Series Description

Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship

Edited by Nicholas P. Lovrich
Editorial Board: Mary K. Stohr, John Worrall, and Solomon Zhao

Criminal Justice explores the subject from the perspectives of criminology, police science, sociology, victimology, and the law. Together the books offer the latest approaches to crime in America from multiple perspectives. All titles are peer reviewed.

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Title Author Year Subject Series
Accountability by Camera: Online Videos Effects on Police-Civilian Interactions Accountability by Camera: Online Videos Effects on Police-Civilian Interactions Douglas A. Kelly 2014 Criminal Justice Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship
Acculturation and Attitudes toward Violence among Latinos Acculturation and Attitudes toward Violence among Latinos Michele P. Bratina 2013 Criminal Justice Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship
The Adult Offending and School Dropout Nexus: A Life Course Analysis The Adult Offending and School Dropout Nexus: A Life Course Analysis Weiwei Liu 2013 Criminal Justice Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship
African American Felon Disenfranchisement: Case Studies in Modern Racism and Political Exclusion African American Felon Disenfranchisement: Case Studies in Modern Racism and Political Exclusion John E. Pinkard Sr. 2013 Criminal Justice Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship
Aggressive Driving: Insights Derived from Psychology's General Aggression Model Aggressive Driving: Insights Derived from Psychology's General Aggression Model Yusheng Lin 2013 Criminal Justice Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship
The Anti-Social Network: Cyberstalking Victimization among College Students The Anti-Social Network: Cyberstalking Victimization among College Students Bradford W. Reyns 2012 Criminal Justice Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship
Arrest Discretion of Police Officers: The Impact of Varying Organizational Structures Arrest Discretion of Police Officers: The Impact of Varying Organizational Structures Richard F. Groeneveld 2008 Criminal Justice Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship
Arrested Adolescent Offenders: A Study of Delayed Transitions to Adulthood Arrested Adolescent Offenders: A Study of Delayed Transitions to Adulthood Christopher Salvatore 2013 Criminal Justice Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship
Benefit Analysis in Criminal Justice:An Example Application to a Statewide Drug Treatment System Benefit Analysis in Criminal Justice:An Example Application to a Statewide Drug Treatment System Peter A. Collins 2014 Criminal Justice Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship
Beyond the Offense: Family Involvement and Restorative Trauma Treatment of Juvenile Sex Offenders Beyond the Offense: Family Involvement and Restorative Trauma Treatment of Juvenile Sex Offenders Doyle K. Pruitt 2016 Criminal Justice Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship
Black Rage in the American Prison system Black Rage in the American Prison system Rosevelt L. Noble 2006 Criminal Justice Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship
Building a Culture of Lawfulness: Law Enforcement, Legal Reasoning, and Delinquency among Mexican Youth Building a Culture of Lawfulness: Law Enforcement, Legal Reasoning, and Delinquency among Mexican Youth Heath B. Grant 2006 Criminal Justice Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship
Campus Rape Victims: How They See the Police Campus Rape Victims: How They See the Police Veronyka James 2015 Criminal Justice Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship
Capital Punishment in the U.S. States: Executing Social Inequality Capital Punishment in the U.S. States: Executing Social Inequality Sarah N. Archibald 2015 Criminal Justice Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship
Civil Gang Abatement: The Effectiveness and Implications of Policing by Injunction Civil Gang Abatement: The Effectiveness and Implications of Policing by Injunction Edward L. Allan 2004 Criminal Justice Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship
Collective Efficacy Theory and Perceptions of Crime: Documenting Neighborhood Context Effects Collective Efficacy Theory and Perceptions of Crime: Documenting Neighborhood Context Effects Joshua R. Battin 2015 Criminal Justice Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship
The Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children The Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children Meredith L Dank 2011 Criminal Justice Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship
The Common Language of Homicide and Suicide: Evidence of the Value of Durkheim's Typologies The Common Language of Homicide and Suicide: Evidence of the Value of Durkheim's Typologies J. Michael Bozeman 2014 Criminal Justice Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship
