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Criminology and Public Policy
A journal devoted to policy discussions of criminology research findings
Volume 7 Issue 3 • August 2008

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Local Law Enforcement Block Grants

• Editorial Introduction: Federal Support of Local Law-Enforcement Agencies, Pooled Time-Series Designs, and the Challenges of Evaluation Research
  Kenneth C. Land
• The Effects of Local Law Enforcement Block Grants on Serious Crime
  John L. Worrall
• Policy Essay: Federal Support of Local Criminal Justice Operations
  Alfred Blumstein
• Policy Essay: Can and Should Criminological Research Influence Policy? Suggestions for Time-Series Cross-Section Studies
  Thomas B. Marvell
  Carlisle E. Moody

Criminal Background Checks

• Editorial Introduction: The Effect of Criminal Background Checks on Hiring Ex-Offenders
  Christopher Uggen
• The Effect of Criminal Background Checks on Hiring Ex-Offenders
  Michael A. Stoll
  Shawn D. Bushway
• Policy Essay: Incarceration, Criminal Background Checks, and Employment in a Low(er) Crime Society
  Richard Freeman
• Policy Essay: Criminal Background Checks and Employment among Workers with Criminal Records
  Bruce Western

Penal Harm Movement

• Editorial Introduction: Editor’s Introduction to “Cracks in the Penal Harm Movement” by Listwan et al.
  David Downes
• Cracks in the Penal Harm Movement: Evidence from the Field
  Shelley Johnson Listwan
  Cheryl Lero Jonson
  Francis T. Cullen
  Edward J. Latessa
• Policy Essay: Public Sentiment, Political Action, and Governmental Crime Policy—On the Origins and Significance of Mixed Feelings
  Franklin E. Zimring
• Policy Essay: America in a Larger World: The Future of the Penal Harm Movement
  Cheryl Marie Webster
  Anthony N. Doob

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