Sense and Nonsense About Crime, Drugs, and Communities

Samuel Walker is Professor Emeritus of Criminal Justice at the University of Nebraska, Omaha, where he taught for 31 years before retiring in 2005. He is the author of 13 books on policing, criminal justice history and policy, and civil liberties. His current research involves police accountability, focusing primarily on citizen oversight of the police and police Early Intervention Systems (EIS). Originally trained as a historian, he is completing a book on U.S. presidents and civil liberties. His personal website, with information on police accountability is: http://samuelwalker.net.

• Part I: THINKING CLEARLY ABOUT CRIME.1. Crime and Policy: A Complex Problem.2. Models of Criminal Justice.3. The Going Rate.4. The Prediction Problem.Part II: "GET TOUGH": THE CONSERVATIVE ATTACK ON CRIME.5. Unleash the Cops.6. Deter the Criminals.7. Lock 'Em Up.8. Close the Loopholes.Part III: THE MIDDLE GROUND: GUNS AND VICTIMS.9. Protect Crime Victims.10. Control Gun Crimes.Part IV: REFORM: THE LIBERAL PRESCRIPTION.11. Treat 'Em.12. The Basis of an Orderly Society.Part V: THE DRUG PROBLEM.13. Sense and Nonsense about Drugs and Crime.Part VI: PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER: CRIME AND COMMUNITY.14. Crime and Community: Putting It All Together.