Description
The need for and the threats to improved public policy are equally acute. Crime policy agenda continues to be driven by anecdotal evidence and political ideology, resulting in a patchwork of programs, policies, and practices. All-too-frequently, the need for them is uncertain, they rest on unclear theoretical foundations, they are implemented poorly, and their effectiveness in preventing or controlling crime, or furthering justice, is unknown. Putting research evidence at center-stage in political and 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, The Oxford Handbook of Evidence-Based Crime and Justice Policy showcases much of what is right with evidence-based crime and justice policy as well as confronts the challenges that it faces today and looking forward. Bringing together leading scholars and researchers in criminology, criminal justice, sociology, psychology, education, health, and the law, this handbook promotes new and productive ways to think about evidence-based policy, shows how research can contribute to and guide evidence-based policy in juvenile justice, criminal justice, and alternatives to system responses, and identifies strategies that can increase reliance on evidence-based policy. It is the most authoritative and scholarly source on research and experience on evidence-based policy as it applies to crime and justice in the United States and across the Western world.
Table of Contents
1. Evidence-Based Crime and Justice PolicyBrandon C. Welsh, Steven N. Zane, and Daniel P. MearsPART I. CONCEPTS, METHODS, AND CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES2. Evaluating Research and Assessing Research EvidenceBrandon C. Welsh and Daniel P. Mears3. Translational Criminology and Evidence-Based Policy and PracticeCody W. Telep4. Implementation Science for Evidence-Based PolicyDean L. Fixsen, Melissa Van Dyke, and Karen A. Blase5. Toward System-Level Change, Population Impacts, and EquityHolly S. SchindlerPART II: JUVENILE JUSTICE6. Advancing the Evidence-Based Era: 25 Years of Lessons Learned in Washington State's Juvenile Justice SystemElizabeth K. Drake and Lauren Knoth-Peterson7. Systems of Change: The Pennsylvania Model Shawn Peck, Janet A. Welsh, Kristopher T. Glunt, and Roger Spaw8. Diversion: What Do We Know? Roger Smith9. Evidence-Based Innovations in Juvenile Probation David L. Myers and Kelly Orts10. Using Evidence-Based Practices to Improve Juvenile Drug Treatment Courts Christopher J. Sullivan, Vitor Goncalves, and Nicole McKenna11. Evidence-Oriented Youth JusticeJeffrey A. Butts, John K. Roman, and Katheryne PugliesePART III: CRIMINAL JUSTICE12. Legitimacy and Evidence-Based PolicyJustice Tankebe and Anthony Bottoms13. Evidence-Based PolicingCynthia Lum and Christopher S. Koper14. CCTV Video Surveillance and Crime Control: The Current Evidence and Important Next StepsEric L. Piza15. Rehabilitation for Enduring Change: Toward Evidence-Based CorrectionsMichael Rocque16. Incarceration-Based Drug TreatmentOjmarrh Mitchell17. Making Prisoner Reentry Evidence-BasedHelen Kosc and David S. Kirk18. Evidence-Based Policy for Diverse Criminal Justice PopulationsKaelyn Sanders, Jennifer Cobbina-Dungy, and Henrika McCoyPART IV: ALTERNATIVES TO SYSTEM RESPONSES19. Early Prevention as an Alternative to Imprisonment: The Research Evidence on Monetary Costs and BenefitsBrandon C. Welsh, Heather Paterson, and David P. Farrington20. Evidence-Based Intervention Programs Targeting Antisocial Children and Youth in Norway: Parent Management Training, the Oregon Model (PMTO)Terje Ogden, Elisabeth Askeland, and Kristine Amlund-Hagen21. Systems of Change: Communities That CareAbigail A. Fagan22. Reducing School Crime and Student Misbehavior: An Evidence-Based AnalysisAllison Ann Payne23. Evidence-Based Strategies for Preventing Urban Youth ViolenceKatherine M. Ross, Colleen S. Walsh, Angela G. Angulo, Carine E. Leslie, andPatrick H. Tolan24. A Place Management Approach to Promote Evidence-Based Crime PreventionTamara D. Herold25. Using Research to Inform Services for Victims of CrimeJillian Turanovic, Julie L. Kuper, and Mackenzie MastersPART V: PROMOTING GREATER USE OF EVIDENCE-BASED POLICY26. Social Inequality and Evidence-Based Policy: An Agenda for ChangeNancy Rodriguez27. Applying What We Know and Building an Evidence Base: Reducing Disproportionate Minority ContactSteven N. Zane28. Applying What We Know and Building an Evidence Base: Reducing Gun ViolenceJohn J. Donohue29. Mass Evidence-Based Policy as an Alternative to Mass IncarcerationDaniel P. Mears and Joshua C. Cochran30. "Big Data" and Evidence-Based Policy and Practice: The Advantages, Challenges, and Long-Term Potential of Naturally Occurring DataDaniel T. O'Brien31. Imposed Use: A New Route to Evidence-Based PolicySteven N. Zane32. The Role of Policymakers, Criminal Justice Administrators and Practitioners, and Citizens in Creating, Evaluating, and Using Evidence-Based PolicyDaniel P. Mears and Natasha A. Frost
