Criminology and public policy: putting theory to work

Abstract

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