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A comprehensive and accesible overview of the operation of the American criminal justice system, The Oxford Handbook of Crime and Criminal Justice covers a wide range of issues, making it an important reference for students and scholars in criminal justice, law, and public policy.
List of contents
- List of Contributors
- 1. Crime and Criminal Justice (Michael Tonry)
- 2. Crime Trends (Eric Baumer)
- 3. Evidence-based Crime Policy (Brandon C. Welsh and David P. Farrington)
- Purposes and Functions
- 4. Punishment (Michael Tonry)
- 5. Crime Prevention (Brandon C. Welsh)
- 6. Treatment and Rehabilitation (Frank T. Cullen and Paula Smith)
- 7. General Deterrence (Robert Apel and Daniel Nagin)
- 8. Reparation and Restoration (Kathy Daly and Gitana Proietti-Scifoni)
- 9. Reassurance, Reinforcement, and Legitimacy (Matt Matravers)
- Problems and Priorities
- 10. Drugs and Crime (Jonathan P. Caulkins and Mark A. R. Kleiman)
- 11. Race, Ethnicity, and Crime (Cassia Spohn)
- 12. Sex, Gender, and Crime (Rosemary Gartner)
- 13. Immigrants and Crime (Sandra Bucerius)
- 14. Guns and Crime (Charles Wellford)
- 15. Work and Crime (Aaron Chalfin and Steven Raphael)
- Police and Policing
- 16. Police Organization (Stephen D. Mastrofski and James J. Willis)
- 17. Police and Crime Control (Lawrence W. Sherman)
- 18. Community and Problem-oriented Policing (Michael D. Reisig)
- 19. Legitimacy and Lawful Policing (Sanja Kutnjak Ivkovic)
- Juvenile Justice
- 20. Juvenile Justice (Barry C. Feld and Donna M. Bishop)
- Prosecution and Sentencing
- 21. Prosecution (Candace McCoy)
- 22. Sentencing (Brian Johnson)
- 23. Mandatory Penalties (Michael Tonry)
- 24. Capital Punishment (Ray Paternoster)
- Community and Institutional Corrections
- 25. Jails and Pretrial Release (Brandon Applegate)
- 26. Probation and Community Penalties (Stan C. Proband)
- 27. Drug and Other Specialty Courts (Ojmarrh Mitchell)
- 28. Prisons (Yvonne Jewkes)
- 29. Women's Prisons (Candace Kruttschnitt)
- 30. Parole and Prisoner Reentry (Joan Petersilia)
About the author
Michael Tonry is Sonosky Professor of Law and Public Policy at the University of Minnesota
Summary
A comprehensive and accesible overview of the operation of the American criminal justice system, The Oxford Handbook of Crime and Criminal Justice covers a wide range of issues, making it an important reference for students and scholars in criminal justice, law, and public policy.
