Book reviewed in this article:Court Work: A Guide for Social Work PractitionersC. Fishwick.Alternatives to PrisonS. Stanley and M. Baginsky.Women on Trial: A Study of the Female Suspect, Defendant and Offender in the Criminal Law and Criminal Justice SystemS.S.M. Edwards.Probation and Parole: Crime Control in the CommunityJ.O. Smykla.Victims of Crime: The Dimensions of RiskM. R. Gottfredson.Dangerous Offenders: The Elusive Target of JusticeM. H. Moore, S. R. Estrich, D. McGillis and W. Spelman.Sentencing: Theory, Law and PracticeN. Walker.The Tape‐Recording of Police Interviews with Suspects — An Interim ReportC.F. Willis.Black MagistratesM. King and C. May.Working with OffendersH. Walker and B. Beaumont (Eds.).Pre‐Trial Justice: A Study of Case Settlement in Magistrates' CourtsJ. Baldwin.The Principles of PolicingM. S. Pike.A Guide to the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984V. Bevan and K. Lid