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• Chapter 1: Principles and Decision Making in U.S. Criminal Courts

• Chapter 2: Social Control, Comparative Courts, and the Development of the U.S. Judicial System

• Chapter 3: The Structure of Federal and State Courts

• Chapter 4: Criminal Law, Crime, and the Criminal Court Process

• Chapter 5: The Reality of Legal Action: Principles, Organizations, and Public Pressure

• Chapter 6: Case Assessment, Case Attrition, and Decision to Charge

• Chapter 7: The Pre-Trial Process

• Chapter 8: The Prosecutor and the Exertion of State Power

• Chapter 9: The Defense and Constraint on State Power

• Chapter 10: The Criminal Trial Process: Judges, Bench Trials, Jury Deliberation, and Sentencing

• Chapter 11: The Right to Appeal and the Appellate Process

• Chapter 12: Juvenile Courts

• Chapter 13: Specialized Courts

• Chapter 14: Fuzzy Justice: Alternatives to Court

• Chapter 15: Courts in the Future