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Criminology and Public Policy
A journal devoted to policy discussions of criminology research findings
Volume 8 Issue 2 • June 2009

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Offender Perspectives on Identity Theft

• Editorial Introduction: Offenders or opportunities: Approaches to controlling identity theft
  Michael L. Benson
• Bounded rationality of identity thieves: Using offender-based research to inform policy
  Heith Copes and Lynne M. Vieraitis
• Policy Essay: Identity theft: Bounded rationality, research, and policy
  Henry N. Pontell
• Policy Essay: Policy thoughts on “Bounded rationality of identity thieves”
  Graeme R. Newman

Structured Sentencing and Extralegal Disparities

• Editorial Introduction: Equal justice versus individualized justice: Discretion and the current state of sentencing guidelines
  Barbara A. Koons-Witt
• Short- versus long-term effects of Ohio’s switch to more structured sentencing on extralegal disparities in prison sentences in an urban court
  John Wooldredge
• Policy Essay: Mandatory sentencing guidelines: The framing of justice
  John H. Kramer
• Policy Essay: Assessing determinate and presumptive sentencing—making research relevant
  Rodney L. Engen

Racial Profiling, Politics, and Media

• Editorial Introduction: Political influences on racial disparities in traffic enforcement practices
  Jack McDevitt
• Racial profiling and searches: Did the politics of racial profiling change police behavior?
  Patricia Y. Warren, Donald Tomaskovic-Devey
• Policy Essay: Finding the right balance between data, research, findings, and policy in racial profiling
  Alex R. Piquero
• Policy Essay: Leveraging the politics of racial profiling to effectuate reform
  David A. Harris

After-School Programs and Routine Activities

• Editorial Introduction: The folk “wisdom” on after-school delinquency prevention programs
  Marvin Krohn
• The impact of after-school programs on the routine activities of middle-school students: Results from a randomized, controlled trial
  Amanda Brown Cross, Denise C. Gottfredson, Denise M. Wilson, Melissa Rorie, and Nadine Connell
• Policy Essay: Youth after-school programs: Time to involve the parents and community?
  Deborah M. Capaldi
• Policy Essay: The impact of after-school programs on middle-school students—policy implications
  Shay Bilchik

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