PART 1: INTRODUCTION

Chapter 1: Identifying and Evaluating Crime Control
Crime Control and Prevention
The Crime Problem in America

Types of Crimes

The Ever-Expanding Criminal Law

Incidence of Crime

Costs of Crime and Criminals

Is Fear of Crime Worse Than Crime Itself?
Approaches, Not Just Policies

Laws

Official Policies, Written and Unwritten

Unofficial Approaches
On the Importance of Definitions

Defining the Crime Problem

Defining the Solution

Defining the Desired Outcome
Evaluating Success: An Impossible Task?

The Hard and Soft Sciences

The Elusive Criminal Justice Experiment

You Can Prove Anything with Statistics

Qualitative and Quantitative Research

Macro- and Micro-Level Crime Control
Displacement and Diffusion

Measuring Displacement and Diffusion
The Tentative Nature of Scientific Knowledge

The Measures Used

When New Data Become Available

Alternative Settings: The Generalization Problem

Other Concerns
Funding and Political Priorities

Academic Crusaders and Bandwagon Science
Evidence-Based Justice

Effective Does Not Always Mean Best
A Preview of the Book

Guns and Drugs: The Real Attention Getters
Summary
Notes

Chapter 2: Crime Control Perspectives
Operational Perspectives

Due Process and Crime Control

Due Process Values

Crime Control Values

System and Nonsystem

A Well-Oiled Machine?

A Disorganized Mess?

The Funnel Model of Justice

The Criminal Justice Wedding Cake
Political Perspectives

Liberals and Conservatives

Causes of Crime

Consequences of Crime for Society

What Should Be Done About Crime?

Consensus and Conflict

Causes of Crime

Consequences of Crime for Society

What Should Be Done About Crime?
Other Perspectives

Faith and Fact

Crime Control and Revenue Generation

Politics and Ivory Towers
Goals of Crime Control

Deterrence

General and Specific Deterrence

Absolute and Marginal Deterrence