Locking up my generation: Cohort differences in prison spells over the life course
Locking up my generation: Cohort differences in prison spells over the life course Abstract Crime rates have dropped substantially in the United States, but incarceration rates have remained high. The…
The organizational justice effect among criminal justice employees: A meta‐analysis*
The organizational justice effect among criminal justice employees: A meta‐analysis* Abstract Organizational justice has been shown to be an important predictor of criminal justice employees’ work‐related perceptions, attitudes, and behaviors.…
The public salience of crime, 1960–2014: Age–period–cohort and time–series analyses†
The public salience of crime, 1960–2014: Age–period–cohort and time–series analyses† Abstract The public salience of crime has wide‐ranging political and social implications; it influences public trust in the government and…
Long‐term consequences of being placed in disciplinary segregation†
Long‐term consequences of being placed in disciplinary segregation† Abstract Being placed in restrictive housing is considered one of the most devastating experiences a human can endure, yet a scant amount…
Pubertal timing and adolescent delinquency†
Pubertal timing and adolescent delinquency† Abstract Early pubertal timing (PT) increases the risk of adolescent delinquency, whereas late development reduces this risk; however, the mechanisms explaining PT effects on delinquency…
Neighborhood climates of legal cynicism and complaints about abuse of police power†
Neighborhood climates of legal cynicism and complaints about abuse of police power† Abstract Research findings show that legal cynicism—a cultural frame in which skepticism about laws, the legal system, and…
Feminist criminology in an era of misogyny†
Feminist criminology in an era of misogyny† Abstract In this address I make the case for continuing to focus criminological research on gender, sexism, and racism within our lives and…
Perceived arrest risk, psychic rewards, and offense specialization: A partial test of rational choice theory†
Perceived arrest risk, psychic rewards, and offense specialization: A partial test of rational choice theory† Abstract In prior tests of Beckerian rational choice theory, the notion that individuals are responsive…
Institutional anomie and cross‐national differences in incarceration†
Institutional anomie and cross‐national differences in incarceration† Abstract Messner and Rosenfeld's (2007) institutional anomie theory (IAT) has mainly been applied by criminologists to explain crime rates at various aggregate levels.…
Fearful futures and haunting histories in women’s desistance from crime: A longitudinal study of desistance as an uncanny process*
Fearful futures and haunting histories in women's desistance from crime: A longitudinal study of desistance as an uncanny process* Abstract Although desistance is increasingly recognized as a series of complex…
Pubertal timing and adolescent delinquency
Pubertal timing and adolescent delinquency Abstract Early pubertal timing (PT) increases the risk of adolescent delinquency, whereas late development reduces this risk; however, the mechanisms explaining PT effects on delinquency…
Neighborhood climates of legal cynicism and complaints about abuse of police power*
Neighborhood climates of legal cynicism and complaints about abuse of police power* Abstract Research findings show that legal cynicism—a cultural frame in which skepticism about laws, the legal system, and…