OER AT JOHN JAY COLLEGE

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PART ONE: TOWARDS PLANNED CHANGE AND EVIDENCE-BASED CRIMINAL JUSTICE PRACTICE

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Why do we expect programs to work: understanding the panacea effect?

Planned change and the development of evidence-based practice in criminal justice.

• Royster (2012).  “The success and failure of Scared Straight: a reassessment of juvenile delinquency deterrent methods and their measurements.”

• “Evidence-based Practices (EBP), NIC Resource

• Sherman, L (1997).  Preventing Crime:  What Works, What Doesn’t, What’s Promising. National Institute of Justice. Entire 522 page book:

  • Be patient. It takes a minute for this large pdf to open. Chapter 1: Scroll down to pg. 17.

 2

Criminological research questions and theory. 

Causation and research design

• Experimental and quasi-experimental designs for research. Citation. Campbell, D. T., Stanley, J. C., & Gage, N. L. (1963).  Used for educational purposes under the Fair Use provision of the US Copyright Act.

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The important role of integrated criminal justice theory in creating impact in criminal justice research.

Blueprints

• Giannell, S. “Criminosynthesis”  Int J Soc Psychiatry. 1970 Spring;16(2):83-95. Used for educational purposes under the Fair Use provision of the US Copyright Act. 

• Sharon Mihalic et. al. Blueprints for Violence Prevention. U.S. Department of Justice, July 2001.

PART TWO: PUTTING IT IN PRACTICE: EVIDENCE-BASED PROGRAM CRITIQUES

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The Crime Prevention Continuum

• Sherman, L (1997).  Preventing Crime:  What Works, What Doesn’t, What’s Promising. National Institute of Justice. Entire 522 page book:

  • Be patient. Opening this large pdf takes a minute. Chapter 4: Scroll down to pg. 121. 

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Traditional Deterrence Strategies: Theory

• Tomlinson, K (2016).  “An Examination of Deterrence Theory: Where Do We Stand?”  Federal Probation.  Vol 80 (3). 33-36.  Used for educational purposes under the Fair Use provision of the US Copyright Act.

• "Opportunities, Precipitators, and Criminal Decisions: A Reply to Worley's Critique of Situational Crime Prevention". by Derek B. Cornish, 2003.

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Deterrence Strategies:  Practice

Offender re-entry and rehabilitation

Reentry Courts

Focused Deterrence

• Morenoff, J. and D. Harding. (2014).  “Incarceration, Prison Rentry and Communities.”  Annual Review of Sociology

• Braga, A and D. Weisburd (2013).  The Effects of Focused Deterrence Strategies on Crime:   A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Empirical Evidence.”  Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency.

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Broken Windows: Theory

• Kelling, G. and J. Wilson (1982).  “Broken Windows: the Police and neighborhood safety”.  The Atlantic, March 1982.

• Kubrin, C. and R. Weitzer. “New Directions in Social Disorganization Theory.”  Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency.

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Broken Windows: Practice

Chicago Moving to Opportunity Program

• Sherman, L (1997).  Preventing Crime:  What Works, What Doesn’t, What’s Promising. National Institute of Justice. Entire 522 page book:

  • Be patient. It takes a minute for this large pdf to open. Chapter 8: Scroll down to pg. 359.

• Weisburd, D., J. Hinkle, and A. Braga (2015). “Understanding the Mechanisms Underlying Broken Windows Theory: the Need for Evaluation Evidence.” Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency.

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Hot Spots Policing Theory

• Eck, John E. (1997).  Preventing Crime:  What Works, What Doesn’t, What’s Promising. National Institute of Justice. Entire 522 page book:

  • Be patient. It takes a minute for this large pdf to open.  Chapter 7: Scroll down to pg. 297..Chapter by John E. Eck.

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Hot Sports Policing: Practice

• Braga, A.A., Turchan, B.S., Papachristos, A.V. et al. Hot spots policing and crime reduction: an update of an ongoing systematic review and meta-analysis. J Exp Criminology 15, 289–311 (2019)

• Sherman, L (1997).  Preventing Crime:  What Works, What Doesn’t, What’s Promising. National Institute of Justice. Entire 522 page book:

  • Be patient. It takes a minute for this large pdf to open.  Chapter 3: Scroll down to pg. 71.

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Social Control Theory

• Agnew, R. (1985).”Social Control Theory and Delinquency: A Longitudinal Test.”  Criminology, 23 (1) 47-61.

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Social Control: Practice

• Spergel et al (2004).  Evaluation of the San Antonio Comprehensive Community-Wide Approach to Gang Prevention, Intervention and Suppression Program

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Risk Factors and Crime Prevention

• Bushway, Shawn and Reuter, Peter. (1997).  Preventing Crime:  What Works, What Doesn’t, What’s Promising. National Institute of Justice. Entire 522 page book:

  • Be patient. It takes a minute for this large pdf to open.  Chapter 6: Scroll down to pg. 237..