The Psychology of Criminal Conduct, Sixth Edition, provides a psychological and evidence-
informed perspective of criminal behavior that sets it apart from many criminological and …

In the United States there has been increased public pressure to create legislation to
monitor and confine sex offenders. However, to date, there has been very little empirical …

This book challenges contemporary criminological thinking, providing a thorough critique of
mainstream criminology, including both liberal criminology and administrative criminology. It …

Between 1975 and 2007, the American incarceration rate increased nearly fivefold, a
historic increase that puts the United States in a league of its own among advanced …

The new edition of Doing Time brings this widely recognized book up-to-date and provides
an accessible and informed discussion of current debates around prisons and penal policy …

Investigating the impact of management on performance in public organizations is a key
challenge for public administration. To that end, we apply to a national sample of law …

Recent findings from the literature on imprisonment policy suggest that in addition to
traditional social and economic variables, imprisonment rates are also strongly related to …

The development of crime policy in the United States for many generations has been
hampered by a drastic shortage of knowledge and data, an excess of partisanship and …

The United States currently incarcerates its residents at a rate that is greater than any other
country in the world. Aggregating the state and federal-prison populations as well as …

Exceptionally high rates of incarceration in the United States have caused a need for a
major social justice movement. This paper explains the various collateral damages endured …