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Esca** the Sisyphean Trap: Systemic Criminal Justice System Reform
When calls for reforming criminal justice arise, they frequently target particular—rather than systems-level—problems. This approach can be effective...
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The Relationism Theory of Criminal Justice—A Paradigm Shift
There are two significant difficulties in building a general criminal justice theory. First, different from criminology theories, criminal justice...
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Property Victimization, Perception of Neighborhood Safety, and Perceived Fairness of the Criminal Justice System Within the Chinese Context
Although prior research has widely tested the public’s perceived fairness of the criminal justice system, such as the police, the court, and the...
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The Role of Intuition in Expressing Support for Harsh Criminal Justice Policy
Despite being largely ineffective in producing long-term reductions in crime, harsh criminal justice policies receive continuing high levels of...
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Long-Term Health and Economic Consequences Associated with Being Processed Through the Criminal Justice System for Males
There has been a great deal of scholarship examining the outcomes associated with being processed through the criminal justice system. Much of this...
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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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COVID, Crime & Criminal Justice: Affirming the Call for System Reform Research
Early into the COVID-19 pandemic, Miller & Blumstein (2020) outlined a theoretical research program (TRP) oriented around themes of contagion control...
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Criminal Justice Reform and Inequality
The criminal legal system is a “stratifying institution” insofar as it reflects inequalities by selecting already marginalized people into the...
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A color-blind Lens: public perceptions of systemic racism in the criminal justice system
Extensive research has explored public confidence in the criminal justice system and opinions about punishment, but less research has explored...
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Intergenerational Transmission of Trust in Criminal Justice Authorities Among Late Adolescents in the Netherlands
Relationships with parents, teachers, and peers can expose youth to different types of authority and legal orientations. In particular, parents are...
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Research Training for Criminal Justice Reform
Who is going to do the work of criminal justice reform? Recognizing the capacity limits of even the most reform-minded academic criminologists, this...
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Circumstances, policing, and attrition of multiple compared to single perpetrator rape cases within the South African criminal justice system
BackgroundResearch into the circumstances of rape, and criminal justice system responses, is pivotal to informing prevention and improving the...
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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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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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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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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,...
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Forecasting and Criminal Justice Policy and Practice
We address the organization of criminal justice forecasting and implications for its use in criminal justice policymaking. We argue that the use of...
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Public Opinion and Criminal Justice Reform
How can public opinion research help achieve badly needed criminal justice reforms? Unfortunately, public opinion has frequently been used in ways...
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Criminal justice involvement, structural vulnerability and social safety net services among people living with HIV in Baltimore
Mass incarceration has shaped the environment of HIV transmission, yet there is limited research on the conditions that enhance or mitigate access to...
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Plea bargaining in the Nigerian criminal justice system: A procedural tool for loot recovery or justice administration?
Plea bargaining is one of the procedural tools introduced into the Nigerian Criminal Justice System to ensure quick dispensation of justice, save...