Table of Contents
Introduction 7
Chapter 1 The Late 19th Century
Law Courts: Court of General Sessions The New York Times 9
Outrageous Rape Chicago Tribune 12
Interesting from Kansas The New York Times 13
Descent Upon the "Park Cruisers"; Thirty-Eight Arrested The New York Times 16
Burglary and Heavy Robbery in New London The New York Times 17
Heavy Sentences for Murder, Manslaughter and Assault The New York Times 19
Childhood and Crime The New York Times 22
Hardships Suffered by Unionists The New York Times 27
A Negro Outbreak By The New-Orleans Bee 29
The Confession of Constance Kent The New York Times 32
The Ring Again; Another Batch of Indictments Against Tweed & Co. The New York Times 34
Applicants Ruled by Politics The New York Times 40
A Remedy for Many Ills. The Great Demand Springing Up for Cocaine. The New York Times 45
Chapter 2 The Early 20th Century
Becker Wore Women's Clothes and Whiskers The New York Times 47
Gangsters Again Engaged in a Murderous War The New York Times 49
Bootleggers Seize Agent as Hijacker The New York Times 60
Liquor Still Flows into Boston The New York Times 63
Quintet Raids Drake Hotel The New York Times 64
Association Aids Crusade on Crime The New York Times 74
Anti-Crime Body to Organize Today The New York Times 77
Poverty and Crime. The New York Times 79
30 Taken in Bronx Raid The New York Times 80
Champagne Seized in Hoboken Dry Raid The New York Times 81
Final Action at Capital; Proclaims the End of the Prohibition Law The New York Times 83
Chapter 3 The Mid-20th Century
Prison Population Seen Up After War The New York Times 88
Crime Increasing in Little Spain Albert J. Gordon 91
23 More Undesirables Are Seized in Times Square as Round-Up Spreads The New York Times 94
'Hot Summer' Race Riots in North The New York Times 97
Narcotics Drive Raises Arrests William Borders 107
Warring on Crime The New York Times 109
Johnson Presses Anticrime Drive Fred P. Graham 110
Police Battle Demonstrators in Street; Hundreds Injured J. Anthony Lukas 113
Militants Vow to Continue Protest at Harlem Church The New York Times 120
Negroes Held Oppressed by the Law Earl Caldwell 122
President Calls for 'Total War' on U.S. Addiction James M. Markham 125
Violent Crimes Up in Jersey Suburbs Martin Waldron 129
Chapter 4 The 1980s and 1990s
Citizens' Gun Use on Rise in Houston The New York Times 132
Troubled Farmers: Debts and Guns Andrew H. Malcolm 136
A New, Purified Form of Cocaine Causes Alarm as Abuse Increases Jane Gross 140
A Rising Tide of Violence Leaves More Youths in Jail Susan Diesenhouse 145
Senate Votes Sweeping Crime Bill, Banning Some Assault Weapons Steven A. Holmes 149
Pregnant, Addicted - and Guilty? Jan Hoffman 153
Fight Guns, Not Just Drugs The New York Times 166
Law Professor Accuses Thomas Of Sexual Harassment in 1980s Neil A. Lewis 168
Why Some Get Busted - and Some Go Free Brent Staples 174
Daughter's Death Prompts Fight on 'Date Rape' Drug Keith Bradsher 177
Chapter 5 The 2000s and Beyond
U.S. Officials Lay Out Plan To Fight Computer Attacks David Johnston 181
Aftermath of Internet Pedophilia Case: Guilt, and a New Awareness of Danger Debra West 184
Prominent Trader Accused of Defrauding Clients The New York Times 190
Ponzi Scheme Meets Ransomware for a Doubly Malicious Attack Sheera Frenkel 192
The White-Collar-Crime Cheat Sheet: How the Biggest Scammers Get Away With It. Jaime Lowe 196
Why Are American Prisons So Afraid of This Book? Jonah Engel Bromwich 203
Harvey Weinstein 'Perp Walked' Into the Future of #MeToo The New York Times 208
Glossary 212
Media Literacy Terms 214
Media Literacy Questions 216
Citations 217
Index 222
