Includes bibliographical references.

Is crime beneficial to society? -- Is criminal behavior determined biologically? -- Is a person's body type clearly linked to criminal behavior? -- Does a "warrior gene" make people more prone to violence? -- Does the United States have a right to torture suspected terrorists? -- Is racial profiling an acceptable law enforcement strategy? -- Should juvenile courts be abolished? -- Is exposure to pornography related to increased rates of rape? -- Should it be a crime to download copyrighted music from the internet? -- Are supermax (control unit) prisons an appropriate way to punish hardened criminals? -- Do three-strikes sentencing laws and other "get tough" approaches to crime really work? -- Does imprisoning drug offenders reduce crime rates? -- Should private "for-profit" corporations be allowed to run U.S. prisons? -- Is capital punishment a bad public policy? -- Should serious sex offenders be castrated? -- Do strict gun control laws reduce the number of homicides in the United States? -- Should the police enforce zero tolerance laws? -- Should marijuana be legalized? -- Does the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protect the right to possess a firearm? -- Should it be lawful for the police to conduct jailhouse strip searches of persons arrested for minor offenses? -- Does an imprisoned individual have a constitutional right to access the state's evidence for DNA testing?