Criminology and Public Policy

by Barlow, Hugh

• ISBN13: 9781439900062
• ISBN10: 143990006X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-01-28
• Publisher: Temple Univ Pr

Summary

Examines the links between criminological theory and criminal justice practice

Author Biography

Hugh D. Barlow is Professor Emeritus, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. He is the author of Dead for Good: Martyrdom and the Rise of the Suicide Bomber and Introduction to Criminology (with David Kauzlarich).

Scott H. Decker is Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Arizona State University.  He is the author of Life in the Gang: Family, Friends and Violence and co-author (with Margaret Townsend Chapman) of Drug Smugglers on Drug Smuggling: Lessons from the Inside (Temple).

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. vii
Preface	p. xi
The Policy Implications of General Theories of Crime
Introduction to Part I: Putting Criminological Theory into Practice	p. 3
Control Balance Theory and Social Policy	p. 6
Controlling Crime: Recommendations from General Strain Theory	p. 25
The Normal Crime Rate, the Economy, and Mass Incarceration: An Institutional Anomie Perspective on Crime Control Policy	p. 45
A General Theory of Crime and Public Policy	p. 66
Nothing Is as Practical as a Good Theory: Social Learning Theory and the Treatment and Prevention of Delinquency	p. 84
Routine Precautions, Criminology, and Crime Prevention	p. 106
The Policy Implications of Theory Applied to Specific Crime Types
Introduction to Part II: Impact of Theory and Policy on Key Criminological Issues	p. 123
Decision Making by Persistent Thieves and Crime Control Policy	p. 128
Theories of Gang Behavior and Public Policy	p. 150
State Crime Theory and Control	p. 166
Theories of White-Collar Crime and Public Policy	p. 188
Drug Law and Violent Retaliation	p. 201
Feminist Criminology: Beyond the Slaying of Demons	p. 215
Critical Race Perspectives: Explaining the Differential Treatment of Racial Minorities by the Criminal Justice System	p. 233
Problem-Solving Restorative Justice: From Incidents and Cases to Community Building and Collective Outcomes in a New Response to Youth Crime	p. 254
Contributors	p. 277
Index	p. 283
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