Criminal Justice at the Crossroads : Transforming Crime and Punishment / William Kelly.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kelly, William, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Crime--United States--Prevention.

Criminal justice, Administration--United States.

Criminals--Rehabilitation--United States--Evaluation.

Recidivism--United States--Prevention.

Local Subjects:

Crime--United States--Prevention.

Criminal justice, Administration--United States.

Criminals--Rehabilitation--United States--Evaluation.

Recidivism--United States--Prevention.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (418 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2015]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Over the past forty years, the criminal justice system in the United States has engaged in a very expensive policy failure, attempting to punish its way to public safety, with dismal results. So-called "tough on crime" policies have not only failed to effectively reduce crime, recidivism, and victimization but also created an incredibly inefficient system that routinely fails the public, taxpayers, crime victims, criminal offenders, their families, and their communities.Strategies that focus on behavior change are much more productive and cost effective for reducing crime than punishment, and in this book, William R. Kelly discusses the policy, process, and funding innovations and priorities that the United States needs to effectively reduce crime, recidivism, victimization, and cost. He recommends proactive, evidence-based interventions to address criminogenic behavior; collaborative decision making from a variety of professions and disciplines; and a focus on innovative alternatives to incarceration, such as problem-solving courts and probation. Students, professionals, and policy makers alike will find in this comprehensive text a bracing discussion of how our criminal justice system became broken and the best strategies by which to fix it.

Contents:

Introduction

Chapter one. U.S. Criminal Justice Policy, 1960-2013

Chapter two. Crime Control: What Have We Accomplished?

Chapter three. The Scientific Case for Alternatives to Crime Control: Evidence-Based Practices and Where Neurocognitive Implications Take Us from Here

Chapter four. Sentencing Reform Reconsidered

Chapter five. Diversion and Problem-Solving Courts

Chapter six. Community Supervision

Chapter seven. Recalibrating Drug Control Policy

Chapter eight. Cost-Effectiveness

Conclusions

Works cited

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

9780231539227

0231539223

OCLC:

908091737