Criminology and public policy : putting theory to work

Acknowledgments vii

Introduction: Why Theory Matters for Policy and Why Policy Matters for Theory • Kevin A. Wright ix

Part I Theories of Offender Behavior

Introduction to Part I 3

1 Race Differences in Crime • Anthony A. Braga and Kevin M. Drakulich 9

2 Critical Race Theory and the Limits of Liberal Legal Remedies to Address Racial Disparities in Police Violence • Amy Farrell, Patricia Warren, and Shea Cronin 26

3 Situational Prevention of Wildlife Crimes: The Policy Challenges • Ronald V. Clarke, Justin Kurland, and Lauren Wilson 46

4 Global Warming and Criminological Theory and Practice • Rob White 63

5 Toward a Life-Course Theory of Victimization • Jillian J. Turanovic 85

6 Translating Theories of Desistance to Policy • Megan Kurlychek and Megan Denver 104

7 From Hot Spots to a Theory of Place • Cody Telep and David Weisburd 128

8 Aligning Public Policy, Criminological Theory, and Empirical Findings on the Immigration-Crime Relationship • Glenn Trager and Charis E. Kubrin 146

9 Mass Shootings: A New Name for a Familiar Problem • Grant Duwe 169

Part II Theories of the Criminal Justice System

Introduction to Part II 191

10 A Theory of Offender Recidivism • Daniel P. Mears and Jillian J. Turanovic 197

11 An Integrated, Reflexive Theory of Police Misconduct • Natalie Todak and Michael D. White 213

12 Sentencing Disparity: A Focus on Race and Ethnicity • Cassia Spohn 231

13 Intergenerational Effects of Crime and Punishment • Kathleen Powell and Sara Wakefield 248

14 R-e-s-p-e-c-t: Communities of Color and the Criminal Justice System • Rod K. Brunson and Michelle N. Block 261

15 Organizational Change and Criminal Justice: Working within the Iron Cage • Danielle Rudes and Shannon Magnuson 280

16 Gun Policy • Jennifer Carlson 294

17 Thinking Outside the Prison Walls: The Value of the Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program to Solve Old Problems • Kevin A. Wright and Cheryl Lero Jonson 321

18 Toward a Theory of Mental Illness and Crime • Robert D. Morgan and Robert K. Ax 341

Conclusion: When Theory Fails • Scott H. Decker 355

Contributors 359
Index 365