Contemporary issues in criminal justice policy: policy proposals from the American Society of Criminology Conference

Foreward [i.e. Foreword] / Todd R. Clear Advancing justice policy / Natasha A. Frost, Joshua D. Freilich Creating research evidence : work to enhance the capacity of justice agencies for generating evidence / Thomas E. Feucht, Christopher A. Innes Criminologists should stop whining about their impact on policy and practice / Charles F. Wellford Advancing criminology in policy and practice / Thomas G. Blomberg Raising the level of public debate : another view of criminology's policy relevance / Richard Rosenfeld Processes of redemption should be built into the use of criminal history records for background checking / Alfred Blumstein, Kiminori Nakamura Virtue's door unsealed is never sealed again : redeeming redemption and the seven-year itch / Shadd Maruna The price and promise of citizenship : extending the vote to non-incarcerated felons / Christopher Uggen, Michelle Inderbitzin Felons should not have an automatic right to vote / Roger Clegg Reduce disparity in economic sanctions / R. Barry Ruback, Valerie A. Clark If it's disparity, sure / Candace McCoy Use information technologies to empower communities & drive innovation in the criminal justice system / Tracy Siska Response to Siska / Susan Turner Leave the minimum drinking age to the states / Philip J. Cook The minimum legal drinking age : "leaving it to the states" vs. uniformity at a lower age / Mark A.R. Kleiman Legal regulation of marijuana : the better way / Patricia G. Erickson, Elaine Hyshka, Andrew Hathaway Radical drug control / Hal Pepinsky International cooperation, not unilateral policies may be the best counterterrorist strategy / Gary LaFree, Sue-Ming Yang, Martha Crenshaw Applying crime theory to terrorism research / Leslie W. Kennedy Theoretical and methodological innovations in terrorism research : a response to LaFree, Yang and Crenshaw / Cynthia Lum Policymakers and law enforcement must consider the unintended consequences of their proposed responses to extremist and terrorist groups / Steven M. Chermak, Joshua D. Freilich, David Caspi Recommendations about recommendations : regarding the need for sufficient funding, sophisticated data analysis, and discipline maturity / Kelly Damphousse Allow extremist participation in the policy-making process / Laura Dugan, Joseph Young Including extremists in the political process : "irreconcilables," constraints on violence, and the social scientific analysis of terrorism / Brian Nussbaum Preventing firearms use by terrorists in the U.S. through enhanced law enforcement and intelligence cooperation / Richard L. Legault, James C. Hendrickson Comment on Legault and Hendrickson / Alan J. Lizotte

Reduce using immigration status to address crime / Ramiro Martinez, Jr.

Responding to immigration and immigration "talk" / Scott H. Decker

Towards a smarter and more just fortress Europe, combining temporary labor migration and effective policies of return / Godfried Engbersen, Arjen Leerkes

The criminalization of migrants in Europe : a comment on Engbersen and Leerkes / Dario Melossi

Is there a more just "fortress Europe"? : a review of Engbersen & Leerkes / Nora V. Demleitner

Fostering academic opportunities to counteract social exclusion / Sandra M. Bucerius

Delinquency, opportunity and the second generation immigrant puzzle / Franklin E. Zimring

Rethinking policing : the policy implications of hot spots of crime / Stephen D. Mastrofski, David Weisburd, Anthony A. Braga

Taking implementation seriously : a response to Mastrofski, Weisburd, and Braga / Edward R. Maguire

Hot spots do not exist, and four other fundamental concerns about hot spots policing / Ralph B. Taylor

The U.S. needs a national police university / Gary Cordner

The management of police education and training / Geoffrey P. Alpert

Response to Cordner / David Bayley

Provide justice for prostituted teens : stop arresting and prosecuting girls / Linda M. Williams

The CSEC population in New York City : supporting the argument to abolish prosecuting prostituted teens / Karen Terry, Meredith Dank

Ban juvenile transfer to adult court in homicide cases : brain development and the need for a blended sentence approach / Carrie Pettus-Davis, Eric Garland

In defense of waiver and youthfulness as a mitigating factor in sentencing / Barry C. Feld

Public health is public safety : revamping the correctional mission / Faye S. Taxman, Liz Ressler

Revamping the mission : obstacles and issues / Doris L. Mackenzie

Improving the health of current and former inmates : what matters most? / Michael Massoglia, Jason Schnittker

Making persons safer : policies and strategies to reduce extremism and radicalization among U.S. prisoners / Bert Useem, Obie Clayton

A response to Useem & Clayton's Making prisons safer / Bill Wakefield, Scott Chenault

Searching for a needle in a haystack : a look at hypotheses and explanations for the low prevalence of radicalization in American prisons / Vincent J. Webb

Substantially reduce mass incarceration by sentencing focused on community well-being / Douglas Thomson

Opportunities for reducing America's prison populations / James Austin

Prisoner reentry planning and programming must address family reunification, relationship conflict, and domestic violence / William Oliver

The multi-pronged potential effects of implementing domestic violence programs in men's prisons and reentry programming / Joanne Belknap

The importance of family reunification in the prisoner reentry process / Johnna Christian.