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Racial Bias in Criminal Records
ObjectivesGovernment officials use criminal records as proxies for past conduct to decide who and how to investigate, arrest, charge, and punish. But...
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Criminal Careers of Individuals Convicted for a Sexual Offence: an International Comparison
By comparing criminal careers of individuals who have sexually offended to those who have not sexually offended, the current study examines whether...
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The Criminal Selfie: Conveying Grievance While Recording and Live Streaming Antisocial Behavior
Despite attempts to regulate content, social media platforms continue to host images of antisocial behavior and crime. These images include dashboard...
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Guest Editors’ Introduction: Europe as a Comparative Site on Victim Participation in Criminal Justice
Victim participation is deep-rooted in criminal justice globally but has been contentious in contemporary academic, legal and policy debates. This...
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Empirical Examination of Factors that Influence Official Decisions in Criminal Cases Against Police Officers
In the current paper, we examine departmental and court decision-making in criminal cases against police officers. The study has two objectives: 1)...
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Reflections on Criminal Justice Reform: Challenges and Opportunities
Considerable efforts and resources have been expended to enact reforms to the criminal justice system over the last five decades. Concerns about...
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Mechanisms, timing, and types of the relationship between paternal criminal justice involvement and children’s health: a sibling comparison analysis
ObjectivesIn this study, we investigate the mechanisms, timing, and types of the relationship between paternal criminal justice involvement and...
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How to Think about Criminal Justice Reform: Conceptual and Practical Considerations
How can we improve the effectiveness of criminal justice reform efforts? Effective reform hinges on shared understandings of what the problem is and...
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Institutional corruption in the criminal justice system: The case of Ferguson
This article argues that criminal justice scholars should import the theory of institutional corruption from political science to make sense of a...
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The Influence of Neoconservatism on the Criminal Justice System
This chapter examines neoconservatismNeoconservatism and its dominant influences on sha** criminal justice rhetoric and policies in the UK, U.S.,...
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Co-offending and Criminal Careers in Organized Crime
The growing research on co-offending over the life course is based on relatively small, general offending samples, followed for a short period, and...
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The dynamics of criminal cooperation between the police and gangs in Honduras
Since the mid-1990s, Latin American countries have witnessed an increase in crime and violence, making it one of the most dangerous regions in the...
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A multi-level intervention to reduce the stigma of substance use and criminal involvement: a pilot feasibility trial protocol
BackgroundStigma associated with substance use and criminal involvement is pervasive and creates a barrier to evidence-based addiction care within...
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Rule of law approaches to countering transnational organized crime in Africa: going beyond criminal justice
Some African state responses to transnational organized crime (TOC) are criticized for being overly focused on the use of force by military and law...
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The value of criminal history and police intelligence in vetting and selection of police
Despite decades of research considering police misconduct, there is still little consensus on officer characteristics associated with misconduct, and...
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Ethical Dilemmas in South African Policing and Criminal Justice
Ethics are the very foundation of the criminal justice system. Ethical guidelines are important in the criminal justice machinery as they govern the...
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Criminal liability for correctional officer excessive use of force
Correctional officer excessive use of force has not been the focus of previous research inquiries, even though it is an inevitable feature of...
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The Criminal Justice Activism of Naomi Osaka: A Case Study in the Criminology of Celebrity Culture
This paper examines the criminal justice activism of tennis star Naomi Osaka as it evolved during the COVID-19 pandemic regarding matters of police...
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Responding to Secondary Traumatisation in the Criminal Justice System
Despite broad recognition that working in the criminal justice system can be stressful, particularly for police, correctional service workers,...