• List of Contributors


• 1. Crime and Criminal Justice (Michael Tonry)


• 2. Crime Trends (Eric Baumer)


• 3. Evidence-based Crime Policy (Brandon C. Welsh and David P. Farrington)


• Purposes and Functions


• 4. Punishment (Michael Tonry)


• 5. Crime Prevention (Brandon C. Welsh)


• 6. Treatment and Rehabilitation (Frank T. Cullen and Paula Smith)


• 7. General Deterrence (Robert Apel and Daniel Nagin)


• 8. Reparation and Restoration (Kathy Daly and Gitana Proietti-Scifoni)


• 9. Reassurance, Reinforcement, and Legitimacy (Matt Matravers)


• Problems and Priorities


• 10. Drugs and Crime (Jonathan P. Caulkins and Mark A. R. Kleiman)


• 11. Race, Ethnicity, and Crime (Cassia Spohn)


• 12. Sex, Gender, and Crime (Rosemary Gartner)


• 13. Immigrants and Crime (Sandra Bucerius)


• 14. Guns and Crime (Charles Wellford)


• 15. Work and Crime (Aaron Chalfin and Steven Raphael)


• Police and Policing


• 16. Police Organization (Stephen D. Mastrofski and James J. Willis)


• 17. Police and Crime Control (Lawrence W. Sherman)


• 18. Community and Problem-oriented Policing (Michael D. Reisig)


• 19. Legitimacy and Lawful Policing (Sanja Kutnjak Ivkovic)


• Juvenile Justice


• 20. Juvenile Justice (Barry C. Feld and Donna M. Bishop)


• Prosecution and Sentencing


• 21. Prosecution (Candace McCoy)


• 22. Sentencing (Brian Johnson)


• 23. Mandatory Penalties (Michael Tonry)


• 24. Capital Punishment (Ray Paternoster)


• Community and Institutional Corrections


• 25. Jails and Pretrial Release (Brandon Applegate)


• 26. Probation and Community Penalties (Stan C. Proband)


• 27. Drug and Other Specialty Courts (Ojmarrh Mitchell)


• 28. Prisons (Yvonne Jewkes)


• 29. Women's Prisons (Candace Kruttschnitt)


• 30. Parole and Prisoner Reentry (Joan Petersilia)

Michael Tonry is Sonosky Professor of Law and Public Policy at the University of Minnesota

A comprehensive and accesible overview of the operation of the American criminal justice system, The Oxford Handbook of Crime and Criminal Justice covers a wide range of issues, making it an important reference for students and scholars in criminal justice, law, and public policy.