Corporal Punishment: A Humane Alternative to Incarceration Corporal Punishment: A Humane Alternative to Incarceration Kevin J. Murtagh 2012 Criminal Justice Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship
Could Quicker Executions Deter Homicides? The Relationship between Celerity, Capital Punishment, and Murder Could Quicker Executions Deter Homicides? The Relationship between Celerity, Capital Punishment, and Murder Valerie L. Wright 2011 Criminal Justice Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship
Crime and Community Policing Crime and Community Policing M. Alper Sozer 2009 Criminal Justice Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship
Crime in the City: A Political and Economic Analysis of Urban Crime Crime in the City: A Political and Economic Analysis of Urban Crime Lesley Williams Reid 2003 Criminal Justice Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship
Criminal Victimization of the Deaf Criminal Victimization of the Deaf Lauren M. Barrow 2008 Criminal Justice Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship
Cultural Messaging in the U.S. War on Terrorism: A Performative Approach to Security Cultural Messaging in the U.S. War on Terrorism: A Performative Approach to Security Polly Sylvia 2013 Criminal Justice Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship
Cyberbullying: Causes, Consequences, and Coping Strategies Cyberbullying: Causes, Consequences, and Coping Strategies Nicole L. Weber and William V. Pelfrey, Jr. 2014 Criminal Justice Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship
Desistance: Ecological Factors in an Inner-City Sample Desistance: Ecological Factors in an Inner-City Sample Sophie M. Aiyer 2014 Criminal Justice Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship
Do Bus Stops Increase Crime Opportunities? Do Bus Stops Increase Crime Opportunities? Sung-suk Violet Yu 2011 Criminal Justice Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship
Domestic Violence and Mandatory Arrest: Influences on Police Officer Actions Domestic Violence and Mandatory Arrest: Influences on Police Officer Actions John F. Waldron 2012 Criminal Justice Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship
Domestic Violence: Legal Sanctions and Recidivism Rates among Male Perpetrators Domestic Violence: Legal Sanctions and Recidivism Rates among Male Perpetrators S. Deborah Cosimo 2011 Criminal Justice Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship
Drug Use and Delinquency: Causes of Dropping Out of High School? Drug Use and Delinquency: Causes of Dropping Out of High School? Joseph M. Gasper 2011 Criminal Justice Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship
The Effect of Jurors' Race on Their Response to Scientific Evidence The Effect of Jurors' Race on Their Response to Scientific Evidence Stephanie L. Albertson 2012 Criminal Justice Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship
Estimating Crime Rates from Police Reports and Victim Surveys: Progressive Convergence in Time Series Analyses Estimating Crime Rates from Police Reports and Victim Surveys: Progressive Convergence in Time Series Analyses Sami Ansari 2013 Criminal Justice Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship
Evaluating Citizen Oversight of Police Evaluating Citizen Oversight of Police Brenda A. Buren 2007 Criminal Justice Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship
Feeding the Fear of Crime: Crime-related Media and Support for Three Strikes Feeding the Fear of Crime: Crime-related Media and Support for Three Strikes Valerie J. Callanan 2004 Criminal Justice Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship
Female Offenders and Risk Assessment: Hidden in Plain Sight Female Offenders and Risk Assessment: Hidden in Plain Sight Janet T. Davidson 2009 Criminal Justice Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship
File-Sharers and Copyright-Infringers: Threat or Menace? File-Sharers and Copyright-Infringers: Threat or Menace? Whitney D. Gunter 2013 Criminal Justice Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship
Forensic Science Evidence: Can the Law Keep Up with Science? Forensic Science Evidence: Can the Law Keep Up with Science? Donald E. Shelton 2012 Criminal Justice Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship
Fraud and the Subprime Mortgage Crisis Fraud and the Subprime Mortgage Crisis Tomson H. Nguyen 2011 Criminal Justice Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship
Fraudulent Forensic Evidence: Malpractice in Crime Laboratories Fraudulent Forensic Evidence: Malpractice in Crime Laboratories Hasan Buker 2012 Criminal Justice Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship
Gender Attitudes and Violence against Women Gender Attitudes and Violence against Women Melinda R. York 2011 Criminal Justice Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship
