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Crime in the United States has fluctuated considerably over the past thirty years?? as have the policy approaches to deal with it. During this time criminologists and other scholars have helped to shed light on the role of incarceration?? prevention?? drugs?? guns?? policing?? and numerous other aspects to crime control. Yet the latest research is rarely heard in public discussions and is often missing from the desks of policymakers. This book accessibly summarizes the latest scientific information on the causes of crime and evidence about what does and does not work to control it.

Thoroughly revised and updated?? this new version of Crime and Public Policy will include twenty chapters and five new substantial entries. As with previous editions?? each essay reviews the existing literature?? discusses the methodological rigor of the studies?? identifies