CCJ 4497–Criminal Justice and Public Policy Exam #2 Review Topics
Books Crime and Punishment in America Criminal Justice Policy 1. Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 2. Policy development process 3. Incarceration trends, including the racial disparities of the inmate jail & prison population 4. Collective Efficacy 5. The University of Maryland Report 6. Risk factors of crime 7. Career criminals 8. Gender and crime trends 9. Age and crime trends 10.Race and crime trends 11.Policing practices and tactics 12.Kansas City Preventative Patrol Experiment 13.Homeland security 14.Rational choice theory 15.Crime pattern theory 16.Broken windows theory 17.Routine activities theory 18.Immigration and crime 19.Proposition 187 20.Immigration Reform and Control Act 21.Domestic violence and arrest policies 22.Drug policies 23.War on drugs 24.Drug courts 25.Gangs, trends and prevention methods 26.Juveniles, crime trends, punishment practices 27.Waiver laws, impact on juvenile offenders 28.Mental illness and crime 29.Mental health courts 30.The Martinson Report 31.Liberal and conservative views on crime 32.Change from rehabilitative to punitive approach to crime 33.Correctional programs 34.Community corrections 35.Reentry and recidivism 36.Incidents of firearm deaths