Gender-Responsive Risk Assessment in Corrections Gender-Responsive Risk Assessment in Corrections Valerie R. Bell 2014 Criminal Justice Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship
A Girl's Path to Prostitution: Linking Caregiver Adversity to Child Susceptibility A Girl's Path to Prostitution: Linking Caregiver Adversity to Child Susceptibility Joan A. Reid 2012 Criminal Justice Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship
Guns, Violence, and Identity among African American and Latino Youth Guns, Violence, and Identity among African American and Latino Youth Deanna L. Wilkinson 2003 Criminal Justice Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship
Homicide and Gun Control: The Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act and Homicide Rates Homicide and Gun Control: The Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act and Homicide Rates Jeffrey D. Monroe 2008 Criminal Justice Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship
Ideologically Motivated Murder: The Threat Posed by White Supremacist Groups Ideologically Motivated Murder: The Threat Posed by White Supremacist Groups David J. Caspi 2013 Criminal Justice Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship
In Search of Police Legitimacy: Territoriality, Isomorphism, and Changes in Policing Practices In Search of Police Legitimacy: Territoriality, Isomorphism, and Changes in Policing Practices Jonathon A. Cooper 2014 Criminal Justice Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship
Increased Surveillance of Sex Offenders: Impacts on Recidivism Increased Surveillance of Sex Offenders: Impacts on Recidivism Lisa Williams-Taylor 2011 Criminal Justice Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship
Intelligence-Led Policing: A Policing Innovation Intelligence-Led Policing: A Policing Innovation Jeremy G. Carter 2013 Criminal Justice Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship
Intimate Partner Violence among Adolescents: Causes and Correlates Intimate Partner Violence among Adolescents: Causes and Correlates Valerie A. Clark 2013 Criminal Justice Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship
Intimate Partner Violence: Race, Social Class and Masculinity Intimate Partner Violence: Race, Social Class and Masculinity Elizabeth A. Mansley 2009 Criminal Justice Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship
Is America Really So Punitive? Exploring a Continuum of U.S. State Criminal Justice Policies Is America Really So Punitive? Exploring a Continuum of U.S. State Criminal Justice Policies Besiki Kutateladze 2009 Criminal Justice Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship
Judicial Orientation: The Black Box of Drug Court Judicial Orientation: The Black Box of Drug Court Kathleen M. Contrino 2015 Criminal Justice Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship
Juvenile Arrest in America: Race, Social Class, and Gang Membership Juvenile Arrest in America: Race, Social Class, and Gang Membership Mike Tapia 2011 Criminal Justice Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship
Juvenile Homicide: Fatal Assault or Lethal Intent? Juvenile Homicide: Fatal Assault or Lethal Intent? Raquel Maria Warley 2011 Criminal Justice Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship
Juvenile Homicides: A Social Disorganization Perspective Juvenile Homicides: A Social Disorganization Perspective Minna K. Laurikkala 2011 Criminal Justice Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship
Juvenile Incarceration and Reentry: A Photovoice Study Juvenile Incarceration and Reentry: A Photovoice Study Casey R. Shannon 2013 Criminal Justice Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship
Juvenile Justice and Alternative Education: A Life Course Assessment of Best Practices Juvenile Justice and Alternative Education: A Life Course Assessment of Best Practices Nicole Prior 2013 Criminal Justice Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship
Last Words and the Death Penalty: Voices of the Condemned and their Co-Victims Last Words and the Death Penalty: Voices of the Condemned and their Co-Victims Scott Vollum 2008 Criminal Justice Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship
Late Onset Offending and Substance Abuse: Findings from the NYSFS Late Onset Offending and Substance Abuse: Findings from the NYSFS Kristen L. Welch 2012 Criminal Justice Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship
Lethal Violence and Religion: Institutional and Denominational Effects on Homicide and Suicides in U.S. Counties Lethal Violence and Religion: Institutional and Denominational Effects on Homicide and Suicides in U.S. Counties Bryan K. Robinson 2015 Criminal Justice Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship
Living on Death Row Living on Death Row Eric Lose 2014 Criminal Justice Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship
The Measurement of Crime: Victim Reporting and Police Recording The Measurement of Crime: Victim Reporting and Police Recording Shannan M. Catalano 2006 Criminal Justice Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship
