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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.
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Part 1: FAMILY.Investing Where It Counts: Preventing Delinquency and Crime with Early Family-Based Programs. Brandon C. Welsh & Alex R. Piquero. Cost-Effective Crime Prevention. Jens Ludwig. Keeping Up with the Jurisdiction Next Door: Access to and Use of Evidence Regarding Effective Prevention Programs for High-Risk Families. Peter W. Greenwood.Part 2. EDUCATION.The Influence of Racial Threat in Schools: Recent Research Findings. Kelly Welch. Racial Threat and Schools: Looking Beyond the Boundaries of Criminology. Aaron Kupchik. The Impact of Recent School Discipline Research on Racial Threat Theory. Cyndy Caravelis Hughes. No Time to Talk : A Cautiously Optimistic Tale of Restorative Justice and Related Approaches to School Discipline. Gordon Bazemore & Mara Schiff From Social Control to Social Engagement: Enabling the Time and Space to Talk Through Restorative Justice and Responsive Regulation. Brenda Morrison.Talking Back to Bazemore and Schiff: A Discussion of Restorative Justice Interventions in Schools. Hilary Cremin.Part 3. RELIGION .Crime and Religion: Assessing the Role of the Faith Factor. Byron R. Johnson & Sung Joon Jang. Toward a Criminology of Religion: Comment on Johnson and Jang. Francis T. Cullen Religion as a Unique Cultural Influence on Crime and Delinquency: Expanding on Johnson and Jang s Agenda. Jeffery T. Ulmer. Prisoner Radicalization and Sacred Terrorism: A Life Course Perspective. Mark S. Hamm.Politicization of Prisoners is an Old and Contemporary Story. Todd Clear. Conversion, Radicalization, and the Life Course: Future Research Questions. Margaret Zahn.Part 4. ECONOMY.Family and Neighborhood Effects on Youth Violence: Does Community Economic Development Increase Adolescent Well-Being? John M. MacDonald, Ricky Bluthenthal, Robert Stokes, & Ben Grunwald.Do Business Improvement Districts Exert a Contextual Effect on Adolescent Well-Being? Gina Penly Hall & Alan J. Lizotte. Geographically Targeted Economic Development Policy and Youth Violence. Robert T. Greenbaum. Fraud Vulnerabilities, the Financial Crisis, and the Business Cycle. Michael Levi.The Effect of Economic Conditions on Fraud Arrest Rates: A Comment on Levi. Philip J. Cook.Evolutionary Ecology, Fraud, and the Global Financial Crisis. Michael L. Benson.Part 5. POLITY.Imprisonment and Crime Control: Building Evidence-Based Policy. Daniel Nagin. Less Imprisonment, Less Crime: A Reply to Nagin. Michael Tonry.Deterrence, Economics, and the Context of Drug Markets. Shawn Bushway & Peter Reuter. The Great Recession and the Great Confinement: The Economic Crisis and the Future of Penal Reform. Marie Gottschalk. Mass Incarceration and the Great Recession: A Comment on Gottschalk. Jonathan Simon.
