Following the volumes ALiterature and CrimeA (1983, STSL 8) and ACrime NarratedA (1991, STSL 27) the articles assembled here examine discourses serving the social construction of deviation, criminality, and justice/jurisdiction together with typical constellations of the way these have been representeed by the (mass) media in the 20th century. In addition, theoretical articles on the connection between 'transgression' and 'order' on the basis of recent research into the representation of crime and crime-fighting institutions in Germany and the United States are joined by contributions on the criminological, juridical, and political discourses of the present to assist in placing the case studies in their systematic and historical context.