Criminal Justice Policy: Origins and Effectiveness

Taking a balanced, reasoned approach, Criminal Justice Policy: Origins and Effectiveness provides an overview of a major policy in each chapter, discussing the type of crime that the policy targets and giving a summary of the empirical evidence on the policy's effectiveness at reducing crime. The text reviews the academic research on policy effectiveness and covers both the theoretical foundation and empirical status of each policy.

• A Practical Guide for Policy Analysis: The Eightfold Path to More Effective Problem Solving
• Crime and Public Policy
• White-Collar Crime: The Essentials
• Criminological Theories: Introduction, Evaluation, and Application
• The Roots of Danger: Violent Crime in Global Perspective (Keynotes in Criminology and Criminal Justice)
• Classics of Criminology, 4th Edition
• Critical Issues in Crime and Justice: Thought, Policy, and Practice
• The Practice of Research in Criminology and Criminal Justice
• Drugs, Society and Criminal Justice (3rd Edition)
• Organization and Management in the Criminal Justice System: A Text/Reader (SAGE Text/Reader Series in Criminology and Criminal Justice)