The pleasant fiction of the presumption of innocence -- Preparing a criminal case for trial -- Sensationalism and jury trials -- Why do men kill? -- Detectives and others -- Detectives who detect -- Women in the courts -- Tricks of the trade -- What fosters crime -- Insanity and the law -- The Mala Vita in America.
Summary
These essays, which were written between the years 1905-1910 are reprinted without revision, although in a few minor instances the laws may have been changed.
