Contemporary Issues in Criminological Theory and Research

by Rosenfeld, Richard; Quinet, Kenna; Garcia, Crystal A.

• ISBN13: 9781111771812
• ISBN10: 1111771812
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-01-01
• Publisher: Cengage Learning

Summary

CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE THEORY, 1/e is a concise and easy-to-use reference resource for those studying criminology and criminal justice. This exciting and thought-provoking new anthology features all of the proposals and response essays presented at the November, 2010 American Society of Criminology conference.

Table of Contents

Family

Investing Where It Counts: Preventing Delinquency and Crime with Early Family-Based Programs

Cost-Effective Crime Prevention

Keeping Up with the Jurisdiction Next Door: Access to and Use of Evidence Regarding Effective Prevention Programs for High-Risk Families

Education

The Influence of Racial Threat in Schools: Recent Research Findings

Racial Threat and Schools: Looking Beyond the Boundaries of Criminology

The Impact of Recent School Discipline Research on Racial Threat Theory

ôNo Time to Talkö: A Cautiously Optimistic Tale of Restorative Justice and Related Approaches to School Discipline

From Social Control to Social Engagement: Enabling the ôTime and Spaceö to Talk Through Restorative Justice and Responsive Regulation

Talking Back to Bazemore and Schiff: A Discussion of Restorative Justice Interventions in Schools

Religion

Crime and Religion: Assessing the Role of the Faith Factor

Toward a Criminology of Religion: Comment on Johnson and Jang

Religion as a Unique Cultural Influence on Crime and Delinquency: Expanding on Johnson and JangÆs Agenda

Prisoner Radicalization and Sacred Terrorism: A Life Course Perspective

Politicization of Prisoners is an Old and Contemporary Story

Conversion, Radicalization, and the Life Course: Future Research Questions

Economy

Family and Neighborhood Effects on Youth Violence: Does Community Economic Development Increase Adolescent Well-Being?

Do Business Improvement Districts Exert a Contextual Effect on Adolescent Well-Being?

Geographically Targeted Economic Development Policy and Youth Violence

Fraud Vulnerabilities, the Financial Crisis, and the Business Cycle

The Effect of Economic Conditions on Fraud Arrest Rates: A Comment on Levi

Evolutionary Ecology, Fraud, and the Global Financial Crisis

Polity

Imprisonment and Crime Control: Building Evidence-Based Policy

Less Imprisonment, Less Crime: A Reply to Nagin

Deterrence, Economics, and the Context of Drug Markets

The Great Recession and the Great Confinement: The Economic Crisis and the Future of Penal Reform

Mass Incarceration and the Great Recession: A Comment on Gottschalk

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