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1. The social construction of crime myths -- The functions of crime myths -- Powerful mythmakers -- Creating crime myths -- Characterizations of crime myths -- Selection and dissemination of myths -- Conclusion -- 2. Crime waves, fears, and social reality -- Fears about crime and criminals -- Facts about crime and criminals -- Uniform Crime Reports -- National crime victimization survey -- The reality of crime -- Crime images -- Conclusion -- 3. The myth and fear of missing children -- Influences on public perception -- Exploitation has many faces -- Distorted definitions -- Creating reality through misleading statistics -- Conclusion -- 4. Myth and murder : the serial killer panic -- Creating a myth -- The Lucas case -- The reality of serial murder -- Explaining a panic -- Conclusion -- 5. Of stalkers and murder : spreading myth to common crime -- Constructing the myth of stalking -- Officializing the myth -- Measuring the reality of stalking -- Consequences of criminalization -- Conclusion -- 6. Organized crime : the myth of an underworld empire -- The alien conspiracy myth -- Transnational organized crime -- It's the economy, stupid! -- The new businesses of organized crime -- Challenges to state sovereignty and security -- State-organized crime -- Organized crime in the twenty-first century -- Controlling organized crime -- The utility of organized crime -- Conclusion -- 7. Corporate crime and "higher immorality" -- "Real" corporate crime -- The costs of corporate crime -- The normalcy of corporate crime -- A policy of nonenforcement -- The corporate crime wave -- The political clout of corporate criminals -- A criminal monopoly -- Conclusion -- 8. Apocalypse now : the lost war on drugs -- Masking the costs of the drug war -- Myths of supply reduction -- Casualties of the drug war -- The intractable problem of drugs -- A just peace? -- Conclusion --
9. Juvenile superpredators : the myths of killer kids, dangerous schools, and a youth crime wave -- The goals, the realities, and the panic -- Transforming the juvenile justice system -- Processing juvenile offenders -- The myth of a juvenile crime wave -- Dangerous schools and violent students -- The consequences of treating juveniles as adults -- Conclusion -- 10. Battered and blue crime fighters : myths and misconceptions of police work -- Real police work -- Myths of police stress -- Living the crime fighter myth -- Conclusion -- 11. Order in the courts : the myth of equal justice -- The role of law in society -- Celebrity cases -- The bias of arrest -- The bias of trial -- The bias of probation and sentencing -- Biased justice -- Conclusion -- 12. Cons and country clubs : the mythical utility of punishment -- Who does the crime determines the time -- Mythical assumptions : unrelenting consequences -- Behind bars -- The pains of imprisonment -- The modern prison -- Post-institutional adjustment -- Scandinavian prisons -- Conclusion -- 13. The myth of a lenient criminal justice system -- International comparison -- The trend toward greater punitiveness in the United States -- The crime rate in the United States -- Conclusion -- 14. Capital punishment : the myth of murder as effective crime control -- Discrimination and the death penalty -- The myth of deterrence -- The myth of capital punishment as cost effective -- The myth of a flawless process -- The myth of fair and impartial juries -- The juvenile death penalty -- Perpetuating the myths -- Conclusion -- 15. Merging myths and misconceptions of crime and justice -- Recycled frameworks -- The electronic echo chamber -- Of politics and demagogues -- Fallout from crime myths -- Unification of the mythical order -- Masking social problems with myth -- Restructuring the study of crime -- Conclusion.
Revised edition of: The mythology of crime and criminal justice / Victor E. Kappeler, Mark Blumberg, Gary W. Potter. 3rd edition.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 373-406) and index.