Moral Communities and Jailhouse Religion: Religiosity and Prison Misconduct Moral Communities and Jailhouse Religion: Religiosity and Prison Misconduct Benjamin Meade 2014 Criminal Justice Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship
The Mounting Threat of Domestic Terrorism: al Qaeda and the Salvadoran Gang MS-13 The Mounting Threat of Domestic Terrorism: al Qaeda and the Salvadoran Gang MS-13 Cynthia L. Starita 2009 Criminal Justice Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship
Narcissism and Entitlement: Sexual Aggression and the College Male Narcissism and Entitlement: Sexual Aggression and the College Male David R. Champion 2002 Criminal Justice Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship
The Nature and Nurture of Antisocial Outcomes The Nature and Nurture of Antisocial Outcomes Kevin M. Beaver 2008 Criminal Justice Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship
Neighborhood Structures and Crime: A Spatial Analysis Neighborhood Structures and Crime: A Spatial Analysis George Kikuchi 2010 Criminal Justice Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship
Neighborhoods and Intimate Partner Violence Neighborhoods and Intimate Partner Violence Emily M. Wright 2010 Criminal Justice Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship
Offender Reentry and Cognitive Intervention: Propensity Score Matching Utility for Outcome Assessment Offender Reentry and Cognitive Intervention: Propensity Score Matching Utility for Outcome Assessment Ken Balusek 2014 Criminal Justice Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship
Penal Sanctioning in the United States: Explaining Cross-State Differences Penal Sanctioning in the United States: Explaining Cross-State Differences Frederique A. Laubepin 2015 Criminal Justice Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship
Police Accountability, Risk Management, and Legal Advising Police Accountability, Risk Management, and Legal Advising Carol A. Archbold 2004 Criminal Justice Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship
Police Information Sharing: All-Crimes Approach to Homeland Security Police Information Sharing: All-Crimes Approach to Homeland Security Ernest D. Scott Jr. 2008 Criminal Justice Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship
Police Officers' Encounters with Disrespectful Citizens Police Officers' Encounters with Disrespectful Citizens William C. Pizio 2012 Criminal Justice Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship
Police Organizational Cultures and Patrol Practices Police Organizational Cultures and Patrol Practices Kimberly D. Hassell 2006 Criminal Justice Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship
Police Requests for Compliance: Coercive and Procedurally Just Tactics Police Requests for Compliance: Coercive and Procedurally Just Tactics John D. McCluskey 2003 Criminal Justice Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship
Police Shootings and Citizen Behavior Police Shootings and Citizen Behavior James P. McElvain 2008 Criminal Justice Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship
Police Taser Utilization: The Effect of Policy Change Police Taser Utilization: The Effect of Policy Change Michael E. Miller 2010 Criminal Justice Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship
Police Use of Intelligence Networks for Reducing Crime Police Use of Intelligence Networks for Reducing Crime Charles L. Johnson 2010 Criminal Justice Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship
Policing Cyberspace: A Structural and Cultural Analysis Policing Cyberspace: A Structural and Cultural Analysis Johnny Nhan 2010 Criminal Justice Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship
Policing Diversity: Determinants of White, Black, and Hispanic Attitudes toward Police Policing Diversity: Determinants of White, Black, and Hispanic Attitudes toward Police Yung-Lien Lai 2013 Criminal Justice Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship
Prisoner Reentry Programs: Penetrating the Black Box for Better Theory and Practice Prisoner Reentry Programs: Penetrating the Black Box for Better Theory and Practice Eric L. Grommon 2013 Criminal Justice Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship
Providing College to Prison Inmates Providing College to Prison Inmates Jeanne Bayer Contardo 2010 Criminal Justice Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship
The Punitive State: Crime, Punishment, and Imprisonment across the United States The Punitive State: Crime, Punishment, and Imprisonment across the United States Natasha A. Frost 2006 Criminal Justice Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship
Racial Disparities in Capital Sentencing: Prejudice and Discrimination in the Jury Room Racial Disparities in Capital Sentencing: Prejudice and Discrimination in the Jury Room Jamie L. Flexon 2012 Criminal Justice Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship
