By focusing on key ideas in both criminology and criminal justice, this book brings a new and unique perspective to understanding critical research in criminology and criminal justice -- heretofore, the practice has been to separate criminology and criminal justice. However, given their interconnected nature, this book brings both together cohesively. In going beyond simply identifying and discussing key contributions and their effects by giving students a broader socio-political context for each key idea, this book concretely conceptualizes the key ideas in ways that students will remember and understand.…mehr
By focusing on key ideas in both criminology and criminal justice, this book brings a new and unique perspective to understanding critical research in criminology and criminal justice -- heretofore, the practice has been to separate criminology and criminal justice. However, given their interconnected nature, this book brings both together cohesively. In going beyond simply identifying and discussing key contributions and their effects by giving students a broader socio-political context for each key idea, this book concretely conceptualizes the key ideas in ways that students will remember and understand.
Travis C. Pratt received his degrees from Clark College, Washington State University (BA, Political Science; MA, Criminal Justice), and the University of Cincinnati (PhD, Criminal Justice). He has served on the faculty of the School of Criminal Justice at Rutgers University-Newark, was the Director of the Program in Criminal Justice at Washington State University, and a Professor the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Arizona State University. He is currently a Fellow with the University of Cincinnati Corrections Institute. His research and publications focus primarily on structural and integrated theories of crime and delinquency (including macro-level, multilevel, and individual-level approaches to the study of criminal/deviant behavior) and correctional policy (both institutional and community corrections). He has published over 100 articles that have appeared in the leading peer-reviewed journals in the field, including: Crime and Justice: A Review of Research; Criminology; Journal of Youth and Adolescence; Journal of Pediatrics; Journal of Quantitative Criminology; Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency; and, Justice Quarterly. He received the 2006 Ruth Shonle Cavan Outstanding Young Scholar Award from the American Society of Criminology for his research and scholarship.
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1. Introduction 2. Key Idea: Rational Offending and Rational Punishment The Social Context of Criminal Punishment Beccaria's Proposal Why it Caught On Influence: The Rise of the Classical School of Criminology Empirical Analyses and Critiques of Free Will, Rationality, and Deterrence 3. Key Idea: The Science of Criminal Behavior The Social Context: A Time Without Criminology The Road to Lombroso Lombroso and the Body of the Criminal The Dissemination of Lombroso's Theories Criticisms of Lombroso's Theories Lombroso's Influence 4. Key Idea: Understanding Crime and Society The Social Context of the Early Twentieth Century Social Disorganization and Anomie/Strain Theories Rejecting Individualism The Legacy of Anomie/Strain and Social Disorganization Theories 5. Key Idea: Hirschi's Social Bond/Social Control Theory The Social Context of the 1960s Social Bond/Social Control Theory The Marketing of Social Bond/Social Control Theory The Legacy of Social Bond/Social Control Theory 6. Key Idea: Rehabilitation is Dead The Martinson Report Social Context Getting the Word Out The Influence of the Martinson Report 7. Key Idea: Crime Control Through Selective Incapacitation The Context: Criminology, Criminal Justice Policy, and Society in the 1970s James Q. Wilson's Thinking About Crime Why it Caught on Selective Incapacitation's Effect on Criminal Justice and Criminology: Empirical Tests, Empirical Critiques, and Ethical Dilemmas 8. Key Idea: The Police Can Control Crime The Context of Criminology and Policing Broken Windows Theory: Revamping the Police Role How Broken Windows Theory Reached its Audience The Influence of Broken Windows Theory Empirical Tests and Critiques of Broken Windows Theory and Policing 9. Key Idea: The War on Drugs Winning the War is Easy - Just Say No! The 1980s in Context The Magic in "Just Say No" The Impact of "Just Say No" 10. Key Idea: Rehabilitation-Not Dead Yet The Principles of Risk, Need, and Responsivity Social Context Disseminating the Principles of Effective Rehabilitation The Impact of Meta-Analysis and the Principles of Effective Rehabilitation 11. Key Idea: Crime and the Life Course The Criminological Context of the Early 1990s Life Course Theories in Criminology Constructing Testable Theories Life Course Theory Catches On 12. Looking Back, Looking Forward: Conclusions Looking Back: The Glaring Omissions? The Legitimate Contenders Looking Forward: The Future of Criminology and Criminal Justice
1. Introduction 2. Key Idea: Rational Offending and Rational Punishment The Social Context of Criminal Punishment Beccaria's Proposal Why it Caught On Influence: The Rise of the Classical School of Criminology Empirical Analyses and Critiques of Free Will, Rationality, and Deterrence 3. Key Idea: The Science of Criminal Behavior The Social Context: A Time Without Criminology The Road to Lombroso Lombroso and the Body of the Criminal The Dissemination of Lombroso's Theories Criticisms of Lombroso's Theories Lombroso's Influence 4. Key Idea: Understanding Crime and Society The Social Context of the Early Twentieth Century Social Disorganization and Anomie/Strain Theories Rejecting Individualism The Legacy of Anomie/Strain and Social Disorganization Theories 5. Key Idea: Hirschi's Social Bond/Social Control Theory The Social Context of the 1960s Social Bond/Social Control Theory The Marketing of Social Bond/Social Control Theory The Legacy of Social Bond/Social Control Theory 6. Key Idea: Rehabilitation is Dead The Martinson Report Social Context Getting the Word Out The Influence of the Martinson Report 7. Key Idea: Crime Control Through Selective Incapacitation The Context: Criminology, Criminal Justice Policy, and Society in the 1970s James Q. Wilson's Thinking About Crime Why it Caught on Selective Incapacitation's Effect on Criminal Justice and Criminology: Empirical Tests, Empirical Critiques, and Ethical Dilemmas 8. Key Idea: The Police Can Control Crime The Context of Criminology and Policing Broken Windows Theory: Revamping the Police Role How Broken Windows Theory Reached its Audience The Influence of Broken Windows Theory Empirical Tests and Critiques of Broken Windows Theory and Policing 9. Key Idea: The War on Drugs Winning the War is Easy - Just Say No! The 1980s in Context The Magic in "Just Say No" The Impact of "Just Say No" 10. Key Idea: Rehabilitation-Not Dead Yet The Principles of Risk, Need, and Responsivity Social Context Disseminating the Principles of Effective Rehabilitation The Impact of Meta-Analysis and the Principles of Effective Rehabilitation 11. Key Idea: Crime and the Life Course The Criminological Context of the Early 1990s Life Course Theories in Criminology Constructing Testable Theories Life Course Theory Catches On 12. Looking Back, Looking Forward: Conclusions Looking Back: The Glaring Omissions? The Legitimate Contenders Looking Forward: The Future of Criminology and Criminal Justice
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