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Criminology and Public Policy
A journal devoted to policy discussions of criminology research findings

Volume 11 Issue 1 • February 2012

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Special Issue

  • Editor's Preface
    Continuing to Advance Criminology and Public Policy

    Thomas G. Blomberg

A Signaling Perspective On Employment-Based Reentry

  • Editorial Introduction
    Prisoner Reentry, Employment, Signaling, and the Better Identification of Desisters: Introduction to the Special Issue

    Daniel P. Mears, Julie Mestre
  • Executive Summary
    Overview of: “A Signaling Perspective on Employment-Based Reentry Programming: Training Completion as a Desistance Signal”

    Shawn D. Bushway, Robert Apel
  • Research Article
    A Signaling Perspective on Employment-Based Reentry Programming: Training Completion as a Desistance Signal

    Shawn D. Bushway, Robert Apel
  • Policy Essay
    Obeying Signals and Predicting Future Offending

    Alex R. Piquero
  • Policy Essay
    Signaling and Meta-analytic Evaluations in the Presence of Latent Offender Groups: The Importance of Coherent Target Group Specification

    Tim Brennan
  • Policy Essay
    Elements of Successful Desistance Signaling

    Shadd Maruna
  • Policy Essay
    Why Work Is Important, and How to Improve the Effectiveness of Correctional Reentry Programs that Target Employment

    Edward Latessa
  • Policy Essay
    A Signaling Approach to Criminal Desistance through Transitional Jobs Programs

    Dan Bloom
  • Policy Essay
    Good Science, Good Sense: Making Meaningful Change Happen - A Practitioner's Perspective

    Dora Schriro