The Routledge Handbook of Public Criminologies. Edited by Kathryn Henne and Rita Shah (Routledge, 2020, 314 pp. £180.00 hb)
The Routledge Handbook of Public Criminologies. Edited by Kathryn Henne and Rita Shah (Routledge, 2020, 314 pp. £ hb) The Routledge Handbook of Public Criminologies. Edited by HenneKathryn and ShahRita…
Safe Haven or Dangerous Place? Stereotype Amplification and Americans’ Perceived Risk of Terrorism, Violent Street Crime, and Mass Shootings
Safe Haven or Dangerous Place? Stereotype Amplification and Americans’ Perceived Risk of Terrorism, Violent Street Crime, and Mass Shootings AbstractPeople overestimate the risk of some events, such as terrorist attacks…
IMMORAL IN PRINCIPLE, UNWORKABLE IN PRACTICE: CANNABIS LAW REFORM, THE BEATLES AND THE WOOTTON REPORT
IMMORAL IN PRINCIPLE, UNWORKABLE IN PRACTICE: CANNABIS LAW REFORM, THE BEATLES AND THE WOOTTON REPORT AbstractIn the late 1960s, the cause of cannabis law reform briefly rose to remarkable cultural…
The Evolution of Protest Policing in a Hybrid Regime
The Evolution of Protest Policing in a Hybrid Regime AbstractUsing interview data from protesters and frontline police, this article examines the evolution of protest policing, from ‘soft’ to ‘hard’ models,…
‘Yes, Security, there is security. But other than that, nothing.’: An empirical inquiry into the ‘everyday (in)security’ of Syrian and Iraqi urban refugees in Jordan
‘Yes, Security, there is security. But other than that, nothing.’: An empirical inquiry into the ‘everyday (in)security’ of Syrian and Iraqi urban refugees in Jordan AbstractScholarship on security has recently…
More Money More Crime: Prosperity and Rising Crime in Latin America. By Marcelo Bergman (Oxford University Press, 2018, 408pp. $39.95 hb)
More Money More Crime: Prosperity and Rising Crime in Latin America. By Marcelo Bergman (Oxford University Press, 2018, 408pp. $ hb) More Money More Crime: Prosperity and Rising Crime in…
Reducing the Use of Imprisonment: Lessons from 20 years’ experience in Canada
Reducing the Use of Imprisonment: Lessons from 20 years’ experience in Canada AbstractIn order to reduce or constrain prison populations, many different strategies have been proposed, trialled, or implemented. In…
Are Minorities Subjected to, or Insulated from, Racialized Policing in Majority–Minority Community Contexts?
Are Minorities Subjected to, or Insulated from, Racialized Policing in Majority–Minority Community Contexts? AbstractRacial conflict theories suggest that racialized policing should wane in areas where people of colour are the…
The Prison and the Factory (40TH Anniversary Edition): Origins of the Penitentiary SystemBy D. Melossi and M. Pavarini (Palgrave Macmillan 2018)
The Prison and the Factory (40TH Anniversary Edition): Origins of the Penitentiary SystemBy D. Melossi and M. Pavarini (Palgrave Macmillan 2018) Read the syndicated article here
‘ISIS is not Islam’: Epistemic Injustice, Everyday Religion, and Young Muslims’ Narrative Resistance
‘ISIS is not Islam’: Epistemic Injustice, Everyday Religion, and Young Muslims’ Narrative Resistance AbstractPowerful narratives that invoke religious concepts—jihad, Sharia, shahid, Caliphate, kuffar, and al-Qiyāmah—have accompanied jihadi violence but also…
Live Facial Recognition: Trust and Legitimacy as Predictors of Public Support for Police Use of New Technology
Live Facial Recognition: Trust and Legitimacy as Predictors of Public Support for Police Use of New Technology AbstractFacial recognition technology is just one of a suite of new digital tools…
Re-assessing the consistency of sentencing decisions in cases of Assault: Allowing for within-court inconsistencies
Re-assessing the consistency of sentencing decisions in cases of Assault: Allowing for within-court inconsistencies AbstractEmpirical research has repeatedly focused on the potential existence of sentencing disparities. In particular, a growing…