Crime and public policy
By: edited by James Q. Wilson, Joan Petersilia.
Contributors: Wilson, James Q.; Petersilia, Joan.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780195399356; 9780195399363
Subjects: Crime prevention -- United States; Crime -- United States; Crime; Criminology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Crime in international perspective / James P. Lynch and William Alex Pridemore; title: Crime and biology / Terrie E. Moffitt, Stephen Ross, and Adrian Raine; title: Juvenile crime and juvenile justice / Peter W. Greenwood & Susan Turner; title: Families and crime / David P. Farrington; title: Street gangs : how research can inform policy / Cheryl Maxson; title: Labor markets and crime / Shawn D. Bushway; title: The community / Robert J. Sampson; title: Race and the administration of criminal justice in the united states / Randall Kennedy; title: Gun control / Philip J. Cook, Anthony A. Braga, and Mark H. Moore; title: Rehabilitation and treatment programs / Francis T. Cullen and Cheryl Lero Jonson; title: Sex offenders and sex offender policy / Eric Beauregard and Roxanne Lieb; title: Drugs, crime, and public policy / David A. Boyum, Jonathan P. Caulkins, and Mark A. R. Kleiman; title: General deterrence : a review of recent evidence / Robert Apel and Daniel S. Nagin; title: Prosecution / Brian Forst; title: Sentencing / Kevin R. Reitz; title: Community corrections : probation, parole, and prisoner reentry / Joan Petersilia; title: Prisons / Anne Morrison Piehl and Bert Useem; title: Changing crime rates / Richard Rosenfeld; title: Democratic policing on the evidence / Lawrence W. Sherman; title: Crime and public policy / James Q. Wilson.