Acknowledgments
Introduction: Why Theory Matters for Policy and Why Policy Matters for Theory • Kevin A. Wright
Part I Theories of Offender Behavior
Introduction to Part I
1. Race Differences in Crime • Anthony A. Braga and Kevin M. Drakulich
2. Critical Race Theory and the Limits of Liberal Legal Remedies to Address Racial Disparities in Police Violence • Amy Farrell, Patricia Warren, and Shea Cronin
3. Situational Prevention of Wildlife Crimes: The Policy Challenges • Ronald V. Clarke, Justin Kurland, and Lauren Wilson
4. Global Warming and Criminological Theory and Practice • Rob White
5. Toward a Life-Course Theory of Victimization • Jillian J. Turanovic
6. Translating Theories of Desistance to Policy • Megan Kurlychek and Megan Denver
7. From Hot Spots to a Theory of Place • Cody Telep and David Weisburd
8. Aligning Public Policy, Criminological Theory, and Empirical Findings on the Immigration-Crime Relationship • Glenn Trager and Charis E. Kubrin
9. Mass Shootings: A New Name for a Familiar Problem • Grant Duwe
Part II Theories of the Criminal Justice System
Introduction to Part II
10. A Theory of Offender Recidivism • Daniel P. Mears and Jillian J. Turanovic
11. An Integrated, Reflexive Theory of Police Misconduct • Natalie Todak and Michael D. White
12. Sentencing Disparity: A Focus on Race and Ethnicity • Cassia Spohn
13. Intergenerational Effects of Crime and Punishment • Kathleen Powell and Sara Wakefield
14. R-e-s-p-e-c-t: Communities of Color and the Criminal Justice System • Rod K. Brunson and Michelle N. Block
15. Organizational Change and Criminal Justice: Working within the Iron Cage • Danielle Rudes and Shannon Magnuson
16. Gun Policy • Jennifer Carlson
17. Thinking Outside the Prison Walls: The Value of the Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program to Solve Old Problems • Kevin A. Wright and Cheryl Lero Jonson
18. Toward a Theory of Mental Illness and Crime • Robert D. Morgan and Robert K. Ax
Conclusion: When Theory Fails • Scott H. Decker
Contributors
Index
