NCJ Number
232530
Journal
Victims & Offenders Volume: 4 Issue: 4 Dated: October 2009 Pages: 303-310
Date Published
October 2009
Length
8 pages
Annotation
The following special issue of Victim and Offenders, "Separating Science from Nonsense: Evidence-Based Research, Policy, and Practice in Criminal and Juvenile Justice Settings" is designed to explore howand whereevidence-based research can be applied to a wide range of criminal and juvenile justice issues.
Abstract
Contributors to this special issue were asked to consider the available empirical evidence in their specialty area, focusing specifically on the available evidence-based reviews on these topics. The issue contains 17 brief reviews of the latest research evidence covering an expansive set of topics in the criminal justice arena. True to the journal's mission and content, the issue consists of articles that concentrate on both victims and offenders and the interesting dynamic between the twoas well as policies, programs, and practices designed to address the needs and problems of these diverse groups. The reviews are timely and comprehensive and speak to many cutting-edge issues that will appeal to scholars, practitioners, and policymakers. In compiling these reviews, the editors' hope was to illustrate how systematic, evidence-based reviewswhen properly conductedcan advance thinking and practices in the fields of juvenile and criminal justice. (Published Abstract)