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Criminology and Public Policy
A journal devoted to policy discussions of criminology research findings
Volume 7 Number 1 • February 2008
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Editors’ Comments
Thomas G. Blomberg
Michael D. Reisig
Fines, Threat of Incarceration, and Deterrence
- Editorial Introduction: Deterrence, Context, and Crime Decision Making
Greg Pogarsky - The Miracle of the Cells: An Experimental Study of Interventions to Increase Payment of Court-Ordered Financial Obligations
David Weisburd, Tomer Einat, and Matt Kowalski - Policy Essay: Thoughts on the Broader Implications of the “Miracle of the Cells”
Daniel S. Nagin - Policy Essay: Rational Choice Theory, Crime Control Policy, and Criminological Relevance.
Travis C. Pratt
Immigration, Crime, and Recidivism
- Editorial Introduction: The Impact of Immigration Policy on Criminological Research
Ramiro Martínez, Jr. - Are Deportable Aliens a Unique Threat to Public Safety? Comparing the Recidivism of Deportable and Nondeportable Aliens
Laura J. Hickman and Marika J. Suttorp - Policy Essay: Border Blunders: The Unanticipated Human and Economic Costs of the U.S. Approach to Immigration Control, 1986–2007
Jacqueline Hagan and Scott Phillips - Policy Essay: The Symbolic Violence of the Crime–Immigration Nexus: Migrant Mythologies in the Americas
John Hagan, Ron Levi, and Ronit Dinovitzer
Prison Market Testing and Riots
- Editorial Introduction: Corrections under Pressure
Bert Useem - Market Testing and Prison Riots: How Public-Sector Commercialization Contributed to Prison Riot
John Rynne, Richard W. Harding, and Richard Wortley - Policy Essay: Accountability, Efficiency, and Effectiveness in Corrections: Shining a Light on the Black Box of Prison Systems
Daniel P. Mears - Policy Essay: Addicted to Prisons and Asking “Why don’t they riot?”
James W. Marquart


