This book provides a comprehensive overview of the criminal justice and criminology curriculum through contributed essays designed to review and expand upon key areas of study. This text explores and examines theory, cases, laws and policies as they have been shaped by a larger social, cultural, and historical context. Topics span criminal justice and criminology, including crime theory, law enforcement, jurisprudence, corrections and organizations. Each topic category includes a presentation of historical and contemporary material to illustrate the breadth of research, policy and practice implications of each.