Chapter One: Crime
Crime and justice, Crime in the UK, Crime in England and Wales, Britons most worried by crime, Britain tops European crime league, Violence in the UK, Victims of crime reject notion of retribution, Victims of crime survey.

Chapter Two: Crime and Young People
Youth crime, Young offenders, policing and prisons in the UK, Young people and crime, Attitudes towards teenagers and crime, Crisis in custody, Teen gangs, ASBOs, ASBO mania, ASBO research published, The voice behind the hood, Positive press, Fear of young people.

Chapter Three: Crime Solutions
Help! I’m a victim, How crime can affect you, ‘Smarter justice’, Reporting a crime, Some reasons people don’t report crime, The police, Police want new powers of ‘instant justice’, Tackling anti-social behaviour, Going to court, Why the prison system needs reform, Basic rights of prisoners, World prison population – key points, About women’s imprisonment.

Key Facts;  Glossary;  Additional Resources;  Index

(Replaces Domestic Violence)

Domestic abuse affects over 350,000 people in England and Wales alone. It can be physical but also verbal and emotional, and can impact seriously on any children in the relationship. This book looks at the impact of hidden domestic abuse on individuals and society:

Key Facts;  Glossary Index;  Additional Resources (websites etc.);  Index.

Aileen Wuornos was executed in Florida, on the 9th of October, 2002 at the age of 46. She was the 10th woman to be sentenced to death in the USA since the death penalty resumed in 1976. Convicted for the murder of six men, in a two month period, Aileen claimed she acted in self defence however the investigation into these claims was poor and she later retracted her statement announcing to the Supreme Court, “I’m one who seriously hates human life and would kill again.” All-too-often female prostitutes have been the victims of male serial killers — the killings of Aileen Wuornos were the inverse of this. She was a child prostitute, fleeing an abusive childhood at the hands of her grandparents, which led straight to a disastrous adulthood of difficult affairs with both men and women. Her metamorphosis from victim to attacker had brutal consequences: a stream of dead men. Following a renewed interest in this woman after the film Monster, this is her story, as told to Christopher Berry-Dee, director of Britain’s Criminology Research Center. (238 pages)
Level: B/Library/Depot/Projects on the penal system

Set in a small town in the wake of an horrific school shooting, “Nineteen Minutes” is an immensely readable novel that asks hard-hitting questions about the nature of justice:
Sterling is a small, ordinary New Hampshire town where nothing ever happens — until the day its complacency is shattered by a shocking act of violence. In the aftermath, the town's residents must not only seek justice in order to begin healing but also come to terms with the role they played in the tragedy. For them, the lines between truth and fiction, right and wrong, insider and outsider have been obscured forever. Josie Cormier, the teenage daughter of the judge sitting on the case, could be the state's best witness, but she can't remember what happened in front of her own eyes. Or can she? As the trial progresses, fault lines between the high school and the adult community begin to show, destroying the closest of friendships and families. This is a novel that asks simple questions that have no easy answers: Can your own child become a mystery to you? What does it mean to be different in our society? Is it ever okay for a victim to strike back? And who — if anyone — has the right to judge someone else? Author: Jodi Picoult. (592 pages + Reading Club Discussion Questions)
Level: Gymnasiet/HF (kan læses i uddrag)

Since the late 1990s a series of lethal, multiple-victim school shooting incidents have shocked America. Do these tragic events constitute an epidemic, or has media coverage distorted the magnitude of the problem? This anthology explores various explanations for rampage school shootings, and examines ways communities have responded. Editor: Susan Hunnicutt. (102 pages)
Level: Mainly Second and Third year Gymnasium

Contents: Introduction; School Shootings Are a Serious Problem (Katherine S. Newman); The Media Exaggerate the School-Shooting Problem (Joel Best); Violent Video Games Train School Shooters (Jack Thomsen); Violent Video Games Do Not Create School Shooters (Henry Jenkins); Protecting Athletes Who Bully Other Students Promotes School Shootings (Gary K. Clabaugh and Alison A. Clabaugh); Antidepressants May Trigger School Shootings (Kelly Patricia O' Meara); Teaching Boys to Solve Problems with Violence Promotes School Shootings (Seth Hicks); Overreacting to School Shootings Intensifies the Problem (James Alan Fox and Jack Levin); Arming Teachers and Parents Will Prevent School Shootings (Doug Hagin); Designing Safer Guns Will Reduce School Shootings (Ronald Brownstein); Gun Control Laws Will Not Stop School Shootings (Steve Chapman); School Testing Programs Overshadow School Shooting Prevention Programs (Margaret McKenna and David Haselkorn); Victims of School Shootings Struggle to Rebuild Their Lives (Vickie Bane and Jason Bane); Organizations to Contact; Bibliography; Index.

Criminologist Christopher Berry-Dee is a man who talks to serial killers. Their pursuit of horror and violence is described in their own words, transcribed from audio and videotape interviews conducted inside some of the toughest prisons in the world. Berry-Dee describes the circumstances of his meetings with some of the world's most evil men and reproduces, verbatim, their own words as they describe their crimes and discuss their remorse — or more unpleasantly their lack of remorse. A book with lots of firsthand insights into the workings of the criminal mind. Nine cases are covered, including Aileen Carol Wuornos. (349 pages)
Level: Library/Depot/Student's Papers/Projects