Book reviewed in this article:Prisons: Present and Possible edited by M. E. Wolfgang.The Penalty of Death by T. Sellin.Criminology and Crime Policy by D. Szabo.Community Service by Order edited by K. Pease and W. McWilliams.Assessing Problem Children: Issues and Practice by M. Hoghughi.The Hard‐Core Delinquent by M. O. Mayers.How Staff Rule: Structures of Authority in Two Community Schools by P. Bramham.A Bibliography on General Deterrence Research by D. Beyleveld.Mugging as a Social Problem by M. Pratt.Junior Attendance Centres (Home Office Research Study No. 60) by A. B. Dunlo