Crime and Justice, Volume 37
A Review of Research
400 pages
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6 x 9
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© 2008
Since 1979 the Crime and Justice series has presented a review of the latest international research, providing expertise to enhance the work of sociologists, psychologists, criminal lawyers, justice scholars, and political scientists. The series explores a full range of issues concerning crime, its causes, and its cure. Volume 37 covers a range of criminal justice issues from the effects of parental imprisonment on children to economists and crime. Contributors to this volume are Shawn Bushway, Todd Clear, Francis T. Cullen, David P. Farrington, Tappio Lappi-Sappälä, Cheryl N. Lero-Jonson, Matthew Melewski, Joseph Murray, Joan Petersilia, Alex Piquero, Peter Reuter, Michael Tonry, James D. Unnever, and David Weisburd.
Contents
Preface
Michael Tonry
Michael Tonry
The Malign Effects of Drug and Crime Control Policies on Black Americans
Michael Tonry and Matthew Melewski
Race, Racism, and Support for Capital Punishment
James D. Unnever, Francis T. Cullen, and Cheryl Lero Jonson
The Effects of High Imprisonment Rates on Communities
Todd R. Clear
The Effects of Parental Imprisonment on Children
Joseph Murray and David P. Farrington
California’s Correctional Paradox of Excess and Deprivation
Joan Petersilia
Learning from the Limitations of Deterrence Research
Michael Tonry
Trust, Welfare, and Political Culture: Explaining Differences in National Penal Policies
Tapio Lappi-Seppa¨la
Economists’ Contribution to the Study of Crime and the Criminal Justice System
Shawn Bushway and Peter Reuter
How Well Do Criminologists Explain Crime? Statistical Modeling in Published Studies
David Weisburd and Alex R. Piquero
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