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Crime and criminals

Oliver Twist

Charles Dickens

The adventures of a poor 19th century English youth that provided impetus for social change in Britain.

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Leroy and the Old Man

W. E. Butterworth

Fleeing from a neighbor's assailants, who believe he has identified them to the police, LeRoy leaves his Chicago housing project to live with his grandfather, a shrimp fisherman, in Mississippi.

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Crime and Justice in Our Time

Margaret O. Hyde

Discusses various types and causes of crime; describes the "typical" criminal; examines the criminal justice systems of the past and present; and explores one's personal responsibility for crime preve

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