{"product_id":"criminology-and-public-policy-putting-theory-to-work-9781439916582","title":"Criminology and Public Policy Putting Theory to","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the field of criminal justice, public policy is designed to address the problems brought on by criminal behavior and the response to that behavior. However, too often, the theories carefully developed in the academy fail to make their way into programs and policy. The editors and contributors to this second edition of Criminology and Public Policy highlight the recent development of translational criminology to address the growing movement in criminology to use the results of criminological research and theory to better inform policy and practice. The essays in Criminology and Public Policy propose an in-depth look at both theory and practice and how they are integrated across a number of key criminal justice problemsfrom racial and environmental concerns to gun control and recidivism rates as well as police use of force and mass incarceration. The end result is an essential volume that blends both theory and practice in an effort to address the critical problems in explaining, prev\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Why Theory Matters for Policy and Why Policy Matters for Theory  • Kevin A. Wright\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Theories of Offender Behavior\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Introduction to Part I\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Race Differences in Crime  • Anthony A. Braga and Kevin M. Drakulich\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2. Critical Race Theory and the Limits of Liberal Legal Remedies to Address Racial Disparities in Police Violence  • Amy Farrell, Patricia Warren, and Shea Cronin\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3. Situational Prevention of Wildlife Crimes: The Policy Challenges  • Ronald V. Clarke, Justin Kurland, and Lauren Wilson\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4. Global Warming and Criminological Theory and Practice  • Rob White\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5. Toward a Life-Course Theory of Victimization  • Jillian J. Turanovic\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6. Translating Theories of Desistance to Policy • Megan Kurlychek and Megan Denver\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7. From Hot Spots to a Theory of Place  • Cody Telep and David Weisburd\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8. Aligning Public Policy, Criminological Theory, and Empirical Findings on the Immigration-Crime Relationship • Glenn Trager and Charis E. Kubrin\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9. Mass Shootings: A New Name for a Familiar Problem • Grant Duwe \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Theories of the Criminal Justice System\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction to Part II\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10. A Theory of Offender Recidivism  • Daniel P. Mears and Jillian J. Turanovic\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e11. An Integrated, Reflexive Theory of Police Misconduct • Natalie Todak and Michael D. White\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e12. Sentencing Disparity: A Focus on Race and Ethnicity • Cassia Spohn\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e13. Intergenerational Effects of Crime and Punishment • Kathleen Powell and Sara Wakefield\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e14. R-e-s-p-e-c-t: Communities of Color and the Criminal Justice System  • Rod K. Brunson and Michelle N. Block\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e15. Organizational Change and Criminal Justice: Working within the Iron Cage  • Danielle Rudes and Shannon Magnuson\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e16. Gun Policy  • Jennifer Carlson\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e17. Thinking Outside the Prison Walls: The Value of the Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program to Solve Old Problems • Kevin A. Wright and Cheryl Lero Jonson\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e18. Toward a Theory of Mental Illness and Crime • Robert D. Morgan and Robert K. Ax\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConclusion: When Theory Fails •  Scott H. Decker\u003cbr\u003e Contributors\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Temple University Press,U.S.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408316768599,"sku":"9781439916582","price":26.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781439916582.jpg?v=1730502414","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/criminology-and-public-policy-putting-theory-to-work-9781439916582","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}