Criminology and public policy : putting theory to work /
In the field of criminal justice, public policy is designed to address the problems brought on by criminal behavior and the response to that behavior. However, too often, the theories carefully developed in the academy fail to make their way into programs and policy. The editors and contributors to...
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| Language: | English |
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Philadelphia ; Rome ; Tokyo :
Temple University Press,
2018
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : 2018 |
| Edition: | Second edition |
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Table of Contents:
- Part I Theories of Offender Behavior
- 1 Race Differences in Crime p. 9 / Anthony A. Braga and Kevin M. Drakulich
- 2 Critical Race Theory and the Limits of Liberal Legal Remedies to Address Racial Disparities in Police Violence p. 26 / Amy Farrell and Patricia Warren and Shea Cronin
- 3 Situational Prevention of Wildlife Crimes: The Policy Challenges p. 46 / Ronald V. Clarke and Justin Kurland and Lauren Wilson
- 4 Global Warming and Criminological Theory and Practice p. 63 / Rob White
- 5 Toward a Life-Course Theory of Victimization p. 85 / Jillian J. Turanovic
- 6 Translating Theories of Desistance to Policy p. 104 / Megan Kurlychek and Megan Denver
- 7 From Hot Spots to a Theory of Place p. 128 / Cody Telep and David Weisburd
- 8 Aligning Public Policy, Criminological Theory, and Empirical Findings on the Immigration-Crime Relationship p. 146 / Glenn Trager and Charis E. Kubrin
- 9 Mass Shootings: A New Name for a Familiar Problem p. 169 / Grant Duwe
- Part II Theories of the Criminal Justice System
- 10 A Theory of Offender Recidivism p. 197 / Daniel P. Mears and Jillian J. Turanovic
- 11 An Integrated, Reflexive Theory of Police Misconduct p. 213 / Natalie Todak and Michael D. White
- 12 Sentencing Disparity: A Focus on Race and Ethnicity p. 231 / Cassia Spohn
- 13 Intergenerational Effects of Crime and Punishment p. 248 / Kathleen Powell and Sara Wakefield
- 14 R-e-s-p-e-c-t: Communities of Color and the Criminal Justice System p. 261 / Rod K. Brunson and Michelle N. Block
- 15 Organizational Change and Criminal Justice: Working within the Iron Cage p. 280 / Danielle Rudes and Shannon Magnuson
- 16 Gun Policy p. 294 / Jennifer Carlson
- 17 Thinking Outside the Prison Walls: The Value of the Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program to Solve Old Problems p. 321 / Kevin A. Wright and Cheryl Lero Jonson
- 18 Toward a Theory of Mental Illness and Crime p. 341 / Robert D. Morgan and Robert K. Ax