Criminology and Public Policy

Criminology and Public Policy Description

Criminology and Public Policy 0 Edition Foreword, by Francis T. Cullen  Preface Part One. The Policy Implications of General Theories of Crime  Introduction to Part 1: Putting Criminological Theory into Practice  1. Control Balance Theory and Social Policy  2. Controlling Crime: Recommendations from General Strain Theory  3. The Normal Crime Rate, the Economy, and Mass Incarceration: An Institutional-Anomie Perspective on Crime-Control Policy  4. A General Theory of Crime and Public Policy  5. Nothing Is as Practical as a Good Theory: Social Learning and the Treatment and Prevention of Delinquency  6. Routine Precautions, Criminology, and Crime Prevention Part Two. The Policy Implications of Theory Applied to Specific Crime Types  Introduction to Part II: Impact of Theory and Policy on Key Criminological Issues  7. Decision Making by Persistent Thieves and Crime Control Policy  8. Theories of Gang Behavior and Public Policy  9. State Crime Theory and Control  10. Theories of White-Collar Crime and Public Policy  11. Drug Law and Violent Retaliation  12. Feminist Criminology: Beyond the Slaying of Demons  13. Critical Race Perspectives: Explaining the Differential Treatment of Racial Minorities by the Criminal Justice System  14. Problem Solving Restorative Justice: From Incidents and Cases to Community Building and Collective Outcomes in a New Response to Youth Crime Contributors  Index