Table of Contents

Introduction: Crime and Punishment in AmericaMichael Tonry:
Part I: The Context
1: Julian V. Roberts & Loretta J. Stalans: Crime, Criminal Justice, and Public Opinion
2: Janet L. Lauritsen & Robert J. Sampson: Minorities, Crime, and Criminal Justice
3: Kathleen Daly: Gender, Crime, and Criminology
Part II: Topical Crime Problems
4: Malcolm W. Klein: Street Gangs
5: Neal Shover: White-Collar Crime
6: James B. Jacobs & Christopher Panarella: Organized Crime
7: Richard J. Gelles: Family Violence
8: Robert MacCoun & Peter Reuter: Drug Control
Part III: Causes of Crime
9: David P. Farrington: Individual Differences and Offending
10: Per-Olof H. Wikstrom: Communities and Crime
11: Anne Morrison Piehl: Economic Conditions, Work, and Crime
Part IV: Crime Reduction
12: John Braithwaite: Restorative Justice
13: Daniel S. Nagin: Deterrence and Incapacitation
14: Trevor Bennett: Crime Prevention
15: Vernon L. Quinsey: Treatment of Sex Offenders
Part V: Pre-Conviction Processes and Institutions
16: Lawrence W. Sherman: American Policing
17: Candace McCoy: Prosecution
18: Richard S. Frase: Jails
Part VI: Post-Conviction Processes and Institutions
19: Barry C. Feld: The Juvenile Court
20: Kevin R. Reitz: Senencing
21: Joan Petersilia: Probation and Parole
22: Roy D. King: Prisons
23: Richard W. Harding: Private Prisons
Part VII: Punishment
24: Andrew von Hirsch: Penal Theories
25: Michael Tonry: Intermediate Sanctions
26: Gerald G. Gaes: Correctional Treatment
27: Roger Hood: Capital Punishment

About the Author

Michael Tonry is Sonosky Professor of Law and Public Policy at the University of Minnesota. He is the author or editor of several well-regarded books on crime and punishment.

Reviews

The volume provides an overview of areas ranging from the political context in which crime occurs and criminal justice policy reactions take place to specific subject, the etiology of crime, crime reduction strategies, and punishment debates. The articles do a good job of highlighting measurement and methodological weaknesses in the literature. They also cite cross national comparisons where appropriate note the evolution of punishment policies, and generally provide a historical framework for the current state of crime and criminal justice affairs.--Choice