The Oxford handbook of crime and public policy

Crime and criminal justice / Michael Tonry -- Crime trends / Eric P. Baumer -- Evidence-based crime policy / Brandon C. Welsh and David P. Farrington -- Punishment / Michael Tonry -- Crime prevention / Brandon C. Welsh -- Treatment and rehabilitation / Francis T. Cullen and Daniel S. Nagin -- General deterrence / Robert Apel and Daniel S. Nagin -- Reparation and restoration / Kathleen Daly and Gitana Proietti-Scifoni -- Reassurance, reinforcement, and legitimacy / Matt Matravers -- Drugs and crime / Jonathan P. Caulkins and Mark A.R. Kleiman -- Race, ethnicity, and crime / Cassia Spohn -- Sex, gender, and crime / Rosemary Gartner -- Immigrants and crime / Sandra M. Bucerius -- Guns and crime / Charles F. Welford -- Work and crime / Aaron Chalfin and Steven Raphael -- Police organization / Stephen D. Mastrofski and James J. Willis -- Police and crime control / Lawrence W. Sherman -- Community and problem-oriented policing / Michael D. Reisig -- Legitimacy and lawful policing / Sanja Kutnjak Ivković -- Juvenile justice / Barry C. Feld and Donna M. Bishop -- Prosecution / Candace McCoy -- Sentencing / Brian D. Johnson -- Mandatory penalties / Michael Tonry -- Capital punishment / Ray Paternoster -- Jails and pretrial release / Brandon K. Applegate -- Probation and community penalties / Stan C. Proband -- Drug and other specialty courts / Ojmarrh Mitchell -- Prisons / Yvonne Jewkes -- Women's prisons / Candace Krutschnitt -- Parole and prisoner re-entry / Joan Petersilia

This handbook provides a comprehensive introduction to and overview of the operation of the American criminal justice system. Five sections cover the purposes and functions of the system, its problems and priorities, and its main institutions - policing, prosecution and sentencing, and corrections.

This handbook offers a comprehensive examination of crimes as public policy subjects to provide an authoritative overview of current knowledge about the nature, scale, and effects of diverse forms of criminal behaviour and of efforts to prevent and control them.