Rape Politics, Policies and Practice: Exploring the Tensions and Unanticipated Consequences of Well-Intended Victim-Focused Measures
Rape Politics, Policies and Practice: Exploring the Tensions and Unanticipated Consequences of Well-Intended Victim-Focused Measures Abstract The inability of the criminal justice system to respond effectively to rape has led…
Offending Characteristics of Male Ex-Armed Forces Personnel in Prison
Offending Characteristics of Male Ex-Armed Forces Personnel in Prison Abstract Ex-armed forces represent the largest occupational subset of offenders in prison in England yet we know little about their offending…
The place of punishment: Variation in the provision of inmate services staff across the punitive turn
The place of punishment: Variation in the provision of inmate services staff across the punitive turn Publication date: September–October 2012Source:Journal of Criminal Justice, Volume 40, Issue 5 Author(s): Michelle S.…
Social skills training for juvenile delinquents: post-treatment changes
Social skills training for juvenile delinquents: post-treatment changes Abstract Objectives To examine the post-treatment effectiveness of an outpatient, individual social skills training for juvenile delinquents in the Netherlands and to…
“Soft” policing at hot spots—do police community support officers work? A randomized controlled trial
“Soft” policing at hot spots—do police community support officers work? A randomized controlled trial Abstract Objectives To determine whether crime-reduction effects of increased police patrols in hot spots are dependent…
Report: increases in police use of force in the presence of body-worn cameras are driven by officer discretion: a protocol-based subgroup analysis of ten randomized experiments
Report: increases in police use of force in the presence of body-worn cameras are driven by officer discretion: a protocol-based subgroup analysis of ten randomized experiments Abstract Objectives Our multisite…
Information retrieval in systematic reviews: a case study of the crime prevention literature
Information retrieval in systematic reviews: a case study of the crime prevention literature Abstract Objectives A defining feature of a systematic review is the data collection; the assembling of a…
To marry a thief? Crime type as a deterrent to cohabitation
To marry a thief? Crime type as a deterrent to cohabitation Abstract Objectives Using a vignette study, we investigated the relative attractiveness as cohabitation partners of five different types of…
Readiness to change drug use and help-seeking intentions of police detainees: findings from the DUMA program
Readiness to change drug use and help-seeking intentions of police detainees: findings from the DUMA program The nexus between drug use and crime is well established. Offenders are considerably more…
Good Practices in the Assessment of Victimization: The Spanish Adaptation of the Juvenile Victimization Questionnaire.
Good Practices in the Assessment of Victimization: The Spanish Adaptation of the Juvenile Victimization Questionnaire. Objective: To provide the first validity evidence for the Juvenile Victimization Questionnaire (JVQ) under the…
Substance Use and Intimate Partner Violence: A Meta-Analytic Review.
Substance Use and Intimate Partner Violence: A Meta-Analytic Review. Objectives: This meta-analysis examines the strength of the link between substance use (, alcohol use vs. drug use) and intimate partner…
Family adversity’s role in the onset and termination of childhood sibling victimization.
Family adversity’s role in the onset and termination of childhood sibling victimization. Objective: To understand the role of family adversity in the onset and desistance of sibling victimization, we examined…