2018 |
Criminological Highlights: Children and Youth, Volume 5 Issue 3
Centre for Criminology & Sociolegal Studies at the University of Toronto
Criminological Highlights
is designed to provide an accessible look at some of the more interesting criminological research that is currently being published.
- Does employment reduce offending for ‘high risk’ youths?
- Do transfers to adult court hurt youths’ life chances?
- How can school policies affect crime?
- Why is it in the public interest to allow people to free themselves from their criminal records?
- Does what men look like affect the sentences they receive?
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Do drug courts encourage police to charge minor drug offenders?
These …
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2017 |
Criminological Highlights: Children and Youth, Volume 5 Issue 2
Centre for Criminology & Sociolegal Studies at the University of Toronto
Criminological Highlights
is designed to provide an accessible look at some of the more interesting criminological research that is currently being published.
- Are Black youths living on the street particularly vulnerable to being stopped and searched by the police?
- Are dark-skinned Blacks especially likely to be imprisoned?
- Why are girls in bail court perceived to be more likely to be in need of ‘treatment’ than boys?
- How does the involvement of Black citizens in the local political process affect crime …
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2017 |
Criminological Highlights: Children and Youth, Volume 5 Issue 1
Centre for Criminology & Sociolegal Studies at the University of Toronto
Criminological Highlights
is designed to provide an accessible look at some of the more interesting criminological research that is currently being published.
- Do curfews for youths reduce crime?
- Why do young Black Americans perceive the
criminal justice system as unjust?
- How are the use of foster care for children and
imprisonment for adults linked?
- What kinds of strategies can the police use to
reduce crime in specific neighbourhoods?
- Why is some form of criminal record expungement
especially important now?
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Is the disruptive impact of imprisonment on
employment …
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2017 |
Criminological Highlights: Children and Youth, Volume 4 Issue 4
Centre for Criminology & Sociolegal Studies at the University of Toronto
Criminological Highlights
is designed to provide an accessible look at some of the more interesting criminological research that is currently being published.
- Are the harmful effects on children of the imprisonment of a parent short-lived?
- When are crime prevention programs cost-effective?
- Why are victims of violent crimes likely also to commit violent offences?
- Does sending people to prison deter them from committing offences in the future?
- What is the most recent evidence on the effectiveness of treatment programs for sex offenders?
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What …
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2017 |
Criminological Highlights: Children and Youth, Volume 4 Issue 3
Centre for Criminology & Sociolegal Studies at the University of Toronto
Criminological Highlights
is designed to provide an accessible look at some of the more interesting criminological research that is currently being published.
- Should cities invest in ‘streetworkers’ to help get people to quit being gang members?
- What should we think about when creating programs to help ex-prisoners re-enter society?
- Why can’t we assume that a crime prevention program that has been shown to be effective will, in fact, be effective when implemented in a new setting?
- How are the experience …
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2016 |
Criminological Highlights: Children and Youth, Volume 4 Issue 2
Centre for Criminology & Sociolegal Studies at the University of Toronto
Criminological Highlights
is designed to provide an accessible look at some of the more interesting criminological research that is currently being published.
- Why do juvenile drug treatment courts not seem
to work?
- Do young people understand police warnings?
- Can judges reduce racial disparities in the
criminal justice system?
- Immigrants and crime: Why should Donald Trump
read this ‘highlight’?
- If your local police service wants funds for a crisis
intervention team to deal with its interactions
with the mentally ill, what would be an
evidence-based response?
- How well do …
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2016 |
Criminological Highlights: Children and Youth, Volume 3 Issue 4
Centre for Criminology & Sociolegal Studies at the University of Toronto
Criminological Highlights
is designed to provide an accessible look at some of the more interesting criminological research that is currently being published.
- Can we assume correctional programs that sound as if they should be effective will do no harm?
- How do risk assessments affect the pretrial release process?
- Did the softening of drug laws in Portugal change dramatically drug use in that country?
- Why does poor treatment of ordinary citizens by the police lead to more offending?
- How does the criminal …
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2016 |
Criminological Highlights: Children and Youth, Volume 3 Issue 3
Centre for Criminology & Sociolegal Studies at the University of Toronto
Criminological Highlights
is designed to provide an accessible look at some of the more interesting criminological research that is currently being published.
- What types of restorative justice programs have been shown to be effective in reducing re-offending? What types of restorative justice programs have been shown to be effective in reducing re-offending?
- How can criminal justice policies increase the likelihood that youths commit property crimes?
- How are the negative effects of child abuse affected by the neighbourhood …
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2015 |
Criminological Highlights: Children and Youth, Volume 3 Issue 2
Centre for Criminology & Sociolegal Studies at the University of Toronto
Criminological Highlights
is designed to provide an accessible look at some of the more interesting criminological research that is currently being published.
- Does attending an ‘advantaged’ school affect all students equally?
- What kinds of drug treatment programs have been shown to reduce crime?
- Can we identify who is likely to become a high rate offender?
- What do research findings suggest would constitute sensible responses to offending by youths?
- What kinds of neighborhoods are safest?
- Can effective programs be designed to …
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2015 |
Criminological Highlights: Children and Youth, Volume 3 Issue 1
Centre for Criminology & Sociolegal Studies at the University of Toronto
Criminological Highlights
is designed to provide an accessible look at some of the more interesting criminological research that is currently being published.
- Do punitive policies directed at disruptive students affect other students in the school?
- Is procedural justice important for young people?
- What is the effect of arresting a youth on future offending and arrests?
- Can the police keep a youth from completing high school?
- How can symptoms of depression be reduced in youths who are incarcerated?
- Why aren’t people deterred …
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