Description: UNIT 1. Crime and Justice in America 1. What Is the Sequence of Events in the Criminal Justice System?, Report to the Nation on Crime and Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics , January 1998 This report reveals that the response to crime is a complex process, involving citizens as well as many agencies, levels, and branches of government. 2. The Road to September 11, Evan Thomas, Newsweek , October 1, 2001 For a decade, America has been fighting a losing war against terrorism. This article chronicles the missed clues and missteps in a manhunt that is far from over. 3. Global Trends in Crime, Gene Stephens, The Futurist , May/June 2003 This article makes the point that while crime varies around the world, as statistics show, new tactics have proved effective in the United States. To keep crime in check in the twenty-first century, we'll need to get smarter, not just tougher. 4. The FBI's Cyber-Crime Crackdown, Simson Garfinkel, Technology Review , November 2002 On one side, teen hackers and corrupt employees; on the other, the FBI's computer-crime -fighting units. According to Simson Garfinkle, the U.S. government's first line of defense against cybercrime and cyberterrorism is the FBI's Computer Crime Squads, which form the heart of its new Cyber Division. 5. Crime and Punishment, David Finkel, Washington Post National Weekly Edition , December 915, 2002 For Nigeria's Muslims, the Islamic code provides swift, certain judgment. This report from Nigeria explains how conduct, for which there are no criminal penalties for its Christians, may have severe penalties for many of its Muslims. 6. Enough Is Enough, Clifton Leaf, Fortune , March 18, 2002 Of all the factors that lead to corporate crime, none comes close to the role of top management in tolerating and even shaping a culture that allows for it. Accounting fraud often starts this way, and prosecutors can make these crimes too complicated. According to Clifton Leaf, they can be boiled down to basic lying, cheating, and stealing. 7. Trust and Confidence in Criminal Justice, Lawrence W. Sherman, National Institute of Justice Journal , Number 248, 2002 The criminal justice system is a paradox of progress. It is less corrupt, brutal, and racially unfair than it has been in the past. It has also become more effective, with greater diversity in its staffing. Yet Americans today have less confidence in the criminal justice system than in many other institutions. 8. So You Want to Be a Serial-Murderer Profiler , John Randolph Fuller, The Chronicle of Higher Education , December 7, 2001 John Randolph Fuller helps to guide his students by sketching out the various career options that are available in criminal justice. While it may sound exciting, being a serial-murderer profiler is not a realistic option for most students. UNIT 2. Victimology 9. Ordering Restitution to the Crime Victim, OVC Legal Series , November 2002 This bulletin provides an overview of state laws addressing the rights of victims to receive court-ordered restitution from offenders in criminal cases. 10. Murder Victim Family Members Who Oppose Executions Cite Bias, Criminal Justice Newsletter ,

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