Advancing Criminology and Criminal Justice Policy (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Blomberg, Thomas; Bales, William; Beaver, Kevin; Brancale, Julie

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Advancing Criminology and Criminal Justice Policy is a definitive sourcebook that is comprised of contributions from some of the most recognized experts in criminology and criminal justice policy. The book is essential reading for students taking upper level courses and seminars on crime, public policy and crime prevention, as well as for policy makers within the criminal justice sphere.

There has been a growing recognition of the importance of evidence-based criminal justice policies from criminologists, policymakers, and practitioners. Yet, despite governmental and professional association efforts to promote the role of criminological research in criminal justice policy, political ideologies, fear, and the media heavily influence criminal justice policies and practices.

Bridging the gap between research and policy, this book provides the best-available research evidence, identifies strategies for informing policy and offers direct policy recommendations for a number of pressing contemporary issues in criminal justice, including:

• Delinquency, intervention programs and community crime prevention,
• Problem-oriented policing and the science of hot-spot policing,
• Sentencing and drug courts,
• Community corrections, incarceration and rehabilitation,
• Mental illness, gender, aging and indigenous communities.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 498
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. März 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317572008
• Artikelnr.: 44865756

Autorenporträt

Thomas G. Blomberg is Dean and Sheldon L. Messinger Professor of Criminology, and Executive Director of the Center for Criminology and Public Policy Research at Florida State University, USA. Julie Mestre Brancale is a doctoral candidate and graduate research assistant for the Center for Criminology and Public Policy Research at Florida State University, USA. Kevin M. Beaver is Professor in the College of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Florida State University, USA. William D. Bales is Professor in the College of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Florida State University, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

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