Book reviewed in this article:Bound for America: The Transportation of British Convicts to the Colonies, 1718–1775. A. Roger EkirchPublic Attitudes to Sentencing: Surveys From Five Countries N. Walker and M. Hough (Eds.). Cambridge Studies in Criminology AldershotThe Cambridge Institute of Criminology: Its Background and Scope L. RadzinowiczThe Tape‐Recording of Police Interviews with Suspects: A Second Interim Report C. F. Willis, J. Macleod and P. Naish. (Home Office Research Study No. 97)The Police, Public Order and Civil Liberties: Legacies of the Miners' Strike S. McCabe and P. Wallington with J. Alderson, L. Gostin and C. MasonNew Directions in Police Training P. Southgate (Ed.)Joining Forces: Police Training, Socialization and Occupational Competence N. G. FieldingA Matter of Justice: The Legal System in Ferment M. ZanderTelevision and the Fear of Crime Barrie Gu