* New to this edition About the Editors About the Contributors Introduction, Robert M. Bohm and Jeffery T. Walker Section 1: Crime * 1: The Myth of Accurate Crime Measurement, Clayton Mosher * 2: The Myth That Criminals Are Fundamentally Different from Noncriminals, Walter S. DeKeseredy * 3: The Myth of Rational Choice as an Explanation for Criminal Behavior: A Biosocial Critique, Joseph L. Nedelec, Joseph A. Schwartz, and Kevin M. Beaver * 4: The Myth That Violent Juvenile Offenders Will Become Adult Criminals, Stacy C. Moak 5: The Myth of Black Crime, Katheryn Russell-Brown 6: The Myth That Mental Illness Causes Crime, Bruce A. Arrigo and Heather Y. Bersot 7: Myths About Drug Legalization or Decriminalization, Barbara Sims and Michael Kenney 8: The Myth About Drug Use and Violent Offending, Henry H. Brownstein 9: The Myth That White-Collar Crime Is Only About Financial Loss, David O. Friedrichs * 10: The Myth That Current Gun Control Policies Reduce Crime, Sean Maddan * 11: The Myth That Sex Offenders Are Beyond Redemption, Jill S. Levenson * 12: The Myth That Stalking Is Not a Serious Crime, Stacy L. Mallicoat and Amy I. Cass 13: Demystifying Terrorism: Crazy Islamic Terrorists Who Hate Us Because We're Free?, Paul Leighton Section 2: Law Enforcement 14: The Myth That the Role of the Police Is to Fight Crime, David E. Barlow and Melissa Hickman Barlow 15: The Myth That Science Solves Crimes, Gary Cordner 16: The Myths About Policewomen on Patrol, Kim Lersch * 17: The Myth That Police Use of Force Is Widespread, William R. King and Matthew C. Matusiak 18: The Myths of Racial Profiling, Michael Buerger * 19: The Myth That the Best Police Response to Domestic Violence Is to Arrest the Offender, Martin D. Schwartz Section 3: Administration of Justice * 20: The Myth That the Exclusionary Rule Allows Many Criminals to Escape Justice, Craig Hemmens 21: The Myth That Punishment Reduces Crime, Raymond Michalowski 22: The Myth That Imprisonment Is the Most Severe Form of Punishment, Peter B. Wood 23: The Myth That the Death Penalty Is Administered Fairly, Brandon Applegate 24: The Myth of Closure and Capital Punishment, James R. Acker Section 4: Corrections 25: The Myth of Prisons as Country Clubs, Beth Pelz, Marilyn McShane, and Frank P. Williams III 26: The Myth That Prisons Can Be Self-Supporting, Mary Parker 27: Correctional Privatization and the Myth of Inherent Efficiency, Curtis Blakely and John Ortiz Smykla 28: The Myth That Correctional Rehabilitation Does Not Work, Francis T. Cullen and Paula Smith 29: The Myth That Rehabilitation Is the Focus of Community Corrections, Mark Jones Index
