Volume 8 Issue 4
Gang Databases
Editorial Introduction
- Gang databases: To be or not to be, Irving Spergel
Research Article
- Gangs and public policy: Constructing and deconstructing gang databases, Julie Barrows, C. Ronald Huff
Policy Essay
- Gang databases: Context and questions, James B. Jacobs
Policy Essay
- Comment on “Gangs and public policy: Constructing and deconstructing gang databases,” David M. Kennedy
Policy Essay
- Street gang databases: A view from the gang capitol of the United States, Malcolm W. Klein
Policy Essay
- Gangs, law enforcement, and the academy, James F. Short, Jr.
Police Misconduct
Editorial Introduction
- Conceptual, methodological, and policy considerations in the study of police misconduct, James Frank
Research Article
- Bad cops: A study of career-ending misconduct among New York City police officers, Robert J. Kane, Michael D. White
Policy Essay
- Police officer misconduct as normal accidents: An organizational perspective, William R. King
Policy Essay
- Rotten apples, rotten branches, and rotten orchards: A cautionary tale of police misconduct, Sanja Kutnjak Ivkovic
Policy Essay
- Bad cops, Peter K. Manning
Deterrence and executions
Editorial Introduction
- The impact of the death penalty on murder, John J. Donohue III
Research Article
- Does the death penalty save lives? New evidence from state penal data, 1977 to 2006, Tomislav V. Kovandzic, Lynne M. Vieraitis, Denise Paquette Boots
Policy Essay
- Can’t tell: Comments on “Does the death penalty save lives?” Richard Berk
Policy Essay
- Don’t scrap the death penalty, Paul H. Rubin
Tasers in the Media
Editorial Introduction
- Conducted energy devices and criminal justice policy, Steven Chermak
Research Article
- Examining fatal and nonfatal incidents involving the TASER: Identifying predictors of suspect death reported in the media, Michael D. White, Justin Ready
Policy Essay
- Should police departments develop specific training and policies governing use of multiple TASER shocks against individuals who might be in vulnerable physiological states? Robert J. Bunker
Policy Essay
- Research on conducted energy devices: Findings, methods, and a possible alternative, Robert J. Kaminski
Policy Essay
- Conducted energy weapons: Learning from operational discretion and encounter outcomes, Gregory B. Morrison
