and Impact of the New Police -- 5. The Creation of a Professional Force, 1856-1914 -- 6. Courts, Prosecutors and Verdicts -- 7. Capital Punishment in Theory and Practice -- 8. Secondary Punishments
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 190-201) and index