The Handbook of Crime and Punishment

by Tonry, Michael

• ISBN13: 9780195140606
• ISBN10: 0195140605
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-11-09
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Crime is one of the most significant political issues in contemporary American society. Crime control statistics and punishment policies are subjects of constant partisan debate, while the media presents sensationalized stories of criminal activity and over-crowded prisons. In the highlypoliticized arena of crime and justice, empirical data and reasoned analysis are often overlook or ignored. The Handbook of Crime and Punishment, however, provides a comprehensive overview of criminal justice, criminology, and crime control policy, thus enabling a fundamental understanding of crimeand punishment essential to an informed public. Expansive in its coverage, the Handbook presents materials on crime and punishment trends as well as timely policy issues. The latest research on the demography of crime (race, gender, drug use) is included and weighty current problems (organizedcrime, white collar crime, family violence, sex offenders, youth gangs, drug abuse policy) are examined. Processes and institutions that deal with accused and convicted criminals and techniques of punishment are also examined. While some articles emphasize American research findings anddevelopments, others incorporate international research and offer a comparative perspective from other English-speaking countries and Western Europe. Editor Michael Tonry, a leading scholar of criminology, introduces the 28 articles in the volume, each contributed by an expert in the field. Designedfor a wide audience, The Handbook is encyclopedic in its range and depth of content, yet is written in an accessible style. The most inclusive and authoritative work on the topic to be found in one volume, this book will appeal to those interested in the study of crime and its causes, effects,trends, and institutions; those interested in the forms and philosophies of punishment; and those interested in crime control.

Author Biography

Michael Tonry is Sonosky Professor of Law and Public Policy at the University of Minnesota. He is the author or editor of several well-regarded books on crime and punishment.

Table of Contents

Contributors	xiii
Introduction: Crime and Punishment in America	3	(28)
Michael Tonry
Part I The Context
Crime, Criminal Justice, and Public Opinion	31	(27)
Julian V. Roberts
Loretta J. Stalans
Minorities, Crime, and Criminal Justice	58	(27)
Janet L. Lauritsen
Robert J. Sampson
Gender, Crime, and Criminology	85	(26)
Kathleen Daly
Part II Topical Crime Problems
Street Gangs	111	(22)
Malcolm W. Klein
White-Collar Crime	133	(26)
Neal Shover
Organized Crime	159	(19)
James B. Jacobs
Christopher Panarella
Family Violence	178	(29)
Richard J. Gelles
Drug Control	207	(34)
Robert MacCoun
Peter Reuter
Part III Causes of Crime
Individual Differences and Offending	241	(28)
David P. Farrington
Communities and Crime	269	(33)
Per-Olof H. Wikstrom
Economic Conditions, Work, and Crime	302	(21)
Anne Morrison Piehl
Part IV Crime Reduction
Restorative Justice	323	(22)
John Braithwaite
Deterrence and Incapacitation	345	(24)
Daniel S. Nagin
Crime Prevention	369	(34)
Trevor Bennett
Treatment of Sex Offenders	403	(26)
Vernon L. Quinsey
Part V Pre-conviction Processes and Institutions
American Policing	429	(28)
Lawrence W. Sherman
Prosecution	457	(17)
Candace McCoy
Jails	474	(35)
Richard S. Frase
Part VI Post-conviction Processes and Institutions
The Juvenile Court	509	(33)
Barry C. Feld
Sentencing	542	(21)
Kevin R. Reitz
Probation and Parole	563	(26)
Joan Petersilia
Prisons	589	(37)
Roy D. King
Private Prisons	626	(33)
Richard W. Harding
Part VII Punishment
Penal Theories	659	(24)
Andrew von Hirsch
Intermediate Sanctions	683	(29)
Michael Tonry
Correctional Treatment	712	(27)
Gerald G. Gaes
Capital punishment	739	(38)
Roger Hood
Index	777