Table of Contents
i* New to this edition/iAbout the EditorsAbout the ContributorsIntroduction, iRobert M. Bohm and Jeffery T. Walker/iSection 1: Crime* 1: The Myth of Accurate Crime Measurement, iClayton Mosher/i* 2: The Myth That "Criminals" Are Fundamentally Different from "Noncriminals," iWalter S. DeKeseredy/i* 3: The Myth of Rational Choice as an Explanation for Criminal Behavior: A Biosocial Critique, iJoseph L. Nedelec, Joseph A. Schwartz, and Kevin M. Beaver/i* 4: The Myth That Violent Juvenile Offenders Will Become Adult Criminals, iStacy C. Moak/i5: The Myth of Black Crime, iKatheryn Russell-Brown/i6: The Myth That Mental Illness Causes Crime, iBruce A. Arrigo and Heather Y. Bersot/i7: Myths About Drug Legalization or Decriminalization, iBarbara Sims and Michael Kenney/i8: The Myth About Drug Use and Violent Offending, iHenry H. Brownstein/i9: The Myth That White-Collar Crime Is Only About Financial Loss, iDavid O. Friedrichs/i* 10: The Myth That Current Gun Control Policies Reduce Crime, iSean Maddan/i* 11: The Myth That Sex Offenders Are Beyond Redemption, Jill S. Levenson* 12: The Myth That Stalking Is Not a Serious Crime, iStacy L. Mallicoat and Amy I. Cass/i13: Demystifying Terrorism: "Crazy Islamic Terrorists Who Hate Us Because We're Free?", iPaul Leighton/iSection 2: Law Enforcement14: The Myth That the Role of the Police Is to Fight Crime, iDavid E. Barlow and Melissa Hickman Barlow/i15: The Myth That Science Solves Crimes, iGary Cordner/i16: The Myths About Policewomen on Patrol, iKim Lersch/i* 17: The Myth That Police Use of Force Is Widespread, iWilliam R. King and Matthew C. Matusiak/i18: The Myths of Racial Profiling, iMichael Buerger/i* 19: The Myth That the Best Police Response to Domestic Violence Is to Arrest the Offender, iMartin D. Schwartz/iSection 3: Administration of Justice* 20: The Myth That the Exclusionary Rule Allows Many Criminals to Escape Justice, iCraig Hemmens/i21: The Myth That Punishment Reduces Crime, iRaymond Michalowski/i22: The Myth That Imprisonment Is the Most Severe Form of Punishment, iPeter B. Wood/i23: The Myth That the Death Penalty Is Administered Fairly, iBrandon Applegate/i24: The Myth of Closure and Capital Punishment, iJames R. Acker/iSection 4: Corrections25: The Myth of Prisons as Country Clubs, iBeth Pelz, Marilyn McShane, and Frank P. Williams III/i26: The Myth That Prisons Can Be Self-Supporting, iMary Parker/i27: Correctional Privatization and the Myth of Inherent Efficiency, iCurtis Blakely and John Ortiz Smykla/i28: The Myth That Correctional Rehabilitation Does Not Work, iFrancis T. Cullen and Paula Smith/i29: The Myth That Rehabilitation Is the Focus of Community Corrections, iMark Jones/iIndex