The steep rise in US criminal punishment in recent decades has spurred scholarship on the
collateral consequences of imprisonment for individuals, families, and communities. Several …

Midnight basketball may not have been invented in Chicago, but the City of Big Shoulders—
home of Michael Jordan and the Bulls—is where it first came to national prominence. And it's …

Contrary to the negative narrative in psychology and in the American public, many trends in
the risk behaviors of American adolescents have been positive in recent decades. Evidence …

Incarceration in the United States ripples outward to affect families, communities, and
markets.'But when television programs like Sesame Street begin tackling topics such as …

Focusing on police chiefs in three states, this study revisits the Weberian presumption of the
state's monopoly on legitimate violence. Seventy-nine interviews with police chiefs in …

The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of sexual offender management
policies on sex crime repeat arrest rates in Florida. Aggregate data for the period 1990 to …

There are perhaps no crimes that instill fear and rage in society like sexual offenses. This
chapter will first summarize the history of contemporary sex offender registries and …

Crime and violence have long been among the more pressing and recalcitrant community
challenges especially with increasing inequality and growing disparities among …

Tenemos un fuerte instinto, como especie, de vivir en pequeños grupos definidos por un
claro propósito y entendimiento, de treinta a cincuenta personas que dependen …

On February 27, 2014, President Barack Obama delivered a speech commencing a new
White House Initiative titled,“My Brother's Keeper.” President Obama remarked,“We need to …