The Oxford Handbook of Evidence-Based Crime and Justice Policy

Brandon C. Welsh is a Professor of Criminology at Northeastern University, the Visiting Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School, and the Director of the Cambridge-Somerville Youth Study. His research focuses on the prevention of delinquency, crime, and violence and evidence-based social policy. He has written extensively on these topics and is the author or editor of 12 books. Dr. Welsh is an elected member of the Campbell Collaboration's Crime and Justice Group and the 2021 recipient of the Academy of Experimental Criminology's Joan McCord Award.Steven N. Zane is an Assistant Professor in the College of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Florida State University. His research interests focus on juvenile justice and evidence-based social policy. He is the author of The Context of Juvenile Punishment: Exploring Variation in Juvenile Court Outcomes Across Communities and Systems (Routledge Press, 2022), as well as an author of more than 30 scientificjournal articles and book chapters. He received his Ph.D. from Northeastern University and his J.D. from Boston College Law School.Daniel P. Mears is a Distinguished Research Professor and the Mark C. Stafford Professor of Criminology in Florida State University's College of Criminology and Criminal Justice, a Fellow of the American Society of Criminology, and recipient of the Bruce Smith, Sr. Award, the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences' most prestigious honor, for outstanding contributions to knowledge in criminal justice. He conducts research on crime, criminal and juvenile justice, and policy. He has been ranked as one of the top lead or sole-author publishers in criminology and a top-10 most influential criminologist.

• 1. Evidence-Based Crime and Justice PolicyBrandon C. Welsh, Steven N. Zane, and Daniel P. Mears PART I. CONCEPTS, METHODS, AND CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES2. Evaluating Research and Assessing Research EvidenceBrandon C. Welsh and Daniel P. Mears3. Translational Criminology and Evidence-Based Policy and PracticeCody W. Telep4. Implementation Science for Evidence-Based PolicyDean L. Fixsen, Melissa Van Dyke, and Karen A. Blase5. Toward System-Level Change, Population Impacts, and EquityHolly S. Schindler PART II: JUVENILE JUSTICE6. Advancing the Evidence-Based Era: 25 Years of Lessons Learned in Washington State's Juvenile Justice SystemElizabeth K. Drake and Lauren Knoth-Peterson 7. Systems of Change: The Pennsylvania Model Shawn Peck, Janet A. Welsh, Kristopher T. Glunt, and Roger Spaw8. Diversion: What Do We Know? Roger Smith9. Evidence-Based Innovations in Juvenile Probation David L. Myers and Kelly Orts10. Using Evidence-Based Practices to Improve Juvenile Drug Treatment Courts Christopher J. Sullivan, Vitor Goncalves, and Nicole McKenna11. Evidence-Oriented Youth JusticeJeffrey A. Butts, John K. Roman, and Katheryne Pugliese PART III: CRIMINAL JUSTICE12. Legitimacy and Evidence-Based PolicyJustice Tankebe and Anthony Bottoms13. Evidence-Based PolicingCynthia Lum and Christopher S. Koper14. CCTV Video Surveillance and Crime Control: The Current Evidence and Important Next StepsEric L. Piza15. Rehabilitation for Enduring Change: Toward Evidence-Based CorrectionsMichael Rocque16. Incarceration-Based Drug TreatmentOjmarrh Mitchell 17. Making Prisoner Reentry Evidence-BasedHelen Kosc and David S. Kirk18. Evidence-Based Policy for Diverse Criminal Justice PopulationsKaelyn Sanders, Jennifer Cobbina-Dungy, and Henrika McCoy PART IV: ALTERNATIVES TO SYSTEM RESPONSES19. Early Prevention as an Alternative to Imprisonment: The Research Evidence on Monetary Costs and BenefitsBrandon C. Welsh, Heather Paterson, and David P. Farrington20. Evidence-Based Intervention Programs Targeting Antisocial Children and Youth in Norway: Parent Management Training, the Oregon Model (PMTO)Terje Ogden, Elisabeth Askeland, and Kristine Amlund-Hagen21. Systems of Change: Communities That CareAbigail A. Fagan22. Reducing School Crime and Student Misbehavior: An Evidence-Based AnalysisAllison Ann Payne23. Evidence-Based Strategies for Preventing Urban Youth ViolenceKatherine M. Ross, Colleen S. Walsh, Angela G. Angulo, Carine E. Leslie, andPatrick H. Tolan24. A Place Management Approach to Promote Evidence-Based Crime PreventionTamara D. Herold 25. Using Research to Inform Services for Victims of CrimeJillian Turanovic, Julie L. Kuper, and Mackenzie Masters PART V: PROMOTING GREATER USE OF EVIDENCE-BASED POLICY26. Social Inequality and Evidence-Based Policy: An Agenda for ChangeNancy Rodriguez27. Applying What We Know and Building an Evidence Base: Reducing Disproportionate Minority ContactSteven N. Zane28. Applying What We Know and Building an Evidence Base: Reducing Gun ViolenceJohn J. Donohue29. Mass Evidence-Based Policy as an Alternative to Mass IncarcerationDaniel P. Mears and Joshua C. Cochran30. <"Big Data> " and Evidence-Based Policy and Practice: The Advantages, Challenges, and Long-Term Potential of Naturally Occurring DataDaniel T. O'Brien31. Imposed Use: A New Route to Evidence-Based PolicySteven N. Zane32. The Role of Policymakers, Criminal Justice Administrators and Practitioners, and Citizens in Creating, Evaluating, and Using Evidence-Based PolicyDaniel P. Mears and Natasha A. Frost

Brandon Welsh, Steven Zane, and Daniel Mears have developed a great resource for students, practitioners, and academics concerned with evidence-based policy. With chapters covering a variety of topics from leading scholars around the world, The Oxford Handbook of Evidence-Based Crime and Justice Policy is a valuable reference that should be in close reach on any bookshelf.