Volume 14 Issue 2

DISADVANTAGE AND SENTENCING OF BLACK DEFENDANTS

Editorial Introduction

  • Examining the “Life Course” of Criminal Cases: A New Frontier in Sentencing Research, Brian D. Johnson

Research Article

  • Is the Impact of Cumulative Disadvantage on Sentencing Greater for Black Defendants?, John Wooldredge, James Frank, Natalie Goulette, and Lawrence Travis III

Policy Essay

  • Evolution of Sentencing Research, Cassia Spohn

Policy Essay

  • Attenuating Disparities Through Four Areas of Change: Universal Release, Reimagined Policing, Eliminated Prior Records, and Funded Public Defenders, Traci Schlesinger

POLICE ENCOUNTERS WITH PEOPLE WITH MENTAL ILLNESS

Editorial Introduction

  • Police Encounters With People With Mental Illness: Use of Force, Injuries, and Perceptions of Dangerousness, Robin S. Engel

Research Article

  • Is Dangerousness a Myth? Injuries and Police Encounters With People With Mental Illnesses, Melissa Schaefer Morabito and Kelly M. Socia

Policy Essay

  • Police Use of Force and the Suspect With Mental Illness: A Methodological Conundrum, Geoffrey P. Alpert

Policy Essay

  • Building on the Evidence: Guiding Policy and Research on Police Encounters with Persons with Mental Illnesses, Allison G. Robertson

OUTCOME EVALUATION PROGRAM FOR FEMALE OFFENDERS

Editorial Introduction

  • Implementation and Outcomes in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Among Female Prisoners, Gary Zajac

Research Article

  • Importance of Program Integrity: Outcome Evaluation of a Gender-Responsive, Cognitive-Behavioral Program for Female Offenders, Grant Duwe and Valerie Clark

Policy Essay

  • Program Integrity and the Principles of Gender-Responsive Interventions: Assessing the Context for Sustainable Change, Emily J. Salisbury

Policy Essay

  • Rethinking Program Fidelity for Criminal Justice, J. Mitchell Miller and Holly Ventura Miller

FORGOTTEN PRISONERS

Editorial Introduction

  • Changing the Knowledge Base and Public Perception of Long-Term Prisoners, Marc Mauer

Research Article

  • Imperative for Inclusion of Long Termers and Lifers in Research and Policy, Lila Kazemian and Jeremy Travis

Policy Essay

  • Reducing Severe Sentences: The Role of Prison Programming in Sentencing Reform, Jessica S. Henry

Policy Essay

  • Effects of Life Imprisonment and the Crisis of Prisoner Health, Benjamin Fleury-Steiner

TERRORISM TARGET SUITABILITY

Special Essay

  • Target Suitability and Terrorism Events and Places, Nancy A. Morris