Rape as a Part of Domestic Violence: A Qualitative Analysis of Case Narratives and Official Reports Rape as a Part of Domestic Violence: A Qualitative Analysis of Case Narratives and Official Reports Katharine Tellis 2010 Criminal Justice Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship
Religion in Criminal Justice Religion in Criminal Justice Monica K. Miller 2006 Criminal Justice Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship
Restorative Justice: Theories and Practices of Moral Imagination Restorative Justice: Theories and Practices of Moral Imagination Amy Levad 2011 Criminal Justice Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship
Rethinking Community Policing Rethinking Community Policing John M. Ray 2014 Criminal Justice Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship
Returning Home: Intimate Partner Violence and Reentry Returning Home: Intimate Partner Violence and Reentry Matasha L. Harris 2015 Criminal Justice Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship
The Rule of Bureaucracy: A Reflection on Chinese Criminal Justice The Rule of Bureaucracy: A Reflection on Chinese Criminal Justice Yu Zhang 2016 Criminal Justice Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship
Search and Seizure of Digital Evidence Search and Seizure of Digital Evidence Robert Moore 2005 Criminal Justice Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship
Security in Schools: Its Effect on Students Security in Schools: Its Effect on Students Shannon Womer Phaneuf 2009 Criminal Justice Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship
Security Technology in U.S. Public Schools Security Technology in U.S. Public Schools Julie Kiernan Coon 2007 Criminal Justice Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship
Self-Reporting and the Diagnostic Screening of Substance Abusing Prisoners Self-Reporting and the Diagnostic Screening of Substance Abusing Prisoners William R. Crawley 2009 Criminal Justice Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship
Sex Offenders and Self-Control: Explaining Sexual Violence Sex Offenders and Self-Control: Explaining Sexual Violence Shawna Cleary 2004 Criminal Justice Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship
Sexual Violence: Beyond the Feminist - Evolutionary Debate Sexual Violence: Beyond the Feminist - Evolutionary Debate Andrew L. Spivak 2011 Criminal Justice Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship
Social Capital and Urban Crime Social Capital and Urban Crime Danielle Lively Neal 2011 Criminal Justice Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship
Special Sensitivity? The White-Collar Offender in Prison Special Sensitivity? The White-Collar Offender in Prison William A. Stadler 2012 Criminal Justice Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship
Structure Matters: Predicting Juvenile Justice System Behavior Structure Matters: Predicting Juvenile Justice System Behavior LaNina N. Cooke 2015 Criminal Justice Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship
Substandard Medical Care in U.S. Prisons: Improvement through Civil Liability Actions Substandard Medical Care in U.S. Prisons: Improvement through Civil Liability Actions Lily Chi-Fang Tsai 2014 Criminal Justice Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship
TASERs and Arrest-Related Deaths TASERs and Arrest-Related Deaths Howard E. Williams 2015 Criminal Justice Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship
Treatment Matching for Substance-Abusing Offenders Treatment Matching for Substance-Abusing Offenders Zachary K. Hamilton 2011 Criminal Justice Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship
The Use of Force by Detention Officers The Use of Force by Detention Officers Marie L. Griffin 2001 Criminal Justice Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship
Violence against Women: Impacts on Women's Health Derived from a U.S. Nationwide Study Violence against Women: Impacts on Women's Health Derived from a U.S. Nationwide Study Megan C. Stewart 2014 Criminal Justice Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship
White Collar Crime in Housing: Mortgage Fraud in the United States White Collar Crime in Housing: Mortgage Fraud in the United States Cynthia Koller 2012 Criminal Justice Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship
Working Mothers and Juvenile Delinquency Working Mothers and Juvenile Delinquency Thomas Vander Ven 2003 Criminal Justice Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship
Youth Involvement in Crime: The Importance of Locus of Control and Collective Efficacy Youth Involvement in Crime: The Importance of Locus of Control and Collective Efficacy Eileen M. Ahlin 2013 Criminal Justice Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship
A Zero-Tolerance-Juvenile Alcohol Law: Why Legislation Won't Work A Zero-Tolerance-Juvenile Alcohol Law: Why Legislation Won't Work John A. Lewis 2009 Criminal Justice Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship