Criminology - Q - Oxford Bibliographies
Prison Education Exchange Programs
Cassandra Philippon, Kevin A. Wright
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2018-09-25
Prison Education Exchange ProgramsIntroductionIn 1870, reformers from across the nation traveled to Cincinnati, Ohio, to discuss best practices in the...
Prison Gangs and Subculture
David Pyrooz, Meghan M. Mitchell
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2014-04-28
Prison Gangs and Subculture Introduction The prison gangs and subculture literature concentrates on the causes and consequences of gang and su...
Prison History
Frank Schmalleger, Cassandra Atkin-Plunk
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2015-08-31
Prison History Introduction Prisons in the United States and Western European nations have a rich history, with the use of confinement as a for...
Prison Labor
Lindsey Raisa Feldman
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2018-01-11
Prison LaborIntroductionPrison labor is a contested topic because it raises various questions: What role does prison labor serve in reaching the goals...
Prison Visitation
Johnna Christian
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2019-11-26
Prison VisitationIntroductionAs rates of incarceration in the United States increased to the level termed “mass imprisonment,” interest in the broader...
Prison, Disciplinary Segregation in
H. Daniel Butler, Jennifer Beatty
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2021-07-28
Disciplinary Segregation in PrisonIntroductionCorrectional administrators are tasked with providing and maintaining safety and security for incarcerat...
Prisoner Reentry
Andres F. Rengifo
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Prisoner Reentry Introduction Approximately 650,000 individuals are released from state and federal prisons every year in the United States. Ne...
Prisons and Jails
Beth M. Huebner, Morgan McGuirk
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Prisons and JailsIntroductionPrisons and jails have been a central part of society for many centuries, and a substantial body of work has been amassed...
Probation Revocation
Kelly Lyn Mitchell
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2021-02-24
Probation RevocationIntroductionProbation revocation is an event in which the court, after finding that one or more probation violations have been pro...
Procedural Justice
Sarah Bennett, Lorelei Hine, Lorraine Mazerolle
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2018-04-26
Procedural JusticeIntroductionProcedural justice (or procedural fairness) is defined as the fairness of processes used by those in positions of author...
Property Crime
Richard Wright, Scott Jacques
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Property Crime Introduction Property crime has been defined in a variety of ways. A typical definition mirrors that of the FBI’s Uniform Cr...
Prosecution and Courts
Brian Forst
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Prosecution and CourtsIntroductionProsecution and courts are at the heart and center of our criminal justice system. They serve as stages of case proc...
Prostitution
Melissa Hope Ditmore
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2011-04-14
Prostitution Introduction Prostitution is usually understood as a sexual exchange for gain. The term “sex work” was coined to avoid the stigma ...
Psychiatry, Psychology, and Crime: Historical and Current Aspects
Jennifer Brown
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2016-02-25
Psychiatry, Psychology, and Crime: Historical and Current AspectsIntroductionPsychiatry and psychology can explain crime, account for criminal behavio...
Psychology and Crime
David Canter
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2014-01-13
Psychology and Crime Introduction Psychologists have studied many aspects of crime and criminality ever since modern psychology began to emerg...
Public Criminology
Michelle Inderbitzin
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2011-06-29
Public Criminology Introduction Public criminology means different things to different people, and some scholars use the plural term public cri...
Public Opinion, Crime and Justice
Natasha A. Frost, Carlos E. Monteiro
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2011-05-25
Public Opinion, Crime, and Justice Introduction With the emphasis placed on democratic values in contemporary society, much attention has been ...
Public Order Crimes
Timbre Wulf, Robert Meier
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2010-11-01
Public Order Crimes Introduction Public order crimes are sometimes called “victimless” or “complaintless” crimes. Who is the victim of an il...
Public Social Control and Neighborhood Crime
David Ramey
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2017-03-30
Public Social Control and Neighborhood CrimeIntroductionResearch on public social control and neighborhood crime is concerned with a neighborhood’s ab...
Punishment Justification and Goals
Richard S. Frase
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2011-03-02
Punishment Justifications and Goals Introduction Criminal punishments are government sanctions imposed on persons convicted of criminal acts (o...
