Hugh D. Barlow and Scott H. Decker: Criminology and Public Policy

<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000" link="#0000FF" vlink="#CC0000" alink="#CC0000"><center><hr width="350" size="1" align="center" noshade>Examines the links between criminological theory and criminal justice policy and practice<hr width="350" size="1" align="center" noshade><p><a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/ChicagoBook.aspx?ISBN=9781439900062&&PRESS=temple" target="_top">Buy this book!</a> | <a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/Cart.aspx?PRESS=temple" target="_top">View Cart</a> | <a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/Cart.aspx?PRESS=temple" target="_top">Check Out</a></p><p><img src="1518_reg.gif" height=200 border=1 vspace=4></p></center><h1>Criminology and Public Policy</h1> <H2>Putting Theory to Work</H2> <h3>edited by Hugh D. Barlow and Scott H. Decker</h3> <P>cloth 1-4399-0006X $79.50, Jan 10, <FONT COLOR=#990033>Not Yet Published Preorder</FONT> <br>paper 1-4399-00078 $29.95, Jan 10, <FONT COLOR=#990033>Not Yet Published Preorder</FONT> <BR> 306 pp 6x9 2 tables 7 figures </P><p>Crime policy ought to be guided by science rather than ideology, argue Hugh Barlow and Scott Decker in this incisive and original collection of essays. Establishing the value and importance of linking theory and practice, the contributors to <i>Criminology and Public Policy</i> provide a comprehensive treatment of the major theories in criminology and their implications for criminal justice, crime control, and the larger realm of justice.</p><p> In applying theories to real world issues&#151such as reducing crime and violence, prisoner reentry policies, gang behavior, and treatment courts&#151the contributors take both a macro and micro level approach. They find, too, that it is often difficult to turn theory into practice. Still, the very attempt pushes the criminal justice system toward workable solutions rather than ideological approaches, an orientation the editors believe will lead to greater progress in combating one of our society’s greatest difficulties.</p><p> Contributors include: Robert Agnew, Ronald L. Akers, Gordon Bazemore, Ronald V. Clarke, J. Heith Copes, Frank Cullen, Marcus Felson, Marie Griffin, Scott Jacques, David Kauzlarich, Jean McGloin, Steven Messner, Alex Piquero, Nicole Leeper Piquero, Nancy Rodriguez, Richard B. Rosenfeld, Dawn Rothe, Andrea Schoepfer, Neal Shover, Cassia Spohn, Katherine Tellis, Charles Tittle, Richard Wright, and the editors. </p> <BR> <P><p>  <font color="#3152A5">Also available in e-book</font></p></P><BR> <br> <H2>About the Author(s)</H2> <table><tr><td valign="top"><img src="/tempress/authors/2026_au1.gif" height="90" width="75"></td><td width="100%" valign="middle"><p><b>Hugh D. Barlow</b> is Professor Emeritus, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. He is the author of<i> Dead for Good: Martyrdom and the Rise of the Suicide Bomber</i> and <i>Introduction to Criminology</i> (with David Kauzlarich).</P></td></tr></table><table><tr><td valign="top"><img src="/tempress/authors/2026_au2.gif" height="90" width="75"></td><td width="100%" valign="middle"><p><b>Scott H. Decker</b> is Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Arizona State University. He is the author of <i>Life in the Gang: Family, Friends and Violence</i> and co-author (with Margaret Townsend Chapman) of <i>Drug Smugglers on Drug Smuggling: Lessons from the Inside</i> (Temple).</P></td></tr></table> <BR><H2>Subject Categories</H2> <p><A HREF="/tempress/law.html" TARGET="_top">Law and Criminology</a> <BR><A HREF="/tempress/political.html" TARGET="_top">Political Science and Public Policy</a> </p> <p align="center"><a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/ChicagoBook.aspx?ISBN=9781439900062&&PRESS=temple" target="_top">Buy this book!</a> | <a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/Cart.aspx?PRESS=temple" target="_top">View Cart</a> | <a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/Cart.aspx?PRESS=temple" target="_top">Check Out</a></p><p><font face="Arial" size="1"><a href="copyright.html" onMouseOver="window.status='Web Copyright Policy';return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''" title="Web Copyright Policy">©</a> 2009 <a href="http://www.temple.edu" target="new" onMouseOver="window.status='Link to Temple University home page';return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''" title="Link to Temple University home page">Temple University</a>. All Rights Reserved. http://www.temple.edu/tempress/titles/2026_reg.html</font></p>