Chapter 1 World War II and Its Aftermath: Crime in the 1940s 1 --
Chapter 2 Golden Years: Violent Crime in the 1950s 43 --
Chapter 3 Ordeal: The Great Post-1960s Crime Rise 103 --
Chapter 4 Violence Continues: America in the 1980s 171 --
Chapter 5 Great Downturn: 1995 to the Twenty-First Century 221.