Using social science to reduce violent offending / edited by Joel A. Dvoskin [and others].

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:American Psychology-Law Society series.
Other Authors: Dvoskin, Joel A. (Joel Alan)
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2012.
Series:American Psychology-Law Society series.
Subjects:
Violent crimes > United States.
Violent offenders > Rehabilitation > United States.
Crime prevention > United States.
Crime > Sociological aspects.
Physical Description:xxv, 312 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Crime and incarceration in the United States / Alfred Blumstein
  • A short history of corrections : the rise, fall, and resurrection through treatment / Clive R. Hollin
  • Contextual influence on violence / David P. Farrington
  • The good, the bad, and the ugly of electronic media / Muniba Saleem and Craig A. Anderson
  • Public attitudes and punitive policies / Tom R. Tyler and Lindsay E. Rankin
  • The risk-need-responsivity (RNR) model of correctional assessment and treatment / D.A. (Don) Andrews
  • Assessment and treatment strategies for correctional institutions / Paul Gendreau and Paula Smith
  • Putting science to work : how the principles of risk, need, and responsivity apply to reentry / Susan Turner and Joan Petersilia
  • Reducing recidivism and violence among offending youth / Barbara A. Oudekerk and N. Dickon Reppucci
  • Extending rehabilitative principles to violent sexual offenders / Judith V. Becker and Jill D. Stinson
  • Extending violence reduction principles to justice-involved persons with mental illness / John Monahan and Henry J. Steadman
  • Addressing system inertia to effect change / James McGuire
  • What if psychology redesigned the criminal justice system? / Joel A. Dvoskin ... [et al.].