UID:
almahu_9949211315702882
Format:
xx, 423 pages ;
,
cm.
Edition:
Electronic reproduction. Washington, D.C. : American Psychological Association, 2020. Available via World Wide Web.
Edition:
Access limited by licensing agreement.
ISBN:
9781433831423 (print ed.)
,
1433831422 (print ed.)
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9781433832130 (electronic bk.)
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1433832135 (electronic bk.)
Series Statement:
Psychology, crime, and justice series
Content:
"In this groundbreaking book, Craig Haney argues that meaningful and lasting criminal justice reform depends on changing the public narrative about who commits crime and why. Building on decades of research and work at the front lines of the criminal justice system, Haney debunks what he calls the "crime master narrative"-the widespread myth that crime is the simple product of free and autonomous "bad" choices-an increasingly anachronistic view that cannot bear the weight of contemporary psychological data and theory. He meticulously reviews evidence documenting the ways in which a person's social history, institutional experiences, and present circumstances powerfully shape their life course, with a special focus on the role of social, economic, and racial injustice in crime causation. Based on his comprehensive review and analysis of the research, Haney offers a carefully framed and psychologically based blueprint for making the criminal justice system fairer, with strategies to reduce crime through proactive prevention instead of reactive punishment."--
Content:
"For two centuries, a central legal fiction has enabled the United States' legal system to target primarily the nation's poorest, most traumatized, badly abused and, in that sense, least autonomous citizens. This book provides a showcase of how outstanding psychological research is contributing to the study of crime and criminal justice. It systematically reviews much of the empirical research that directly addresses the developmental, institutional, immediate situational, and structural roots of criminality as the basis for a more scientifically valid and humane counternarrative. The book argues that meaningful and lasting criminal justice reform depends on changing the public narrative about who commits crime and why. Building on decades of research and work at the front lines of the criminal justice system, the author debunks what he calls the "crime master narrative"-the widespread myth that crime is the simple product of free and autonomous "bad" choices-an increasingly anachronistic view that cannot bear the weight of contemporary psychological data and theory. He meticulously reviews evidence documenting the ways in which a person's social history, institutional experiences, and present circumstances powerfully shape their life course, with a special focus on the role of social, economic, and racial injustice in crime causation. Based on his comprehensive review and analysis of the research, the book offers a carefully framed and psychologically based blueprint for making the criminal justice system fairer, with strategies to reduce crime through proactive prevention instead of reactive punishment."--Preface. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).
Note:
Individualistic myths and the crime master narrative -- Risks and contexts: an alternative paradigm for understanding criminality -- Criminogenic trauma: social history and the life course -- Institutional failure: state intervention as criminogenic risk -- Criminogenic contexts: immediate situations, settings, and circumstances -- Poverty: structural risk and criminal behavior -- The criminogenics of race in a divided society: racialized criminality and biographical racism -- Individualistic myths and the disregard of context: deconstructing "equally free autonomous choice" -- Reorienting the law: context-based legal reforms -- Pursuing social justice: an agenda for fair, effective, and humane crime policy.
,
Also issued in print.
Additional Edition:
Online version: Haney, Craig. Criminality in context. Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, [2020] ISBN 9781433832130
Additional Edition:
Original
Language:
English
