Advancing Criminology and Criminal Justice Policy

ISBN-13: 9781138829237 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 476 str.

Thomas G. Blomberg; Julie Mestre; Professor Kevin M. Beaver

Opis

This book offers an authoritative and comprehensive overview of criminal justice policy from crime prevention to rehabilitation and brings together leading experts in the field to discuss how criminology can advance sound and evidence-based policy.

Spis treści

Volume Introduction: Advancing Criminology and Criminal Justice Policy   PART I: Introduction  Introduction: Evidence, Evaluation, and Strategies for Moving Criminal Justice Policy Forward  1. Evidence-Informed Criminal Justice Policy: Looking Back, Moving Forward  2. Policy Evaluation and Assessment   3. The Role of Theory, Ideology, and Ethics in Criminal Justice Policy   4. Translational Criminology: A New Path Forward   PART II: Crime Prevention Introduction: Individual, Family, and Community Prevention Programs   5. Juvenile Delinquency Prevention Programs   6. Opportunities for Public Policies to Strengthen Families and Prevent Crime   7. Community Crime Prevention   8. Situational crime prevention    PART III: Policing and Court Sentencing  Introduction: Policing   9. Community Policing   10. Problem-Oriented Policing: Evidence v. Framing in Implementation Success  11. The Science and Practice of Hot-Spots Policing Anthony Braga  Introduction: Court Sentencing  12. Mandatory Minimum Penalties: Evidence-Based Consequences and Recommendations for Policy and Legal Reform  13. Sentencing Disparities    14. Sex Offender Legislation and Policy   15. Drug Courts and Drug Policy   16. Did the Gregg Decision Overcome the Arbitrary and Discriminatory Use of the Death Penalty So Prevalent in Furman?   PART IV: Corrections and Rehabilitation Introduction: Community Corrections  17. Improving Correctional Supervision: What does the Research Tell Us?   18. Smart Sentencing Revisited: Assessing the Policy/ Practice Implications of Research on Electronic Monitoring and other Intermediate Sanctions   Introduction: IncarcerationEditors  19. Confinement in Local Jails: Institutions and Their Clients Neglected by Criminologists   20. Does a Prison Term Prevent or Promote More Crime?  Introduction: Reentry and Recidivism Reduction Programs   21. Reentry from Incarceration to Community: A Convergence of Practices based on Scientific Evidence to Enhance Citizenship   22. The Effects of Prison Programming    23. The Challenge of Integrating Restorative Justice into the "Deep-End" of Criminal Justice  24. Juvenile Justice Education    Introduction: Special Populations   25. Inmates with Serious Mental Illnesses: Current Knowledge and Challenges for Practice   26. Women’s Incarceration and Motherhood: Policy Considerations   27. Aging and Dying in Prison: At the Intersection of Crime, Costs, and Healthcare   28. Native American Criminal Justice: Toward Evidence-Based Policy and Practice   PART V: Conclusion  Introduction: The Future of Criminology and Criminal Justice Policy  29. Mass Incarceration, the Carceral State, and Evidence-Based Research  30. The Media and Criminal Justice Policy and Practices   31. Cost-Effective and Accountable Criminal Justice Policy   32. The Utility of Findings from Biosocial Research for Public Policy   33. Bringing Evidence into Criminal Justice Policy