The Oxford handbook of evidence-based crime and justice policy / edited by Brandon C. Welsh, Steven N. Zane and Daniel P. Mears.

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English
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New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2024.
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Summary note
The need for & the threats to improved public policy are equally acute. Crime policy agenda continues to be driven by anecdotal evidence & political ideology, resulting in a patchwork of programs, policies, & practices. All-too-frequently, the need for them is uncertain, they rest on unclear theoretical foundations, they are implemented poorly, & their effectiveness in preventing or controlling crime, or furthering justice, is unknown. Putting research evidence at centre-stage in political & policy decisions can go a long way to addressing this state of affairs by ensuring that the best available data informs decisions that affect the public good. Situated within this wider context, this handbook showcases much of what is right with evidence-based crime & justice policy as well as confronts the challenges that it faces today & looking forward.
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Also issued in print: 2024.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Specialized.
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Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on October 18, 2023).
Contents
  • Intro
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Contributors
  • 1. Evidence-Based Crime and Justice Policy
  • Part I. Concepts, Methods, and Critical Perspectives
  • 2. Evaluating Research and Assessing Research Evidence
  • 3. Translational Criminology and Evidence-Based Policy and Practice
  • 4. Implementation Science for Evidence-Based Policy
  • 5. Toward System-Level Change, Population Impacts, and Equity
  • Part II. Juvenile Justice
  • 6. Advancing the Evidence-Based Era: Twenty-Five Years of Lessons Learned in Washington State's Juvenile Justice System
  • 7. Systems of Change: The Pennsylvania Model
  • 8. Diversion: What Do We Know?
  • 9. Evidence-Based Innovations in Juvenile Probation
  • 10. Using Evidence-Based Practices to Improve Juvenile Drug Treatment Courts
  • 11. Evidence-Oriented Youth Justice
  • Part III. Criminal Justice
  • 12. Legitimacy and Evidence-Based Policy
  • 13. Evidence-Based Policing
  • 14. CCTV Video Surveillance and Crime Control: The Current Evidence and Important Next Steps
  • 15. Rehabilitation for Enduring Change: Toward Evidence-Based Corrections
  • 16. Incarceration-Based Drug Treatment
  • 17. Making Prisoner Re-entry Evidence-Based
  • 18. Evidence-Based Policy for Diverse Criminal Justice Populations
  • Part IV. Alternatives to System Responses
  • 19. Early Prevention as an Alternative to Imprisonment: The Research Evidence on Monetary Costs and Benefits
  • 20. Evidence-Based Intervention Programs Targeting Antisocial Children and Youth in Norway: Parent Management Training-Oregon Model (PMTO)
  • 21. Systems of Change: Communities That Care
  • 22. Reducing School Crime and Student Misbehavior: An Evidence-Based Analysis
  • 23. Evidence-Based Strategies for Preventing Urban Youth Violence
  • 24. A Place Management Approach to Promote Evidence-Based Crime Prevention.
  • 25. Using Research to Inform Services for Victims of Crime
  • Part V. Promoting Greater Use of Evidence-Based Policy
  • 26. Social Inequality and Evidence-Based Policy: An Agenda for Change
  • 27. Applying What We Know and Building an Evidence Base: Reducing Disproportionate Minority Contact
  • 28. Applying What We Know and Building an Evidence Base: Reducing Gun Violence
  • 29. Mass Evidence-Based Policy as an Alternative to Mass Incarceration
  • 30. "Big Data" and Evidence-Based Policy and Practice: The Advantages, Challenges, and Long-Term Potential of Naturally Occurring Data
  • 31. Imposed Use: A New Route to Evidence-Based Policy
  • 32. The Role of Policymakers, Criminal Justice Administrators and Practitioners, and Citizens in Creating, Evaluating, and Using Evidence-Based Policy
  • Index.
Other title(s)
  • Handbook of evidence-based crime and justice policy
  • Evidence-based crime and justice policy
ISBN
  • 0-19-761814-6
  • 0-19-761812-X
  • 0-19-761813-8
OCLC
  • 1409672148
  • 1404447415
Doi
  • 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780197618110.001.0001
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