Sense and Nonsense about Crime, Drugs, and Communities, 7th Edition

Cover Page\n......Page 1
Title Page......Page 4
Copyright Page......Page 5
Brief Contents......Page 6
PROPOSITIONS......Page 20
FOREWORD......Page 24
PREFACE......Page 26
Contents......Page 8
PART I: Thinking Clearly about Crime......Page 30
Crime at a 30-Year Low......Page 32
The New Standard: Evidence-Based Crime Policy......Page 38
Understanding the American Crime Problem......Page 41
Waging War on Crime......Page 44
Crime Policy: A Plague of Nonsense......Page 50
Crime Control Theology......Page 54
Notes......Page 60
2: Models of Criminal Justice......Page 65
The Crime Commission’s Model......Page 67
The Criminal Justice Wedding Cake......Page 68
Notes......Page 80
Evaluating the System......Page 82
The Funnel......Page 83
The Courtroom Work Group......Page 93
Conclusion......Page 100
Notes......Page 101
4: The Prediction Problem......Page 104
The Career Criminal......Page 105
Wolfgang’s Birth Cohort......Page 106
Other Cohort Studies......Page 107
Defining Our Terms and Concepts......Page 108
Application Problems......Page 109
Confronting the Prediction Problem......Page 110
How Much Crime Do They Commit?......Page 116
Conclusion......Page 117
Notes......Page 118
PART II: “Get Tough”: The Conservative Attack on Crime......Page 120
5: Unleash the Cops!......Page 122
More Cops on the Street......Page 123
The All-Seeing Eye: CCTV......Page 129
Police “Crackdowns” on Crime......Page 130
Faster Response Time......Page 131
Research-Based Police Strategies......Page 132
SMART in Oakland......Page 133
More Detectives......Page 137
Eliminate the “Technicalities”......Page 140
Conclusion......Page 146
Notes......Page 147
Deterrence Theory......Page 151
Scare the *%!#@ Out of Them!......Page 154
Is the Deterrent Message Communicated?......Page 156
“Pulling Levers”: Communicating the Message......Page 157
The Death Penalty......Page 159
Deterring the Drunk Driver......Page 161
Effective Strategies for Dealing with Traffic Fatalities......Page 168
Notes......Page 171
Getting Criminals Off the Street......Page 175
The Philosophy of Incapacitation......Page 183
Mandatory Sentencing......Page 190
“The Nation’s Toughest Drug Law”......Page 191
The Federal Sentencing Guidelines......Page 194
Three Strikes—We Are All Out......Page 196
Just Keep Them Away from Us: Sex Registration and Notification Laws......Page 199
Conclusion......Page 203
Notes......Page 204
Prosecute the Career Criminal......Page 209
Abolish the Insanity Defense......Page 212
Abolish or Reform Plea Bargaining?......Page 219
Restrict Appeals......Page 223
Conclusion......Page 225
Notes......Page 226
PART III: The Middle Ground: Guns and Victims......Page 230
The Victims’ Rights Movement......Page 232
Expanding the Victim’s Voice......Page 242
Speedy Trials......Page 245
Getting Tough on Crime: Helping Victims the Wrong Way and the Right Way......Page 246
Conclusion......Page 248
Notes......Page 249
The Problem with Guns—and Gun Policy......Page 252
Sorting Out the Issues......Page 254
Recent Trends—and the Policy Debate......Page 255
Gun Ownership and Gun-Related Violence......Page 256
Gun-Related Laws......Page 257
Ban Handguns......Page 258
Regulate the Sale and Possession of Handguns......Page 262
Getting Guns Off the Street: The Kansas City Gun Experiment......Page 265
Summary......Page 267
More Guns? Right-to-Carry Laws......Page 268
Get Tough on Weapons Offenses......Page 269
A Promising Alternative: A Comprehensive, Problem-Solving Approach to Gun Violence......Page 271
Notes......Page 274
PART IV: Reform: The Liberal Prescription......Page 278
Rehabilitating Criminals......Page 280
The “Nothing Works” Controversy......Page 282
Traditional Rehabilitation Programs......Page 283
Diversion......Page 291
The New Intermediate Punishments......Page 295
Home Confinement and Electronic Monitoring......Page 298
Special Treatment Programs......Page 300
A Conservative Variation: Faith-Based Treatment......Page 301
Drug Courts: A New Approach......Page 303
Conclusion: Any Future for Rehabilitation?......Page 306
Notes......Page 307
The Basis of an Orderly Society......Page 312
Building Legitimacy......Page 316
Decriminalization......Page 318
Notes......Page 325
PART V: The Drug Problem......Page 330
The Drug Problem......Page 332
Hysteria Over Drugs......Page 333
The War on Drugs: Policy and Consequences......Page 339
Limits of the Criminal Law: The Lessons of History......Page 344
Demand Reduction: Drug Education......Page 347
Drug Treatment......Page 351
Legalize Drugs?......Page 355
Conclusion......Page 359
Notes......Page 360
PART VI\n: Putting It All Together: Crime and Community......Page 366
The New Community Focus on Crime Control......Page 368
Offender Reentry Programs......Page 381
What’s Really New? A Close Look at Joan Petersilia’s Recommendations......Page 383
Proactive Parole Supervision......Page 389
Restorative Justice......Page 390
Conclusion......Page 392
Notes......Page 393
Index......Page 398