Hickey, Eric W

Offers fourteen debates covering a broad range of issues, including should prostitution be legalized; are stalking laws effective; is individual change more important than social change; are restorative justice processes too lenient toward offenders; is medical treatment a useful way to deal with criminal offenders, and more.

Contains over two hundred alphabetically arranged entries that provide information about murder and violent crime, covering the causes and consequences of criminal behavior, crime investigation, and deterrence, with case studies, and a glossary of legal and criminological terms.